About the Authors

Paul E Mason, Antonio M B Neto & Fernando E Serec

Paul E. Mason is an arbitrator with the American Arbitration Association and its International Centre for Dispute Resolution, the World Intellectual Property Organization/Geneva, and the Commercial Associations of Belo Horizonte and Curitiba, Brazil (CAMARB and ARBITAC). Mr. Mason is International Counsel specializing in international arbitration with Diaz, Reus, Rolff & Targ/Global Expansion in Miami (www.drrtlaw.com) and with Bastos-Tigre, Coelho da Rocha e Lopes Advogados in Rio de Janeiro/São Paulo (www.bastostigre.com.br), a law firm focusing on international infrastructure pro-jects in Brazil, many with European and U.S. clients. He served from 1988-2001 as Legal Director, Latin America & Caribbean for Digital Equipment, Oracle, and 3Com/Palm, and U.S. Legal Director for Módulo, S.A., a top Brazilian network security firm, where he was responsible for managing these companies’ international litigation and arbitration cases as well as drafting their arbitration and dispute resolution clauses. He was Invited Professor to teach the Arbitration Module in the Intensive Post-Graduate Law level ADR Course for Attorneys and Judges at PUC-Minas Law School, Belo Horizonte, Brazil, 2001 & 2002. Mr. Mason can be reached via email at: pmason@drrtlaw.com or aulmason@bastostigre.com.br.

Antonio Marzagão Barbuto Neto has been a member of the TozziniFreire (www.tozzinifreire.com.br) Dispute Resolution Group since 1999. He represents clients in complex litigation and arbitration before both Brazilian and international forums. He also advises foreign investors on how to navigate through the Brazilian judicial system by providing a comparative view between the Civil Law and Common Law systems. His interest in comparative legal studies has led him to pursue a Masters Degree at the New York University School of Law. After graduating from NYU and passing the New York State Bar Examination, he joined the law firm Debevoise & Plimpton LLP in New York where he spent one year as a foreign associate at the International Dispute Resolution Group.

Fernando Eduardo Serec is the head partner in the Dispute Resolution practice group at TozziniFreire Advogados (www.tozzinifreire.com.br), a leading law firm in Latin America, handling all mediation, arbitration and judicial litigation cases. He has been working in litigation since 1986, and his experience includes lawsuits and arbitrations of wide repercussion which involved, among other subjects: corporate law, infrastructure, privatization of the petrochemical, power and telecommunications sectors, environmental law, administrative law (procurement, concessions, etc.), regulatory issues (ANEEL, ANATEL, CADE, ANP, CRSFN), intellectual property, distribution and sales representation agreements, possession and ownership, commercial agreements, financial agreements and consumer rights. He has worked on cases in various Brazilian states and has experience with international legal and arbitration proceedings. He has also assisted U.S. and European law firms in lawsuits and arbitration involving Brazilian companies in the United States.

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