Luciano Benetti Timm

Practice Areas

Dispute Resolution

Commercial Contracts

Agribusiness

Career

Luciano Timm has been a corporate lawyer since 1994, focusing his professional practice both in the South of Brazil and in São Paulo, built on experiences as in-house counsel, in court, as well as in top law firms in the country. Apart from having a solid national and international academic background, his practice centers in the strategy of complex cases, as well as in the commercial and economic impacts of the operations he assists in, bringing elements of his academic experience in law and economics to the legal profession. He is currently the head of CMT’s dispute resolution department, which includes negotiations, mediations, arbitrations and litigation. It this field, he is strategically involved in oral arguments, drafting of documents and legal opinions, and in the national leadership of the firm’s litigation team. Agribusiness, paper and cellulose, machinery and equipment, food and beverage, civil liability, real estate, and civil construction are some of the sectors where his works stands out.

Professional Memberships

Brazilian Bar Association – Rio Grande do Sul (OAB/RS and OAB/SP)

Vice President of the Brazilian Arbitration Committee (CBAr)

President of the Arbitration, Mediation, and Concilliation Chamber of the Industries Center of Rio Grande do Sul (CIERGS)

Member of the body of arbitrators of the Brazil-Canada Chamber of Commerce (CAM-CCBC), CIESP/FIESP, CAMARB, CIEP, CIERGS, and CBMAE

Member of the Special Arbitration Commission of OAB/RS

Publications

Books

A panorama of arbitration in Rio Grande do Sul (co-author). Unisinos (2012)

Law and Economics in Brazil (organizer). Atlas (2012)

Arbitration in contracts: corporate, international, and public. Livraria do Advogado (2009)

International Commerce Law (co-author). Editora FGV Rio (2009)

The new civil law. Livraria do Advogado (2008)

The new Brazilian contracts law. Atlas (2008)

Services Agreements: from the civil code to the consumer defense code. Forense (2006)

Articles

The choice of venue clause versus the arbitration clause in international contracts. Revista do Advogado, v. 119 (2013)

Viena Convention on Contracts for the International Sale of Goods (CISG) in a economic analysis perspective. Revista de Arbitragem e Mediação, v. 37 (2013)

Languages Spoken

English (fluent)

French (advanced)

Spanish (intermediate)

Italian (intermediate)

Awards

Experience

Post-Doctorate Studies in the Law, Economics, and Business Department, University of California, Berkeley (2007)

LL.D. in Business Law and Regional Integration, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul (2004)

LL.M. in International Economic Law, University of Warwick – scholar of the British Council (1999)

LL.M. in Private Law, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul (1997)

Bachelor of Laws, Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio Grande do Sul (1994)

Courses in the Economics College, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul (1993)