Sergio de Aguiar is a dual-qualified litigator (England & Wales and Brazil) focused on complex cross-border commercial and investment disputes. Mr. Aguiar has extensive experience representing clients in the construction, oil and gas, energy, aviation, mining, telecom and infrastructure sectors, including in matters related to multi-billion-dollar international arbitrations under ICSID, ICC and LCIA rules.

Before joining Kobre & Kim, Mr. Aguiar practiced at Watson, Farley & Williams LLP in London, and Shearman & Sterling LLP in London and Paris, where he represented a wide range of clients in disputes before the English courts and international arbitrations. Prior to that, he was in-house counsel at Construtora Andrade Gutierrez S/A and practiced in the litigation group of Tozzini Freire Advogados in São Paulo.

• Gaining Leverage in Brazilian Insolvencies: Local and Cross-Border Tools for International Creditors