Rodrigo Cotta

Practice Areas

Expertise

Arbitration Environment International Commerce Litigation

Industry

Agribusiness Aviation Civil Engineering Consumer and Retail Energy Infrastructure Insurance and Reinsurance Maritime and Port Oil and Gas Real State Sport and Entertainment

Career

Rodrigo Cotta is recognized for his work in complex dispute resolution, arbitration, and advisory services. He has worked in cases of foremost domestic and international relevance, having already been cited in publications such as Valor Econômico and The New York Times.

Recognized by the Análise Advocacia ranking in 2020 and 2021 and named as a Rising Star by The Legal500 in 2021. In the current 2025 edition, he was included as a partner at Salomão, Kaiuca, Abrahão, Raposo, and Cotta in the Shipping area. Since the 2023 edition, the Leaders League publication has highlighted Rodrigo in the areas of Maritime Law, Dispute Resolution: Civil and Commercial Litigation, and Restructuring and Insolvency.

He is an arbitrator at CBMA (Brazilian Center for Mediation and Arbitration) and member of ABDM (Brazilian Association of Maritime Law).

Bachelor’s degree in Law from UFRJ (Federal University of Rio de Janeiro); specialist in Maritime Law from UERJ (Rio de Janeiro State University); specialist in Arbitration from ESA-OAB/RJ (Escola Superior de Advocacia – Brazilian Bar Association, Rio de Janeiro section); specialist in Civil Procedure from UCAM (Universidade Candido Mendes); specialist in Arbitration and M&A from Boston University; master’s student (LL.M) in Transnational Commercial Practice at CILS (Center for International Legal Studies), Austria; MBA in Agribusiness and Environment from IBMEC/RJ (Instituto Brasileiro de Mercado de Capitais).

Awards