As a dual qualified French-Brazilian lawyer specialized in international arbitration, Ana Carolina Simões e Silva has worked over the past eight years as senior associate and associate in international arbitration at major international law firms in Paris.  She has extensive experience in commercial and investment arbitration whether representing the commercial interests of multinational companies or protecting the interests of sovereign States.

Fluent in four languages (Portuguese, French, English and Spanish), Ana Carolina has gained particular experience in cases linked to the energy, mining, services and construction sectors around the world under the arbitration rules of the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC), London Court of International Arbitration (LCIA), UNCITRAL and the International Center for Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID).

She has acted as leadcounsel in many arbitration cases handling complex procedural, factual and legal issues.  Her experience includes serving as Administrative Secretary to arbitral tribunals on several arbitrations conducted under the auspices of the ICC and the CAM-CCBC (Center for Arbitration and Mediation of the Chamber of Commerce Brazil-Canada).

Ana Carolina also served as a lecturer at the Université Lille 2 Droit et Santé and the Law Faculty of the Institut d’Études Politiques de Lille (SciencesPo Lille), teaching International Relations and Public International Law.

Contact
acsilva@nunezlagos-arbitration.com[

Experience

Ana Carolina Simões e Silva Sociedade Individual de Advocacia (Brazil), 2019
—Independent Lawyer established in Brazil and working in collaboration with Núnez-Lagos Arbitration

Hogan Lovells LLP (Paris, France), November 2014-2018
—Senior Associate in the International Arbitration Group

Dechert LLP (Paris, France), 2010 – October 2014
—Associate in the International Arbitration Group

Institut d’Etude des Relations Internationales – ILERI (Paris, France), 2010-2011
—Lecturer

Sciences-Po Lille et Université Lille 2 Droit et Santé (Lille, France), 2008-2010
—Lecturer

Educations
Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne PhD in Public International Law, with honors, 2009

Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne Master in Public International Law and International Organisations, with honors, 2003

Universidade Federale de Minas Gerais, Brazil LL.B & LL.M, 2000

Bar admissions and qualifications
Paris, France
Brazil, Belo Horizonte section

Nationality
Brazil and France

Languages
Portuguese, French, English and Spanish