ROF Prevenção e Resolução de Disputas

Brazilian

Brazil

Curitiba, PR

Corporate, M&A, Commercial Contracts, Construction, Energy, Technology, Real Estate, Agribusiness, and Franchise.

• Portuguese (native)
• English (fluent)
• Spanish (fluent)
• French (proficient)

• ICC Advanced Arbitration Academy in Latin America (2025-27)
• Swiss Arbitration Academy, Practitioner’s Course in International Arbitration, full tuition scholarship awarded (2010-11)
• University of Geneva & The Graduate Institute, Master in International Dispute Settlement (MIDS program), full-ride scholarship awarded (2009-10)
• University of Lisbon, Academic Exchange Program (2004-05)
• Curitiba University Center, Bachelor’s Degree in Law (2001-07)

https://www.linkedin.com/in/rodrigo-de-oliveira-franco-36086921/

SPEAKING ENGAGEMENTS
• OAB/PR, Training and skills for the future of the legal profession with Bruce Edwards (Curitiba, Nov. 2025)
• PUC/PR, The Judiciary and Arbitration (Curitiba, Oct. 2025)
• PUC/PR, 15 Years of the National Policy for the Appropriate Treatment of Disputes (Curitiba, Oct. 2025)
• AMCHAM/NAMNE, Early Case Assessment (São Paulo, Oct. 2025)
• OAB/PR, 1st Conference on International Arbitration (Curitiba, Oct. 2025)
• OAB/PR, Negotiation, Mediation and Arbitration in M&A Disputes (Curitiba, Aug. 2025)
• OAB/RS, 10 Years of the Mediation Law: What Are the Perspectives for the Legal Profession? (Porto Alegre, Aug. 2025)
• CIARB, Mock Trial YMG, Evidenciary Hearing and Advocacy in Arbitration (Curitiba, Aug. 2025)
• UFPR, Mediation Proceeding: Advantages and Best Practices (Curitiba, June 2025)
• OAB/PR, Lawyering through Negotiation and Mediation with Ana Sambold (Curitiba, April 2025)
• ICC YAAF, From the Vis Moot to Arbitration in Practice (Curitiba, March 2025)
• IFL, Mediation and Leadership (Curitiba, July 2024)
• OAB/PR, 6th International Conference on Corporate Law and Class Arbitration (Curitiba, June 2024)
• ARBITAC, Cost Reduction in Contracts through Mediation and Arbitration (Curitiba, Oct. 2023)
• ICDR Y&I, Arbitration and Web3 Disputes: Crypto and Smart Contracts (webinar, Oct. 2022)
• CBMA/CJM, Mediation in Practice (webinar, June 2022)
• FAE, 2nd Arbitration Conference (May, 2022)
• ICDR, The ICDR Administrative Review Council in Practice (Oct. 2021)
• ICDR America’s Conference. Tertulia Session on the 2021 ICDR rule changes (Dec. 2020)
• NYU Law/ICDR Y&I, Joinder of Parties and Virtual Hearings: When, Why and How? (Nov. 2020)
• Young ICCA Workshop on Cross-examination in International Arbitration (São Paulo, Oct. 2019)
• Young ICCA Workshop on Effective Advocacy (Asunción, Oct. 2018)
• PUC-SP, Under 40 International Arbitration Day (São Paulo, Aug. 2018)
• ABEArb, Arbitration and Precedents (Curitiba, Ago. 2017)
• ARBITAC & ABEArb, Emergency Arbitration Proceedings (Curitiba, Aug. 2016)
• ICDR, The Miami International Arbitration Conference, Tertulia Session. Drafting Dispute
Resolution Clauses: Practices and Trends (Miami, Jan. 2015)
• Columbia University, How to break into arbitration? (New York, Nov. 2012)
• The 17th Willem C. Vis Moot, Member of the University of Geneva’s team (Vienna, April 2010)

PUBLICATIONS
• The Extension of the Arbitration Clause to third-parties based on the
Group of Companies Theory: an analysis of the applicable law, its
application in international disputes and its reception by the Brazilian
legal system, co-author with Pedro Lins, Revista de Arbitragem e
Mediação, n. 56, Jan. 2018, ed. Thomson Reuters.
• FRANCO, R. O. Judicial Precedent and Arbitration: Are Arbitrators
Bound by Judicial Precedent? A Comparative Study of UK, US and
Brazilian Law and Practice. Revista Brasileira de Arbitragem, v. 15, p.
200-204, 2018.
• The New ICDR Arbitration Rules, co-author with Mauricio Gomm
Santos, Revista Brasileira de Arbitragem, vol. 44, Oct. 2014, ed.
Síntese, p. 31.

• OAB/PR – Chair of the Negotiation and Mediation Committee of the Brazilian Bar Association, Paraná Division (2025-2027).
• ARBITAC – VP of the Mediation and Arbitration Center of the Paraná Chamber of Commerce (2023-2025). Member of the Roster of Arbitrators and Mediators.
• ICDR – Member of the ICDR Brazilian Advisory Council.
• ICC Brazil – Member of the Arbitration and ADR Commission.
• CAM-AMCHAM – Arbitration and Mediation Center of Amcham Brazil. Member of the Roster of Arbitrators and Mediators.
• OAB/SP – Mediation and Arbitration Center of the Brazilian Bar Association, São Paulo Division. Member of the Roster of Arbitrators and Mediators.
• CAMFIEP – Member of the Roster of Arbitrators and Mediators.
• CAESP – Arbitral Committee of the State of São Paulo. Member of the Roster of Arbitrators.
• CMAAC – Mediation and Arbitration Center of the São Paulo Chamber of Commerce. Member of the Roster of Arbitrators.
• MedArbRB – Member of the Roster of Arbitrators.
• NAMNE – Head of the Business Mediation and Negotiation Legal Practice Group.
• RAI – Member of the Raising Arbitrators Initiative.
• PUC-PR – Professor, Specialization Course in Civil Procedures, Mediation and Arbitration.
• CBAr – Member of the Brazilian Arbitration Committee since 2006.

Rodrigo is a full-time arbitrator and mediator, having served in thirteen cases as arbitrator and seven as mediator to date, as referenced below. He has worked as counsel in international and domestic arbitration for over 17 years before leading national and international arbitral institutions. His professional experience includes positions at arbitral institutions (ICDR/AAA in New York and ICC in Paris); prominent law firms in Miami, Paris, São Paulo, and Curitiba; as well as international organizations (UNCITRAL in Vienna and the Brazilian Mission to the WTO in Geneva).

He holds an LL.M. from the Geneva Center for International Dispute Settlement and currently serves as the Chair of the Negotiation and Mediation Committee of the Brazilian Bar Association, Paraná Division; VP of the Mediation and Arbitration Center of the Paraná Chamber of Commerce (ARBITAC); and Coordinator of the Business Mediation and Negotiation Advocacy Group (NAMNE/Amcham Brazil).

Rodrigo is also a member of the ICDR Brazilian Advisory Council and the Arbitration and ADR Committee of ICC Brazil. He is taking part in the ICC Advanced Arbitration Academy in Latin America and holds certifications in negotiation and mediation from the Pepperdine University and the Center for Dispute Resolution. He is certified as mediator by the ICFML and admitted to practice law in Brazil, Portugal, and FL, USA (as a foreign legal consultant).