André Smilgin

André Smilgin has his professional career dedicated to litigation and arbitration, having assisted parties involved in disputes in Brazil and other jurisdictions.

Throughout his 20-year experience, André Smilgin has practiced as a lawyer and as an arbitrator in domestic and international arbitration proceedings, managed by the main institutions and chambers of arbitration.

Since 2012, André Smilgin has been a Director, member of the Vice-Presidency of Arbitration of CBMA - Brazilian Center of Mediation and Arbitration. The experience acquired in the management of arbitration proceedings, allied with the practice as an arbitrator, makes him a distinguished lawyer.

André Smilgin is a member of the prestige Institute of Brazilian Lawyers – IAB, where he currently occupies the Vice-Presidency of the Committee of Mediation and Arbitration of the institute. He is also a permanent member of CBAR – Brazilian Committee of Arbitration and of the Committee of Arbitration of the Brazilian Bar Association, Chapter of Rio de Janeiro (OAB/RJ). He is the author of legal articles and he frequently participates in panels on issues related to civil procedure, arbitration, and mediation.

Before becoming a partner at PVS ADVOGADOS, he was a founding partner of Pinto de Miranda, Smilgin Advogados, boutique law firm specially dedicated to these practice areas. André Smilgin has also worked for many years in the renowned law firm Bocater, Camargo, Cost e Silva Advogados, where he engaged in projects with an intense interaction between the business law and the stock market and dispute resolution.

Significant Operations
- He worked in an international arbitration proceeding, under the rules of the International Chamber of Commerce – ICC, representing an important cement company, having as its object the exercise of stock option.
- He worked in the defense of the plaintiff in an international proceeding, in lawsuits filed in Brazil, by the defendants, aiming at suspending the arbitration proceeding.
- He worked in several lawsuits, involving business disputes related to the control of important telephone companies in Brazil.
- He represented one of the minority members of a known supermarket network, in an action for the partial dissolution of a company, filed by him, and in incidental actions, aiming at preserving the assets of the group and the effective exercise of its right of inspection.
- He worked in the defense of a minority shareholder, in lawsuits filed by the controlling shareholders of a known Brazilian cement company, aiming at the termination of the shareholders’ agreement executed by the parties.
- He worked in the defense of the controlling shareholder of a public company, in a public civil action filed by the Federal Prosecution and the Prosecution of the State of Rio de Janeiro, aiming at the annulment of a business transaction and the recovery of alleged damages inflicted upon the minority shareholders of such company.
- He worked in an arbitration proceeding, under the rules of the Brazil-Canada Chamber of Commerce – BCCC, having as its purpose the termination of a contract for purchase and sale of shares.