Ricardo Medina

Practice Areas

Lawyer specialized in the arbitration and other dispute resolution in the area of infrastructure and construction.

Medina is the firm’s leading partner in alternative dispute resolution procedures, notably arbitration and dispute boards, and he also acts as arbitrator. He represents national and international clients in major operations involving infrastructure projects (ports, power plants, highways, subways, refineries, etc). He provides services related to the legal management of construction contracts and acts in negotiations with public and private parties.

He is author of the first Brazilian law acknowledging the use of dispute boards by the public administration (Dispute Board Act #16.873/2018 of the city of São Paulo).

Languages Spoken

Portuguese, English, Spanish and French.

Professional Memberships

Founder and treasurer director of the Brazilian Institute of Construction Law (IBDiC).

Vice-president of the Construction Law Committee of the Brazilian Bar Association (OAB/SP).

Director of the Institute of Engineering Mediation and Arbitration Centre.

Arbitrator of the Chamber of Mediation and Arbitration of Eurochambers and the Center for Analysis and Resolution of Conflicts of Peru.

Member of the Brazilian Arbitration Committee (CBAr) and the Dispute Resolution Board Foundation (DRBF).

Publications

Author of the book “Arbitration and Administration: Brazil, Argentina, Paraguay and Uruguay” (Saraiva, 2014).

Coordinator and co-author of the book “The New Brazilian Arbitration Law” (IOB, 2015).

Education