Partner
Iara Conrado
Iara Conrado is one of BMA's Dispute Resolution partners. She represents national and international clients in complex civil litigation, in Brazil and abroad, particularly in business disputes. She has notable experience in cases involving crisis management.
Languages
- Portuguese
- English
OAB
- OAB/RJ nº 166.586
Practice areas
Professional experience
Iara has broad experience in mediation, commercial arbitration and lawsuits involving contractual, corporate, real estate, environmental and other matters, both in Brazil and as an adviser in international litigation. Her work stands out for her strategic approach at all stages of disputes, including the pre-litigation phase. She also has experience in inheritance and succession disputes.
Her clients include some of the largest national and international companies, doing business in various sectors of the economy, such as infrastructure, real estate, oil and gas, agribusiness, telecommunications, banking, mining, sports, shipbuilding, automotive, freight transport, pharmaceuticals and retail.
Iara has important academic experience that includes lecturing in civil procedure and dispute resolution: Substitute professor of Civil Procedure (Faculty of Law, PUC-Rio); Lecturer, Arbitration in Comparative Law (Specialization course in Commercial Arbitration and Consensual Methods of Dispute Resolution, PUC-Rio, 2018); Lecturer, Provisional and urgent relief prior to and during arbitral proceedings (Specialization Course in Arbitration, Brazilian Bar Association, Rio de Janeiro Section – OAB/RJ, 2014).
Practice Areas
Education
Master's in Business Law and Arbitration – FGV-Rio (ongoing).
Executive Education in Mediation – Harvard Law School (2023).
Executive Education in Negotiation and and Leadership – Harvard Law School (2015).
Specialization in Civil Litigation – Challenges in Contentious Matters – Fundação Getúlio Vargas – FGV-Rio (2013).
LL.B. – Pontifícia Universidade Católica – PUC-Rio (2010).
Associations
Member of the Arbitration Commission of the OAB RJ (Rio de Janeiro Bar Association)
Member of the Mediation Commission of the OAB RJ (Rio de Janeiro Bar Association)
Member of the Mediation Commission of the Arbitration and Mediation of IBRADIM (Brazilian Institute of Real Estate Law)
Member of the Group IBRADIM Woman (Brazilian Institute of Real Estate Law)
Recognitions
Iara's work has won recognition from Chambers Brazil and LACCA Approved.
PUBLICAÇÕES DO PROFISSIONAL
Publicações
Iara is the author of legal articles and has also contributed chapters on procedural legal transactions and arbitration to the following books: Inexecução Das Obrigações. Coord. Gisela Sampaio Guedes e Aline Valverde Terra. Vol. 1, 2020 e Arbitragem e Mediação – Temas Controvertidos. Coord. Fabiane Verçosa, Joaquim de Paiva Muniz, Fernanda Pantoja, Diogo de Assumpção Rezende de Almeida, 2014.