About
Guilherme Rizzo Amaral is a founding partner and the current CEO of Souto Correa Advogados who practices as counsel and as an arbitrator in domestic and international arbitrations and strategic litigation. He served on the ICC International Court of Arbitration commission for the Belt and Road Initiative (2018–2022) and was a member of the commission that assisted the Brazilian Chamber of Deputies in drafting the New Civil Procedure Code.
Practice areas
International ArbitrationLitigationConsumer & Product Liability
Office
Expertise
Belt and Road / Chinese investment mattersCivil Procedural LawInternational Arbitration (as arbitrator and counsel)Strategic LitigationConsumer & Product Liability
Education
- 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., Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Estado do Rio Grande do Sul (1999)
Languages
PortugueseEnglish