Lawyer and arbitrator specializing in construction and infrastructure law, with extensive experience in drafting and negotiating contracts, managing construction projects, and resolving disputes, including arbitrations and dispute boards.
Associate Professor of International Commercial Law at the University of São Paulo (USP).
Experience with various types of construction contracts, including lump-sum contracts, unit price contracts, pure management contracts, management contracts with GMP (Guaranteed Maximum Price), EPC (Engineering Procurement and Construction), and EPC-M (Engineering Procurement and Construction Management). Experience in sectors such as highways, railways, ports, airports, industrial plants, shipyards, power generation plants (wind, solar, hydroelectric, thermal), transmission lines, and real estate projects (shopping centers, hotels, commercial and residential buildings). Experience in private arbitrations and with public administration entities, as well as in permanent and ad hoc dispute boards.
Academic Background
- Associate Professor of International Commercial Law at the University of São Paulo (USP).
- Doctorate and Master’s in Civil Law from USP.
- Bachelor’s in Law from USP.
Awards and Recognitions
- Recommended in Arbitration by Leaders League, in Construction by Who’s Who Legal, and in Arbitration by Análise Advocacia Mulher.
Professional Associations
- Director of the Brazilian Institute of Construction Law (IBDiC) since 2021.
- Coordinator of the Sectoral Leadership in Mediation and Arbitration at Infra Women Brazil since 2020.
- Coordinator of the Arbitration and Construction Law Study Group at the Brazilian Arbitration Committee (CBAr) since 2022.
- Director of the Brazil Section of the Association for the Advancement of Cost Engineering – Brazil Section (AACE – Brazil Section) from 2019 to 2022.
Publications
- SARRA DE DEUS, Adriana Regina; MONTINO, Leonardo Feres. “Dispute Board Clauses: Nature and Legal Regime of Deadlines for Dispute Submission and Notification of Dissatisfaction.” In: REVISTA DOS TRIBUNAIS. Dispute Board: Prevention and Resolution of High Complexity Conflicts. São Paulo: Revista dos Tribunais, pp. 73-94.
- SARRA DE DEUS, Adriana Regina; YOKOTA, Lara Fernanda. “Comments on Article 44.” In: WEBER, Ana Carolina; LEITE, Fabiana de Cerqueira Leite (Eds.). Commented Arbitration Law: Law No. 9.307/1996. São Paulo: Revista dos Tribunais, 2023, pp. 455-459.
- CUNHA FILHO, Alexandre Jorge Carneiro da; SARRA DE DEUS, Adriana Regina. “General Comment on Chapter III – On Contract Control.” In: CUNHA FILHO, Alexandre Jorge Carneiro da; PICCELLI, Roberto Ricomini; ARRUDA, Carmen Silvia L. de (Eds.). Commented Bidding and Contracts Law: Law No. 14.133/2021. São Paulo: Quartier Latin, 2022, v. 3, pp. 509-545.
- SARRA DE DEUS, Adriana Regina. “Back-to-Back Clauses: Typology and Legal Regime.” São Paulo: Faculty of Law, University of São Paulo, 2022. Doctoral Thesis in Civil Law.
- SARRA DE DEUS, Adriana Regina. “Objective Arbitrability and Public Administration: Which Matters Can Be Arbitrated?” Brazilian Arbitration Review, v. XVIII, pp. 10-46, 2021.
- SARRA DE DEUS, Adriana Regina. “Subcontracts in Brazilian Law: Current Overview and Controversial Issues.” In: RAMUNNO, Pedro Alves Lavacchini (Ed.). Corporate Litigation and New Perspectives in Business Law. São Paulo: Quartier Latin, 2021, pp. 445-488.
- SARRA DE DEUS, Adriana Regina. “The EPC Contract: Engineering, Procurement, and Construction.” São Paulo: Almedina, 2019.
- CUNHA FILHO, Alexandre Jorge Carneiro da; SARRA DE DEUS, Adriana Regina. “Compliance in State-Owned Enterprises: Notes on the Control System and Its Contemporary Challenges.” Journal of Recovery and Company Law, v. 14, pp. 1-24, 2019.
- SARRA DE DEUS, Adriana Regina. “The Role of Sources of Law in Shaping the Contractual Regime.” In: CUNHA FILHO, Alexandre Jorge Carneiro da; ISSA, Rafael Hamze; SCHWIND, Rafael Wallbach (Eds.). Introduction to Brazilian Law – Annotated. São Paulo: Quartier Latin, 2019, v. 1, pp. 267-274.
