Alessandra H. Fortes Lobo

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Associate

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Arbitration | Strategic transactions | Complex Contracts | Privacy and Data Protection

Qualified in Brazil and New York, with experience in negotiations, mediations, and domestic and international arbitrations involving corporate transactions, administrative contracts, construction/infrastructure, and the sanitation and energy sectors.
Advises clients on strategic corporate projects, the drafting, review, and negotiation of complex contracts, and matters related to personal data protection, innovation, and technology transfer.
Holds an LL.M. from Northwestern University, where she graduated with honors and was awarded the James Nelson Raymond Fellowship for academic distinction. Certified Specialist in Data Protection by Data Privacy BR. Holds postgraduate degrees in Legal Management and Litigation from IBMEC, and in Public Law from Universidade Cândido Mendes. Earned her Law degree from the Federal University of Minas Gerais (UFMG), with an exchange program at Universität des Saarlandes, Germany.
She is a member of the New York State Bar, Vice President of New Voices at CMA CIESP-FIESP, and a member of the Club Español e Iberoamericano de Arbitraje (CEIA) and the Brazilian Arbitration Committee (CBAr).

Education

Specialist in Privacy and Data Protection – Data Privacy BR.
LL.M. with Honors from Northwestern University – James Nelson Raymond Fellow for academic distinction.
Post-Graduate Degree in Litigation and Legal Management from IBMEC/MG.
Post-Graduate Degree in Public Law from Universidade Cândido Mendes (UCAM).
Bachelor of Law from the Federal University of Minas Gerais.
Academic Exchange at the Universität des Saarlandes – winner of the Minas Mundi-UFMG program.

Languages

Portuguese
English
Spanish
German

Relevant Cases

ICC International Arbitration. Language: English. Dispute related to a farm-out agreement concerning a Brazilian oil field, involving a Brazilian and a multinational oil and gas companies. Amount in dispute: US$ 1.3 billion.
CAM-CCBC Domestic Arbitration. Language: Portuguese. Dispute regarding a consortium agreement to build and operate biomass-fired thermoelectric power plants, involving a sugar cane industry company and an energy company. Amount in dispute: BRL 450 million.
CAMARB Domestic Arbitration. Language: Portuguese. Dispute regarding a Public-Private Partnership. Amount in dispute: BRL 400 million.
CAMARB Domestic Arbitration. Language: Portuguese. Dispute related to a service contract for the construction of a metallurgical industrial complex involving a steel company and a construction consortium. Amount in dispute: BRL 336 million.
CAM-CCBC Domestic Arbitration. Language: Portuguese. Dispute regarding the economic and financial rebalancing of a public-private partnership contract involving sanitation company and a municipal authority. Amount in dispute: BRL 32 million.
Pre-litigation consulting. Language: Portuguese. Dispute regarding the purchase of rights and assets of a company in the banking sector. Amount in dispute: BRL 4.5 billion.
Pre-litigation consulting. Language: Portuguese. Dispute regarding discussions between Consortium members on penalties applied by the Federal Court of Accounts. Amount in dispute: BRL 385 million.
Pre-litigation consulting. Language: English. Issue regarding contractual breaches of a contract for the rendering of services and the supply of electromechanical equipment and systems for a hydroelectric power plant. Amount in dispute: BRL 225 million.
Pre-litigation consulting. Language: Portuguese. Issue regarding contractual breaches of a Public-Private Partnership contract and conduction of an agreement between the Parties. Amount in dispute: BRL 24 million.
Consulting. Language: Portuguese. Advising a multinational beverage company on contracts drafting and negotiation and on dispute prevention.
Consulting. Language: Portuguese Advising a technology multinational on the privacy and data protection risks for the introduction of a new wearable technology involving virtual and augmented reality in Brazil, and on the main concerns to ensure LGPD compliance.
Consulting. Language: Portuguese Advising a Brazilian gaming company on the development of its privacy and data protection documents to ensure compliance with the applicable data protection regulations (including LGPD, GDPR and COPPA.
Consulting. Language: Portuguese Advising an American video and analytics company on the negotiation of contracts for the processing of biometric data of Brazilian and European athletes. The project included the analysis of the company’s privacy and data protection documents, a risk assessment for the cross-border personal data transfer and considerations to ensure LGPD and GDPR compliance.

Associations

Vice-Chair of the Impact Committee at R.E.A.L – Racial Equality for Arbitration Lawyers.
Member of the New York State Bar.
Special Committee on Privacy and Data Protection.
Member of the Brazilian Arbitration Committee (CBAr).
Member of ICC’s Young Arbitrators Forum.

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