Lawyers

Email: antonio.souza@fcdg.com.br

Partner with experience in civil, corporate, and administrative litigation, domestic and international arbitration, special situations, corporate recovery and bankruptcy.

Academic Background

• Visiting Scholar at Columbia Law School in New York.
• Ph.D. in Corporate and Commercial Law, University of São Paulo.
• Master’s Degree in Commercial and Corporate Law, University of São Paulo.
• Specialization in negotiation and mediation from Harvard Law School.
• Bachelor of Law, FGV Direito Rio, Fundação Getúlio Vargas (FGV).

Academic Experience

• Professor at Fundação Getúlio Vargas Rio Law School
• Professor of post-graduate courses in Corporate Law and Capital Markets and Corporate Litigation and Corporate Mediation and Arbitration at Fundação Getúlio Vargas.
• Professor at the Superior School of Law in Rio de Janeiro and São Paulo.
• Guest Professor at the Center for Studies and Research in Law Teaching CEPED-UERJ.
• Responsible for the Corporate and Commercial litigation course in the FGV Direito Rio undergraduate program.

Recognition

• Recognized by Chambers and Partners in the Dispute Resolution category, 2022, 2023 and 2024 – Rio de Janeiro
• Recognized for his performance in arbitration and litigation by Legal 500 2022, 2023 and 2024.
• Recognized for Arbitration in the 2025 edition of the Lexology Index (formerly Who’s Who Legal).
• Recognized for his outstanding performance in arbitration in GAR 100 2025.
• Recognized for his performance in arbitration by Lacca 2024.
• Named among the most admired lawyers by “Análise Advocacia magazine”.

Professional Associations

• Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (FCIArb).
• Director of the Law firms’ Center of Studies – CESA of the Rio de Janeiro branch.
• Member of the Brazilian Arbitration Committee (CBAr).
• Effective Member of the M&A and Corporate Disputes Committee of the Brazilian Institute of Corporate and Commercial Law – IBRADEMP.
• Member of the CAMARB List of Arbitrators.
• Member of the Brazilian Bar Association (OAB), Rio de Janeiro and São Paulo Sections.

Publications and Lectures

• Author of the book “Redes Empresariais: a distribuição de bens e serviços e o seu propósito comum”. São Paulo: Quartier Latin, 2021.
• Co-author of the chapter “Piercing the Corporate Veil Due to Abuse of Purpose: A Definition Under Debate,” in Disregard of Legal Entity, Marcelo Vieira von Adamek et al. (eds.), São Paulo: Quartier Latin, 2024.
• Co-author of the chapter “O desenho contratual nas Fusões e Aquisições e as disputas após o fechamento: limitações à luz do Direito Brasileiro”, In Fusões e Aquisições (M&A), Marcelo Vieira von Adamek et al eds. São Paulo: Quartier Latin, 2022.
• Author of the chapter “Apuração de haveres dos sócios: os caminhos da jurisprudência e a interpretação dos arts. 606 e 607 do Código de Processo Civil”, In Great themes of the new CPC: Business Process, Marco Aurélio Bellize et al eds. Rio de Janeiro: Juspodium, 2022.
• Author of the chapter “O controle judicial do Contrato de Financiamento celebrado com a empresa em Recuperação Judicial: o alcance e as limitações do novo Art. 69-B da Lei nº 11.101 de 2005”, In Processo Societário IV. Flavio Luiz Yarshell et al eds., São Paulo: Quartier Latin, 2021.
• Author of the chapter “Garantias autônomas à primeira demanda, in 18 anos do Código Civil. Jorge Cesa Ferreira da Silva et al eds., Quartier Latin, 2021.
• Chapter co-author “International post-M&A arbitrations in Brazil”. In International Arbitration: Law and Practice in Brazil. Oxford University Press, 2020.
• Chapter co-author “Árbitro de emergência: conceito, desenvolvimento e adequação”, available in Revista Brasileira de Arbitragem, Vol. 16.
• Chapter co-author “Provisional Measures for the Enforcement of Shareholders’ Agreements under Brazilian Law”, in Financier Worldwide, July 2018.
• Speaker at national and international institutions on topics related to corporate, business, contractual and arbitration disputes.

Languages

Portuguese | English | French