Daniela Soares Domingues

• Strategic Litigation, Arbitration and Legal Advisory
• Civil and Civil Procedural Law
• Administrative and Constitutional Law
• Real Estate Transactions
• Capital Markets
• Corporate Restructuring and Bankruptcy

 

• Graduated from the Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro (PUC-Rio)
• Postgraduate degree in Civil Law from the State University of Rio de Janeiro (UERJ)
• Master’s degree in civil law at the Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro (PUC-Rio)
• Specialist in Negotiation, Mediation, Arbitration, and Litigation from New York University (NYU)
• Specialist in Mediation and Arbitration from Fundação Getulio Vargas of Rio de Janeiro (FGV-Rio)
• Languages: Portuguese and English

• Registered with the Brazilian Bar Association (OAB) – Rio de Janeiro and São Paulo Chapters
• Member of the Arbitration Committee of the Brazilian Bar Association – Rio de Janeiro Section, where she has also taught arbitration courses
• Member of CBAr – Brazilian Arbitration Committee
• Accredited arbitrator at the Brazilian Center for Mediation and Arbitration (CBMA)
• Member of the Brazilian Institute of Civil Law (IBDCIVIL)

With over 25 years of experience in resolving complex and strategic disputes, both in court and through arbitration, Daniela handles national and international cases across various areas of law and sectors of economy, including infrastructure, energy, oil and gas, insurance, regulation, shareholder disputes, corporate restructuring, and bankruptcy, among others.

She also provides legal advice on pre-litigation contractual matters, as well as on real estate transactions, succession planning, estate planning, and related topics.

Daniela is an arbitrator, professor of postgraduate courses in Civil Law and coauthor of books, articles, and publications in the fields of Civil Procedural Law, Civil Law, and Arbitration. She previously worked as a foreign associate at Grant, Herrmann, Schwartz & Klinger LLP, in New York. Currently, she coordinates the Strategic Litigation and Arbitration Department and is a member of the firm’s Executive and Management Committees.

• Recognized by The Legal 500 Latin America as one of the leading lawyers in Brazil in the Real Estate sector
• Named by Análise Advocacia as one of the most admired lawyers in Brazil in the areas of Civil Law and Arbitration
• Recognized by The Latin Lawyer 250 as one of the leading lawyers in Brazil in both Real Estate and Aviation
• Recognized by Leaders League as one of Brazil’s top lawyers in Civil and Commercial Litigation
• Named by Análise Advocacia 500 as one of the most admired lawyers in Brazil by companies in the Construction and Engineering sector
• Named by Análise Advocacia Mulher as one of the most admired female lawyers in Brazil

• European Lawyer Reference Series – Commercial Litigation – Jurisdictional Comparisons: Brazil 1st ed. London: Thomson Reuters, 2011 – SIQUEIRA CASTRO, Carlos Roberto. SOARES DOMINGUES, Daniela. SANTOS CONRADO, Iara. FROSSARD ALBUQUERQUE, André
• Latin Lawyer Reference – Litigation 2012 and 2013: Brazi – SIQUEIRA CASTRO, Carlos Roberto. CONRADO ZAMPONI, Adriana. SOARES DOMINGUES, Daniela
• Arbitragem e Mediação: Temas Controvertidos [“Arbitration and Mediation: Controversial Themes”], Forense, Rio de Janeiro, 2014. Chapter: Medidas Judiciais Necessárias à Solução de Controvérsias antes e durante a Arbitragem [“Judicial Measures Necessary to Resolve Disputes before and during Arbitration”], DOMINGUES, Daniela and CONRADO, Iara
• CASTRO, Carlos Roberto Siqueira, DOMINGUES, Daniela Domingues; WIDER, Alexandre dos Santos. Moral Damages in Data Breaches: Proving Moral Damages in Cases of Personal Data Leaks. Migalhas: Information Capsules, São Paulo, May 12, 2023.