Ricardo Quass Duarte

Practice Areas

Litigation

Arbitration

Consumer and Product Liability

Wealth and Succession Planning

German Desk

Career

Ricardo Quass Duarte has more than 20 years of experience in strategic and high-complexity civil litigation. He is responsible for the coordination of civil and arbitration proceedings involving several areas of law, with special emphasis on civil, commercial, consumer and intellectual property law.

He represents national and international clients from a number of industries, such as infrastructure, technology, consumer goods, and agribusiness.

He also has wide experience in supporting transactional areas, especially in M&A transactions, in addition to assisting clients in Wealth Planning.

Publications

- Tempo Inimigo no Processo Civil Brasileiro, São Paulo: LTR, 2009;

- Processos Coletivos e Tutela Ambiental, org. por Carlos Alberto de Salles, Solange Teles da Silva e Ana Maria de Oliveira Nusdeo. 1a ed. Santos: Leopoldianum, 2006 (coauthor);

- Anti-Suit Injunctions in the Context of International Commercial Arbitration, “Antitrust & Unfair Competition Law Newsletter” da Illinois State Bar Association, vol. 48, números 3 e 4, Mai-Jun/2010;

- Legal Privilege & Professional Secrecy – Brazil Chapter, Getting the Deal Through, 2017 and 2018 (coauthor);

- Class Actions – Brazil Chapter, Getting the Deal Through, in 2017 and 2018 (coauthor);

- Several articles published in specialized media, such as Valor Econômico (“Técnica de julgamento estendido”, “Redação de leis”, “Eleição de foro estrangeiro no novo CPC”, “O novo CPC e a morosidade da justiça”), Conjur (“Terras rurais e estrangeiros: os prejuízos causados pelo parecer da AGU”) and Global Arbitration News (“Brazilian Court of

-Appeals confirms the validity of arbitration in international sales representation agreement”).