Juliana Mascarenhas

Juliana Mascarenhas

+ 55 11 3195 3370
jmascarenhas@xgivs.com.br

Summary

Juliana holds a Master’s degree in International Economic Law from the Pontifical Catholic University of São Paulo (PUC-SP, 2023), where she defended a thesis on contractual breach arising from the COVID-19 pandemic, analyzed under both the Brazilian Civil Code and the United Nations Convention on Contracts for the International Sale of Goods (CISG). She also earned her LL.B. from PUC-SP in 2016.

Background

With over a decade of experience in high-stakes dispute resolution, Juliana represents clients in complex judicial and arbitral proceedings involving contractual, corporate, financial, regulatory, and environmental matters. Her work is distinguished by a multidisciplinary and strategic approach to conflict resolution.

She has advised leading companies in the infrastructure and electromechanical sectors, with significant experience in construction-related arbitrations. Juliana also represents banks, asset managers, and institutional investors in disputes involving debt recovery and financial transactions. Additionally, she has acted in high-profile environmental cases, including those with labor law implications arising from contamination events.

Juliana further serves as tribunal secretary in arbitral proceedings, actively contributing to the procedural management and drafting of arbitral decisions.