Washington, DC
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Practice Focus
Suzana Blades has extensive experience in the field of international arbitration. She has worked on a wide variety of investor-State arbitration cases before the International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID), under bilateral investment treaties and multilateral treaties, such as the Energy Charter Treaty, representing both investors and States. She has also been involved in cases before the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) as well as Brazilian arbitration institutions. Ms. Blades has assisted partners serving as arbitrators in investment and commercial arbitrations. She is the author of several articles concerning States' ability to consent to arbitration, international arbitration in the oil and gas industry, Brazil's approach towards investor-State arbitration, and standards of treatment under bilateral investment treaties.
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Representative Matters
Professional and Community Activities
Professional Activity
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Director, ABCI (Brazilian International Trade Scholars) Institute–Brazilian International Trade Scholars, Inc., a nonprofit corporation formed by Brazilian attorneys with the purpose of fostering the study of US-Brazil international trade relations, headed by the economic advisor for trade policy of the Brazilian Embassy in Washington, DC.
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Member, American Bar Association
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Member, Arbitral Women Association
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Member, ICC’s Commission on Arbitration (Brazilian Committee), Task Force on Reducing Time and Costs in Complex Arbitration, and Task Force on Criminal Law and Arbitration
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Member, International Centre for Dispute Resolution (ICDR) Young & International
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Member, New York State Bar Association
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Member, Ordem dos Advogados do Brasil (OAB)
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Member, Young Arbitration Practitioners (YAP), London Court of International Arbitration (LCIA)
Articles
Suzana Medeiros Blades.
"Algumas Questões sobre a Arbitragem Envolvendo a Administração Pública no Direito Brasileiro."
(Some Issues Regarding Arbitration Involving the Public Administration Under Brazilian Law), 17 RTDC 91-114 (Brazil) (Portuguese),
2004.
Suzana Medeiros Blades.
"Investment Arbitration in Brazil: Revisiting Brazil's Traditional Reluctance Towards ICSID, BITs and Investor-State Arbitration."
24(3) Arbitration International 423-445 (2008) and 14 Revista de Arbitragem e Mediação 57-86 (Arbitration and Mediation Law Review) (co-author),
July-September 2007.
Suzana Medeiros Blades.
"Fair, Equitable and Ambiguous: What is Fair and Equitable Treatment in International Investment Law."
22(1) ICSID Rev.-Foreign Investment Law Journal 24-54 (co-author),
Spring 2007.
Suzana Medeiros Blades.
"Arbitragem Internacional Investidor-Estado: Um Caminho Inevitável para o Brasil?."
(International Investor-State Arbitration: An Inevitable Way for Brazil?), in 2 ENSAIOS EM COMÉRCIO INTERNACIONAL, Aluisio de Lima Campos (ed.) (Brazil) (Portuguese),
2006.
Suzana Medeiros Blades.
"'Counterclaims' e 'Set-Off Defenses' em Arbitragem Comercial Internacional ("Counterclaims" and "Set-Off Defenses."
in International Commercial Arbitration), in O DIREITO INTERNACIONAL CONTEMPORÂNEO: ESTUDOS EM HOMENAGEM AO PROFESSOR JACOB DOLINGER (Brazil) (Portuguese),
2006.
Suzana Medeiros Blades.
"Arbitragem na Indústria do Petróleo no Direito Brasileiro."
(Petroleum Industry Arbitration Under Brazilian Law), in ESTUDOS E PARECERES EM DIREITO DO PETRÓLEO E GÁS 617, 617-60 (co-author) (Brazil) (Portuguese),
2004.
Suzana Medeiros Blades.
"Arbitragem Envolvendo o Estado no Direito Brasileiro"."
(Arbitration Involving the Brazilian State), 233 RDA 71, 71-101 (Brazil) (Portuguese),
2003.
LLM in
General Studies,
Georgetown University Law Center,
2009
Master of Laws in International Law,
Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro (UERJ),
2005
LLM in
International Legal Studies,
New York University School of Law,
2005
Law Degree,
Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro (UERJ),
2002
District of Columbia
New York
Brazil