What to expect from Brazil for the next four years

The event's central theme will be "What to expect from Brazil over the next four years? Legal and economic perspectives". 

The Conference will have an opening focused on the legal perspectives of Brazil in the coming years and a closing covering the economic perspectives. In addition, the event will be divided into two main panels, one on tax and the other on arbitration. For the tax panel, the proposed theme is The settlement of cross-border tax disputes in non-tax international agreements. As for the arbitration panel, the subject is Arbitrating in Brazil: present and future. 

Foods and drinks will be provided. 

Please find further details on the agenda below, and RSVP here: https://forms.gle/iJnvRn3HwSRJqfap7

2.00 pm - 2.10 pm - Opening remarks: Dean Troy McKenzie

2.10 pm - 2.45 - Opening Speech: Keynote Speaker - Walfrido Jorge Warde Júnior, Partner at Warde Advogados, President of Instituto para Reforma das Relações entre Estado e Empresa.

2.50 pm - Panel #1 (Tax): "The settlement of cross-border tax disputes in non-tax international agreements"

SPEAKERS:

- Pasquale Pistone - Academic Chairman of IBFD (The Netherlands), Full Professor of Tax Law at the University of Salerno (Italy), Global Professor of Law at NYU.

- Ana Cláudia Utumi - Partner at Utumi Law

- Riyaz Dattu - Canada Legal Practice Leader at ArentFox Schiff LLP

MODERATOR:

- David Rosenbloom - Director of the International Tax Program at NYU, Member of Caplin & Drysdale

4.05 pm: Coffee Break

4.25 pm - Panel #2 (Arbitration): "Arbitrating in Brazil: present and future"

SPEAKERS:

- Jose F. Sanchez - Partner at Vinson & Elkins

- Marcio Vasconcellos - Associate at King & Spalding LLP

- Gretta Walters - Partner at Chaffetz Lindsey

MODERATOR:

- Pedro Martinez-Fraga - Partner at Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner LLP, Adjunct Professor at NYU, Distinguished Practitioner

5.45 pm - Closing Speech: Keynote Speaker - Mr. Ilan Goldfajn, former President of the Central Bank of Brazil and current President of the Inter-American Development Bank.

- Special Guest: Gregory Harrigton (Partner at Arnold & Porter LLP)

6.30 pm - 8.00 pm - Cocktail Reception