Carmen Tiburcio (LL.B., University of the State of Rio de Janeiro; LL. M., S.J.D., University of Virginia) is a legal practitioner since 1982, and Tenured Professor of Private International Law and Arbitration at the University of the State of Rio de Janeiro. A renowned scholar in the field, Carmen is a guest lecturer in many institutions, such as the Université de Toulouse Capitole (France) and The Hague Academy of International Law (2017). She is also a member of the International Academy of Comparative Law.
Carmen’s main areas of practice are International Litigation, Private International Law, and Arbitration, in which she works both as a legal expert and conducting litigation. She figures in lists of arbitrators of many arbitral institutions (CBMA, FGV, CAM-CCBC, CIESP/FIESP), having served as a sole arbitrator, chair and co-arbitrator in institutional and ad hoc arbitrations, in Brazil and abroad, and counsel in several cases. Carmen was also appointed as prospective arbitrator to the Mercosur and the Mercosur-Bolivia Tribunal by the Brazilian government.
She has acted as counsel in a number of high-profile arbitrations and has been featured multiple times in specialized
publications as one of the most admired lawyers in Brazil. She acted as legal expert in various disputes in foreign jurisdictions including Australia, France, United Kingdom and multiple U.S. States. She also subscribed, along with other international law scholars, the amici brief referred to by the Supreme Court of the United States in the case Sessions, Attorney General v. Morales-Santana.
She is the author of many books, including “The current practice of international cooperation in civil matters”, “Extensão e Limites da Jurisdição Brasileira”,“Direito Constitucional Internacional” (co-authorship with Luis Roberto
Barroso), “The Human Rights of Aliens under International and Comparative Law”, “Arbitragem Comercial Internacional”, “Private International Law in Brasil”, “Direito Internacional Privado”, the last two in co-authorship with Professor Jacob Dolinger, as well as several book chapters and articles, both in specialized periodicals and in
newspapers, in Brazil and abroad.
Carmen speaks Portuguese (native), English and French (fluent), and has good communication skills in Spanish, Italian, and German.