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Antonio Celso Fonseca Pugliese

Antonio Celso Fonseca Pugliese

Brazil 2026

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Vella Pugliese Buosi e Guidoni Advogados
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Dispute Resolution: Litigation: Highly Regarded

Brazil

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About

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Brazil: Contentious

Practice Areas

Litigation / Arbitration

Career

Antonio Celso Pugliese is one of Vella Pugliese Buosi e Guidoni Advogados founding partners, managing partner since 2018 and the head of the Litigation and Arbitration practices. With more than 20 years of experience, Antonio Pugliese focuses on complex commercial crisis and litigation challenges, including high profile cases in Brazil. He has wide-ranging experience representing clients in trials, class actions and arbitrations for companies in all areas of industries.

Antonio is recognized as one of the leading dispute resolution lawyers in Brazil by Chambers Brazil, Chambers Latin America and Chambers Global. He is also considered one of the most admired dispute resolution lawyers in Brasil by Análise Advocacia.

Professional Memberships

Arbitrator at International Chamber of Economic and Commercial Arbitration of China – CIETAC, 2004;

Member of the Instituto dos Advogados de São Paulo – IASP;

Visiting Scholar, Columbia University Law School, New York, 2004;

Assistant, Faculdade de Direito da Universidade de São Paulo – USP, 2003;

Member of International Bar Association – IBA;

Arbitrator of Arbitration Chamber CBMA (Centro Brasileiro de Mediação e Arbitragem);

Member of the Bar Association Arbitration Comission.

Chambers Review

Provided by Chambers

Chambers Brazil: Contentious

Dispute Resolution: Litigation: Highly Regarded - Brazil

Band 2
Individual Editorial

Partner Antonio Celso Fonseca Pugliese is well versed in commercial, bankruptcy and environmental disputes.

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Strengths

Provided by Chambers

  • Antonio Celso is an excellent strategist — I often joke that he’s like a chess player. He thinks very strategically about the cases. He has a holistic view of matters, is a problem solver and always supports us. He knows the energy sector very well and assists us in highly complex disputes.

    Dispute Resolution: Litigation: Highly RegardedChambers Brazil: Contentious

  • Antonio Pugliese is a good solicitor, well known in the market, very reliable and has a strong presence.

    Dispute Resolution: Litigation: Highly RegardedChambers Brazil: Contentious

  • Pugliese is a well-rounded professional with a strategic vision for complex disputes.

    Dispute Resolution: Litigation: Highly RegardedChambers Brazil: Contentious

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