Biography — Luiz Olavo Baptista (Brazil) (2001 - 2009)
Born in Brazil in 1938, Luiz Olavo Baptista is currently Professor of
International Trade Law at the University of São Paulo Law School.
He has been a Member of the Permanent Court of Arbitration at The Hague
since 1996, and of the International Chambre of Commerce (ICC) Institute
for International Trade Practices and of its Commission on Trade and
Investment Policy, since 1999. In addition, he has been one of the
arbitrators designated under Mercosur's Protocol of Brasilia since 1993.
Professor Baptista is also senior partner at the L.O. Baptista Law Firm,
in São Paulo, Brazil, where he concentrates his practice on corporate law,
arbitration and international litigation. He has been practicing law for
almost 40 years advising governments, international organizations and
large corporations in Brazil and in other jurisdictions. Professor
Baptista has been an arbitrator at the United Nations Compensation
Commission (E4A Panel) in several private commercial disputes and
State-investor proceedings, as well as in disputes under Mercosur's
Protocol of Brasilia. In addition, he has participated as a legal advisor
in diverse projects sponsored by the World Bank, the United Nations
Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD), the United Nations Center on
Transnational Corporations (UNCTC), and the United Nations Development
Programme (UNDP).
He obtained his law degree from the Catholic University of São Paulo,
pursued post-graduate studies at Columbia University Law School and The
Hague Academy of International Law, and received a Ph.D in International
Law from the University of Paris II. He was Visiting Professor at the
University of Michigan (Ann Arbor) in 1978-1979, and at the University of
Paris I and the University of Paris X between 1996 and 2000. Professor
Baptista has published extensively on various issues in Brazil and abroad. |