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Alessandra H. Fortes Lobo

Associate
Arbitration | Mediation | Contracts | Strategic Corporate Consulting | Innovation and Data Protection

Licensed in Brazil and New York, Alessandra practices in domestic and international arbitrations, mediations, and negotiations involving corporate transactions, commercial and administrative contracts, construction and infrastructure projects, and the sanitation and energy sectors. She also advises clients on strategic corporate projects, the drafting, analysis, and negotiation of complex contracts, as well as on data protection, innovation, and technology transfer matters.

She holds an LL.M. from Northwestern University, where she graduated with honors and received the James Nelson Raymond Fellowship for academic distinction. She is a Certified Specialist in Personal Data Protection (Data Privacy BR), holds postgraduate degrees in Legal Management and Litigation (IBMEC) and in Public Law (Cândido Mendes University), and obtained her Law degree from the Federal University of Minas Gerais (UFMG), including an academic exchange at Universität des Saarlandes, Germany.

Alessandra is recognized by The Legal 500 for her work in arbitration. She is Vice President of the New Voices of the CMA CIESP/FIESP, member of the New York State Bar, the Spanish and Ibero-American Arbitration Club (CEIA) — where she also serves on the Dispute Boards Committee —, and the Brazilian Arbitration Committee (CBAr). She is also coauthor of the article “New Perspectives on the Objective Arbitrability of Disputes Involving the Public Administration,” published in the book Arbitration and Mediation in Private and Public Law (Quartier Latin), and an occasional speaker at conferences on technology and law.

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.
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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.