Dr Ana Gerdau de Borja Mercereau, FCIArb
Derains & Gharavi
Brazilian and German
France
Paris
Commercial transactions, joint ventures, large infrastructure projects (in construction, renewable energy, oil & gas and transportation), M&A deals, and projects in real estate and for mining research and exploration
English, French, Portuguese (native) and Spanish
LLB, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
LLM, University of Cambridge
PhD, University of Cambridge
“Is Corporate Social Responsibility There to Stay in International Arbitration?” (TDM Special Issue 2019)
“La corruption et l'arbitrage”, in Un demi-siècle africain d’arbitrage d’investissement. Paris, LGDJ (2019)
“Prise en compte des droits de l’homme et de l’environnement dans les traités bilatéraux d’investissement” in La protection des investissements étrangers : vers une réaffirmation de l’État ? Paris, A. Pedone (2018)
Investment Protection in Brazil. The Hague, Kluwer (2014) (with D Levy, A Pucci)
“Brazil as ‘La Belle of the Ball’: The Brazilian Courts’ Pro-Arbitration Stance (2011-2012)” 2013(2) The Paris Journal of International Arbitration 381 3 (with A Wald)
Listed on the LCIA database of arbitrators; on the list of arbitrators of the Arbitration Centre of the Portuguese Chamber of Commerce and Industry (Portugal); on the list of arbitrators of CAMARB, CBMA and ARBITAC (Brazil); and on the list of arbitrators of the Centre of Arbitration Amcham Perú (Peru)
Member of: Delos’ Long View Steering Committee; ICC Brasil; Brazilian Arbitration Committee (CBAr); Comité français de l’arbitrage (CFA); International Arbitration Institute (IAI); Dispute Resolution Board Foundation (DRBF); Club Español del Arbitraje (CEA)
Founder of the Rising Arbitrators Initiative (RAI) and Co-Chair of its Executive Committee
Vice-Chair of CIArb's YMG Global Steering Committee
Ana Gerdau de Borja Mercereau is a Cambridge-educated lawyer at Derains & Gharavi, Paris. She has over 12 years’ experience, having acted as counsel and secretary to arbitral tribunals in commercial and investor-State arbitrations relating to commercial transactions, joint ventures, large infrastructure projects (in construction, renewable energy, oil & gas and transportation), M&A deals, and projects in real estate and for mining research and exploration. Admitted to the Bars of Brazil and Portugal, she has been a member of the ICC Commission on International Arbitration and ADR since 2018, and a co-coordinator of Track 5 of the ICC Commission Task Force entitled “Corruption in International Arbitration.” Ana is also one of the founders of the Rising Arbitrators Initiative (https://risingarbitratorsinitiative.com/) and the Vice-Chair of CIArb's YMG Global Steering Committee. She has acted as a member of a three-member committee to decide on the challenge against an arbitrator, appointed by a Brazilian arbitral institution.