Mariana França Gouveia
Joined PLMJ in 2016.
Partner in the Dispute Resolution practice.
About Mariana
Mariana is a partner in the Dispute Resolution practice, focusing on arbitration. She has over 20 years’ experience in more than 40 Portuguese and international arbitration cases as a lawyer and as an arbitrator. These cases have been conducted under a wide variety of arbitration regulations (ICC, LCIA, CAC/CCIP, among others) and have had their seats in many locations around the world including Paris, Rio de Janeiro, São Paulo, Luanda, Brussels, Maputo, London, Stockholm and Lisbon.
She is on the lists of arbitrators of Portuguese and international institutions and has regularly been appointed as an arbitrator.
Since 2018, Mariana has been the director of the NOVA School of Law where she is a professor and coordinates the master’s in court and arbitration law.
She is the author of extensive academic work of reference in the areas of arbitration law, civil procedural law and alternative dispute resolution.
Since 2022, Mariana has been President of the Board of the Commercial Arbitration Centre of the Portuguese Chamber of Commerce and Industry.
Academic Background
- Law degree from the University of Lisbon, 1997
- Admitted to the Portuguese Bar Association, 1997
- PhD in law specialising in civil procedural law from the NOVA School of Law, 2003
- Professor at the NOVA School of Law
- Dean, among others, of the subjects of arbitration, alternative dispute resolution and civil procedural law
- Director of the Dispute Resolution Forum of NOVA School of Law, 2007
- Coordinator of the master’s in court and arbitration law, since 2015
- Director of the NOVA School of Law, since 2018
Professional Background
- Partner at PLMJ since 2018
- Member of the Board of the Portuguese Chamber of Commerce and Industry, since 2022
- Director (non-executive) of Martifer SGPS, 2018-2021
- Adviser to the Minister of Justice, 2002
- Consultant from the Office of Legislative Policy and Planning of the Ministry of Justice, 2002-2004
- Director of the Office of Auditing and Modernisation of the Ministry of Justice, 2004-2005
- Consultant at the law firm Soares Machado & Associates, 2006-2010
- Consultant at the law firm SRS - Sociedade Rebelo de Sousa Advogados, 2010-2016
- Director (non-executive) on the Board of Directors of the Francisco Manuel dos Santos Foundation, 2014-2018
Member of
- ICC Arbitration Committee
- ICC Portugal Arbitration Committee
- Vice President of the Board of the Commercial Arbitration Centre of the Portuguese Chamber of Commerce and Industry, 2012-2017 and Preesident since 2022
- Member of the following rosters of arbitrators:
- Commercial Arbitration Centre of the Chamber of Commerce and Industry
- Institute of Commercial Arbitration of the Porto Commercial Association
- Concordia - Centre for Conciliation and Mediation of Disputes, and Arbitration
- Centre for Mediation and Arbitration of the Brazil-Canada Chamber of Commerce (Brazil)
- CAMARB (Brazil)
- CBMA (Brazil)
- CREL - Centre for Out-of-court Dispute Resolution (Angola)
PLMJ lawyers publish article "Mediation in Lusophone Africa: an Opportunity to Amplify Access to Justice"
Mariana França Gouveia to speak at the ICC Institute Training on Production of Documents
PLMJ shortlisted in 8 categories in the Women in Business Law Awards Europe
PLMJ lawyers recognised in WWL: Arbitration 2022
PLMJ lawyers take part in a conference on insolvency organised by NOVA School of Law and CEDIS
Mariana França Gouveia takes part in the 7th SOAS Arbitration in Africa
Amendments to the IBA Rules on the Taking of Evidence in International Arbitration
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