RESUME

Marina Gouveia

Lawyer, Mediator and Instructor

Pursuing a master’s degree in Mediation, Negotiation and Conflict Resolution at Universidad Carlos III de Madrid, Marina holds a postgraduate degree in Corporate Law from Escola de Direito da Fundação Getúlio Vargas - FGV and has received training in dispute resolution at Universidad de Salamanca, Pepperdine University and Bucerius Law School. As a Case Manager at the Arbitration and Mediation Center of the Brazil-Canada Chamber of Commerce (CAM-CCBC), she has managed in the last years some of the most relevant business mediations in Latin America.

marina.gouveia@marinagouveia.com.br

Work Experience

Center for Arbitration and Mediation of the Chamber of Commerce Brazil-Canada (CAM-CCBC), São Paulo, Brazil
Case Manager ∙ November 2018 – January 2023
Responsible for the Secretariat No. 6 team, specialized in the administration of corporate arbitration and mediation proceedings, having performed case management tasks in more than one hundred cases ∙ Additional Activities: Conducted specialized academic research in the field of consensual dispute resolution at the request of the Advisory Board on Mediation and its members.

Demarest Advogados, São Paulo, Brazil
Trainee and Legal Assistant ∙ May 2014 – September 2016
Job rotation between the following areas: Corporate and M&A; Litigation and Arbitration; Banking and Capital Markets; and Foreign Trade. Hired as Arbitration Legal Assistant at the end of the Trainee Program.

Education

University Carlos III of Madrid, Madrid, Spain
Master in Mediation, Negotiation and Conflict Resolution (M.A.) ∙ September 2021 – Present
Thesis: Financiamento de Terceros y Mediación (Third Party Funding and Mediation) – Tutor: Prof. PHd Helena Soleto Muñoz.

Additional Activities: Participation in the UC3M Mediation Program, holding judicial and extrajudicial mediation sessions in the Courts of the municipalities of Getafe and Leganés, located in the autonomous community of Madrid.

Getulio Vargas Foundation, São Paulo, Brazil
Postgraduate Diploma in Corporate Law (PgDip) ∙ September 2019 – December 2020

Mackenzie Presbyterian University, São Paulo, Brazil
Bachelor of Laws (LL.B) ∙ January 2013 – June 2018
Thesis: Aspectos Práticos da Mediação Empresarial Extrajudicial na Atualidade (Practical Commercial Mediation Issues Nowadays) – Tutor: Prof. PHd Lourdes Regina Jorgeti. Approved with maximum grade by the Examining Board and recommended for publication.

Academic Mobility: Exchange program in Law at the University of Salamanca through a scholarship granted by merit. Subjects taken: Corporate Transactions and Alternative Dispute Resolution.

Certificates

Courses and Trainings

Negotiation and Mediation Techniques, Straus Institute for Dispute Resolution at Pepperdine University (Duration: 14 hours) ∙ Introduction to U.S. Legal Practice and ADR, Straus Institute for Dispute Resolution, Pepperdine University (Duration: 15 hours) ∙ Advanced Course in Arbitration, Bucerius Law School in collaboration with the Pontifical Catholic University of São Paulo – PUC/SP (Duration: 20 hours) ∙ Transformative Mediation, IMAB – Brazil’s Institute of Mediation and Arbitration (Duration: 12 hours).

Participation as a Panelist

Lectures and Seminars

Webinar: Career of the Young Arbitrator – Arbitral Actors, organized by the Brazilian Center for Mediation and Arbitration – CJA/CBMA (September 15, 2021). Participation in a panel with the topic: “Lawyer vs. Case Manager”.

Symposium: New Directions for International Commercial Mediation, organized by the International Law Association – ILA (August 31, 2021). Participation in a panel with the topic: “The Internationalization of Mediation from Brazil”.

Book Chapter: From Closed Doors to Cryptography: The Confidentiality in Electronic Mediation Proceedings, co-authored with Vera Cecília Monteiro de Barros. In: “The Lawyer and the Consensual Solution of Conflicts”, compendium published by the Mediation Committees of the Brazilian Bar Association, Sections of São Paulo, and Rio de Janeiro, with curatorship by Juliana Loss de Andrade and Marco Antônio Garcia Lopes Lorencini – Editora Foco (Publishing in progress).

Academic Competitions

As a Evaluator, Expert or Judge:

ICC International Mediation Competition ∙ IBA-VIAC CDRC Vienna Mediation and Negotiation Competition ∙ INADR Internacional Law School Mediation Tournament ∙ CEDR National Student Negotiation Competition ∙ Bucerius Mediation Competition ∙ Brazilian Business Arbitration and Mediation Competition ∙ Meeting de Negociação (Brazilian National Qualifying for the INC – International Negotiation Competition).

As a Coach:

Coach of the team that represented Mackenzie Presbyterian University in the X and XI Editions of the Brazilian Business Arbitration and Mediation Competition, organized by CAMARB. – Awards: Best Negotiators (2019) and Best Mediators (2020), being honored by the Faculty of Law for such results.

As a Student:

Mediator of the team that represented Mackenzie Presbyterian University in the VII Edition of the Brazilian Business Arbitration and Mediation Competition, organized by CAMARB. – Award: Best Mediator of the General Rounds (2016).
Team member at the 23rd Willem C. Vis International Commercial Arbitration Moot (2016).

Other Roles:

Participation in the organization of the 2019 CPR International Mediation Competition as a volunteer.

Additional Information

Admissions:

Ordem dos Advogados do Brazil (Brazilian Bar).
Ordem dos Advogados de Portugal (Portuguese Bar).

Memberships:

CBar – Brazilian Arbitration Committee (Member of GEMEP – Study Group on Private Business Mediation).

CEA – Spanish Arbitration Club (Member of the Mediation Committee).

Affiliations:

IAM – International Academy of Mediators (Mentorship Program – Mentor: Diego Faleck) ∙ ICC Young Arbitration & ADR Forum – YAAF ∙ LCIA Young International Arbitration Group – YIAG ∙ Young International Council for Commercial Arbitration (Young ICCA) ∙ Young International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes (Young ICSID) ∙ CAM-CCBC New Generation (NewGen).

Languages

Portuguese (native) ∙ English (advanced) – Certificate in Advanced English, Cambridge University ∙ Spanish (advanced) ∙ Italian (intermediate) ∙ French (intermediate).

Marina is a supporter of and signatory to the World Mediators Alliance on Climate Change (WoMACC) Green Pledge