Cesar Pereira C.Arb FCiarb is a partner at Justen, Pereira, Oliveira & Talamini, Sao Paulo (Brazil), and co-chairs its infrastructure and arbitration practices. He is the global Deputy President in 2025 and was elected as President for 2026 of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators – Ciarb. He is a Chartered Arbitrator and Fellow of Ciarb and was the first chairperson of the Ciarb Brazil Branch (2019-2022). His work as counsel, arbitrator or legal expert focuses on infrastructure projects, regulated industries, public procurement, and international sales of goods (CISG), and he has authored or edited articles, book chapters and books in these fields. He holds a doctorate and a master’s degree in public law from PUC-SP, in Brazil, and has been a visiting scholar at Columbia University, University of Nottingham, and George Washington University. Among other positions, he is the President of the Court of Arbitration of the Lusaka International Arbitration Centre (Zambia), a member of the Board of Directors of the Vis East Moot Foundation (Hong Kong), and a co-chair of the AAA/ICDR Brazil Advisory Committee.
