João Manoel Pereira de Assis is an Associate who represents and advises companies, States, and State-owned entities in international investment and commercial arbitration matters. He has experience advising in relation to arbitrations held under several institutional rules such as ICSID, ICC, PCA, CAM-CCBC, CAM-B3, and UNCITRAL.

His experience spans a variety of sectors including mining, construction, oil and gas and mergers and acquisitions.

João Manoel also has extensive experience serving as a tribunal secretary. Prior to joining the Wordstone team, he worked in the international arbitration team of a global law firm in Paris.

• Representing a French biopharmaceutical group against a Swiss pharmaceutical company in an ICC arbitration concerning a product licensing agreement.
• Representing a French biopharmaceutical group against a Swiss pharmaceutical company in an ICC arbitration concerning a product distribution agreement.
• Representing a Brazilian private conglomerate on multi-billion post-M&A ICC arbitration.
• Representing Petroecuador in a commercial arbitration conducted under the auspices of the UNCITRAL (1976) rules, relating to the production of crude oil using secondary and tertiary recovery techniques.
• Representing the Plurinational State of Bolivia against dual Bolivian-U.S. national and the Bolivian company in which he owns a controlling interest in a PCA-UNCITRAL arbitration arising from a mining concession held by the company in Bolivia.

Master in International Business Law, Paris 2 University – Panthéon-Assas

DSU in International Private Law, Paris 2 University – Panthéon-Assas

Exchange student in the undergraduate program at Sciences Po Paris

Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio de Janeiro (PUC-Rio), LLB

Brazil

Paris (pending)

English, French, Portuguese, Spanish

• Comitê Brasileiro de Arbitragem (CBAr)
• Conflict Prevention & Resolution (CPR)
• Club Español e Iberoamericano del Arbitraje (CEIA)