About
Partner at TozziniFreire in Brazil, Elias leads the firm's Litigation, Arbitration and Mediation practices and coordinates the Agribusiness practice group. He has over 20 years' experience in strategic litigation and dispute resolution, previously serving as legal director/general counsel in a large national business group across energy, fuel, lubricants, infrastructure, agribusiness and gas sectors, and is a university professor and author in Civil Procedural Law.
Practice areas
LitigationArbitrationMediationCrisis ManagementAgribusiness
Office
Expertise
AgribusinessEnergy & UtilitiesFuel & LubricantsInfrastructureGas IndustryCivil Procedural LawCrisis ManagementStrategic Litigation
Education
- Postdoctoral degree, Civil Procedural Law — University of Lisbon (2015)
- Postdoctoral degree, Civil Procedural Law — University of Coimbra (2019)
- Postdoctoral degree, Civil Procedural Law — University of Salamanca (2022)
- PhD, Civil Procedural Law — PUC-SP (Pontifícia Universidade Católica de São Paulo) (2014)
- Master's degree, Civil Procedural Law — PUC-SP (2009)
- MBA, Business Management — FGV-SP (Fundação Getúlio Vargas de São Paulo) (2012)
- Specialized degree, Business Law — FGV-SP (2006)
- Specialized degree, Civil Procedural Law — University Extension Center (2004)
- Specialized degree, Contract Law — University Extension Center (2005)
- Extension courses: Negotiation Program (2013) and Mediation Program (2015) — Harvard Law School
Languages
EnglishSpanishItalian