Lusophone Arbitration and Mediation Association
0085328331808
alam@alam.org.mo
Avenida da Praia Grande n.os 309-315, Nan Yue Com. Ctr., 7.o andar
Macao Special Administrative Region
Presentation
The Association is a non-profit institution, with the purpose of promoting, within the Portuguese speaking countries, the resolution, through mediation or arbitration, of cross-border disputes arising between:
• Parties belonging to any of the Portuguese-speaking jurisdictions;
• Parts belonging and parties not belonging to any of the Portuguese-speaking jurisdictions.
The Portuguese-speaking space covers all jurisdictions that have the Portuguese language as their own or one of their official languages, abbreviated as "lusophone jurisdictions".
History
In preparation since 2018, the Association was founded in 2019 in the Macao Special Administrative Region and formalized in 2020 by 30 arbitrators from Portuguese-speaking countries, Mainland China, and Hong Kong, The association already has already over one hundred members.
In 2021 the Association carried out the formalization of protocols with similar entities of Portuguese-speaking countries and Mainland China, as well as started the preparation of the largest online training action for arbitrators in Portuguese-speaking countries.
Founding Members
Founding Members
N.o | Name | Jurisdiction | Profile |
1 | Leonel Alberto Alves | Macau S.A.R. | Lawyer and private notary in Macau. Leonel Alberto Alves is a member of the National Consultative Conference of the Chinese People (serving its 3rd term) and of the Executive Council of the Macau SAR (since 2005). His main areas of practice are Corporate and Litigation. |
2 | Bruno Miguel dos Santos Nunes | Macau S.A.R. Portugal | Lawyer in Macau and Portugal. Member of the Advisory Board of the Institute for Municipal Affairs and Associate Professor of the University of São José. His main areas of practice are Intellectual Property, Corporate and Alternative Dispute Resolution. |
3 | Gabriel Tong Io Cheng | Macau S.A.R. | Lawyer and private notary in Macau. Professor and Director of the Faculty of Law of Macau University. His main practice areas are Corporate Law. |
4 | Lino Wadiambu Diamvutu | Angola | Lawyer in Angola, he is a Professor at the Agostinho Neto University Law School in Angola. His main areas of practice are Arbitration and the Law of Obligations. |
5 | John Bosco Lee | Brazil | Lawyer in Brazil, he is professor of Arbitration at the Positivo University in Brazil. His main areas of practice are corporate, foreign investments, international contracts, arbitration and construction law. |
6 | Carlos Henrique de Jesus Pinto Pereira | Guinea-Bissau | Lawyer in Guinea-Bissau, professor at the Faculty of Law of Bissau. He was the author of the revision of tax legislation and the Investment Code in Guinea-Bissau. His main areas of practice are Corporate, Litigation and Alternative Dispute Resolution. |
7 | Pedro Pombo Gamboa Couto | Mozambique | Lawyer in Mozambique. His main areas of practice are Obligations, Energy, Oil and Gas, Litigation and Alternative Dispute Resolution |
8 | Nuno Miguel Ferreira Lousa | Portugal | Lawyer in Portugal. His main areas of practice are Obligations Law, Litigation and Alternative Dispute Resolution. |
9 | Mónica Mendes da Silva | East Timor Portugal | Lawyer in Portugal and East Timor. Mónica Mendes da Silva is Managing Partner of MDS Legal, based in Dili, where she lives. Her main areas of practice are Corporate, Labour and Litigation Law. |
10 | Manuel Leong Hon Man | Macau S.A.R. | Lawyer and private notary in Macau. His main areas of practice are Corporate, Litigation and Alternative Dispute Resolution. |
11 | Bruno António Beato Ascenção | Macau S.A.R. Portugal | Lawyer in Macau and Portugal. His main practice areas are Corporate Law, Litigation and Alternative Dispute Resolution. |
12 | Júlio Miguel dos Anjos | Macau S.A.R. | Lawyer in Macao. Professor of the Faculty of Law of the University of Macau. His main practice areas are Law of Obligations |
13 | Regina Ng | Macau S.A.R. | Lawyer in Macau. She is a member of the Board of the Lawyers Association. Her main areas of practice are Family Law, Litigation and Alternative Dispute Resolution, and Real Estate and Construction. |
14 | Letitia Weng U Law | Macau S.A.R. | Lawyer in Macau. Her main areas of practice are Corporate, Litigation and Alternative Dispute Resolution |
15 | Diana Moura | Macau S.A.R. | Jurist in Macau. Her main areas of practice are Corporate and Alternative Dispute Resolution |
16 | Luís Miguel Drummond Morlim Cardoso | Macau S.A.R. | Lawyer in Macau. His main areas of practice are the Law of Obligations and Litigation |
17 | Calvin Chui Tinlop | Macau S.A.R.
New York | Lawyer in Macau and New York State. His main areas of practice are Corporate, Civil and Criminal. |
18 | José Miguel Figueiredo | Macau S.A.R. Portugal | Jurist in Macau and Portugal. His main practice areas are Alternative Dispute Resolution |
19 | Fan Yang | People’s Republic of China Hong Kong. England and Wales | Lawyer in the People’s Republic of China, Hong Kong, England and Wales. PhD in Law from the Queen Mary University of London. Administrator of the International Dispute Resolution Academy. |
20 | WANG Shouqun | People’s Republic of China | Lawyer in the People’s Republic of China |
21 | José Miguel Júdice | Portugal | Arbitrator and Legal Expert in Portugal. Vice-President (in charge of the Commercial Arbitration Centre) of the Lisbon Commercial Association/Portuguese Chamber of Commerce and Industry, since 2007. Former Chairman of the Portuguese Bar Association. His main practice areas include, namely, International Law, International Contracts and investment protection, Fnancial contracts. |
22 | José Manuel Sérvulo Correia | Portugal | Lawyer in Portugal. Emeritus Professor Faculty of Law, University of Lisbon, developed his activity around the areas of Public Law and Litigation and Arbitration. He was appointed Professor in 2006. PhD in Law from the University of Lisbon in 1987. He has been a member of the panel of arbitrators of the Permanent Court of Arbitration (The Hague) since 2005. |
23 | Fernando A. Ferreira Pinto | Portugal | Lawyer in Portugal. PhD in Law and Director of the Faculty of Law of the Portuguese Catholic University. His main practice areas include, namely, Litigation and Arbitration, Corporate, Mergers and Acquisitions |
24 | João Nuno Calvão | Portugal | Rector of the University of Coimbra. PhD in European Union Law from the Law Office of the University of Coimbra. Deputy Director of the Sino-Lusophone Academy of the University of Coimbra |
25 | João Ribeiro-Bidaoui | Netherlands | Diplomat Lawyer | First Secretary at Hague Conference on Private International Law (HCCH) |
26 | Ettore Botteselli | Brazil | Lawyer in Brazil. Master’s degree in Commercial Law from the Pontifical Catholic University. Specialist in Corporate Law at The Getúlio Vargas Foundation. He took extension courses “International Commercial Arbitration”, INSPER/University of Zurich and “Doing Business in the EU – Competition Law Matters”, INSPER/University of St. Galen (Switzerland). His main practice areas are Corporate Law, M&A and Commercial Contracts, Banking and Financial Law. |
27 | Thomas Law | Brazil | Lawyer in Brazil. Master’s degree in International Economic Relations Law from PUC-SP Coach and Arbitrator of the XX Willem C. Vis International Commercial Arbitration Moot Court (Hong Kong and Vienna). PhD student in Commercial Law at PUC/SP Author of the book: “The Recognition and Execution of Foreign Arbitral Awards in Brazil” |
28 | Tiago Serrão | Portugal | Lawyer in Portugal. Visiting Professor (Public Law) of the Faculty of Law of University of Lisbon. His main practice areas are Administrative Law, Sports Law, Alternative Dispute Resolution |
29 | João Tiago Silveira | Portugal | Lawyer in Portugal. Professor of the Faculty of Law of the University of Lisbon, where teaches Public Law and Administrative Law. Arbitrator in arbitration proceedings before the arbitral tribunals of the Economic and Social Council and the Centre for Administrative Arbitration. His main practice areas are Administrative Law and Alternative Dispute Resolution |
30 | Ivan Caetano | Mozambique | Lawyer in Mozambique. His main practice areas are Banking, Corporate Law and Investment Law |
Organization
The bodies of the Association are
General Assembly
Chairman - Leonel Alberto Alves
Lawyer and private notary in Macau. Leonel Alberto Alves is a member of the National Consultative Conference of the Chinese People (serving its 3rd term) and of the Executive Council of the Macau SAR (since 2005). His main areas of practice are Corporate and Litigation.
Vice-Chairman - Manuel Leong Hon Man
Lawyer and private notary in Macau. His main areas of practice are Corporate, Litigation and Alternative Dispute Resolution.
Secretary - Regina Ng
Lawyer in Macau. She is a member of the Board of the Lawyers Association. Her main areas of practice are Family Law, Litigation and Alternative Dispute Resolution, and Real Estate and Construction.
Secretary - Luís Cardoso
Lawyer in Macau. His main areas of practice are the Law of Obligations and Litigation.
Secretary - Calvin Tinlop Chui
Lawyer in Macau and New York State. His main areas of practice are Corporate, Civil and Criminal.
Supervisory Board
Chairman - Gabriel Tong Io Cheng
Lawyer and private notary in Macau. Full Professor and Director of the Faculty of Law, University of Macau. His main areas of practice are Corporate Law.
Vice-Chairman - Júlio Anjos
Lawyer in Macau, he is a professor at the Faculty of Law of the University of Macau. His main areas of practice are the Law of Obligations
Membro - Diana Moura
Jurist in Macau. Her main areas of practice are Corporate and Alternative Dispute Resolution
Board of Directors
Chairman - Bruno Nunes
Lawyer in Macau and Portugal. Member of the Advisory Board of the Institute for Municipal Affairs and Associate Professor of the University of São José. His main areas of practice are Intellectual Property, Corporate and Alternative Dispute Resolution.
Vice-Chairman - Bruno Beato Ascenção
Lawyer in Macau and Portugal. His main areas of practice are Corporate, Litigation and Alternative Dispute Resolution.
Executive Secretary - Letitia Lei Weng U
Lawyer in Macau. Her main areas of practice are Corporate, Litigation and Alternative Dispute Resolution.
Member - Lino Diamvutu
Lawyer in Angola, he is a professor at the Agostinho Neto University Law School in Angola. His main areas of practice are Arbitration and the Law of Obligations.
Member - João Bosco Lee
Lawyer in Brazil, he is professor of Arbitration at the Positivo University in Brazil. His main areas of practice are corporate, foreign investments, international contracts, arbitration and construction law.
Member - Carlos Pinto Pereira
Lawyer in Guinea-Bissau, professor at the Faculty of Law of Bissau. He was the author of the revision of tax legislation and the Investment Code in Guinea-Bissau. His main areas of practice are Corporate, Litigation and Alternative Dispute Resolution.
Member - Pedro Couto
Lawyer in Mozambique. His main areas of practice are Obligations, Energy, Oil and Gas, Litigation and Alternative Dispute Resolution
Member - Nuno Lousa
Lawyer in Portugal. His main areas of practice are Obligations Law, Litigation and Alternative Dispute Resolution.
Member - Mónica Mendes da Silva
Lawyer in Portugal and Timor-Leste. Mónica Mendes da Silva is Managing Partner of MDS Legal, based in Dili, where she lives. Her main areas of practice are Corporate, Labour and Litigation Law.
