International Arbitration; Litigation; and Consumer and Product Liability

Partner

Guilherme Rizzo Amaral is the current CEO and one of the founding partners of Souto Correa Advogados. He practices as a lawyer and an arbitrator in local and international arbitrations and strategic litigation.  

From 2018 to 2022, he served as a member of the commission established by the International Court of Arbitration of the International Chamber of Commerce for the Belt and Road project (Chinese investment program), and he has been devoting his time and expertise to assist Chinese clients in Brazil.  

He was also a member of the commission that assisted the Brazilian Chamber of Deputies in drafting the New Civil Procedure Code.  

Portuguese (native), and English

Former Full Member and Ambassador of the Commission of the International Court of Arbitration of the International Chamber of Commerce for the Belt and Road Initiative (China) Member of the International Bar Association (IBA) and of the Editorial Board of the entity's Arbitration Newsletter Member of the International Association of Defense Counsel (IADC) Member of the International Association of Procedural Law (IAPL) Member of the Iberoamerican Institute of Procedural Law (IIDP) Member of the Brazilian Institute of Civil Procedural Law (IBDP) Vice-President of the Arbitration and Mediation Chamber of the Brazilian Bar Association of Rio Grande do Sul (OAB/RS) Member of the Permanent Commission on Arbitration and Mediation of OAB/RS Coordinator of the Legal Committee of the British Chamber of Commerce - Rio Grande do Sul Chapter (BRITCHAM/RS) - 2008 Member of the Editorial Board of Revista Jurídica Since 2007

Visiting Scholar (Queen Mary University of London, 2017). PhD in Civil Procedural Law (Universidade Federal do Estado do Rio Grande do Sul, 2006). Master’s degree in Civil Procedural Law (Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Estado do Rio Grande do Sul, 2002). LL.B. Bachelor of Laws (Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Estado do Rio Grande do Sul, 1999).

Visiting Scholar at the Queen Mary University of London (UK), 2017 Bachelor of Laws from the Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS), 2006 Master of Laws from the Pontifical Catholic University of Rio Grande do Sul (RS), 2002 Bachelor of Laws from the Pontifical Catholic University of Rio Grande do Sul (PUCRS), 1999