André L. Monteiro

Andre Luis Monteiro is Of Counsel in Quinn Emanuel’s London office. Andre is a Brazilian and Spanish national with deep connections to Latin America, in particular to the business and legal community in Brazil. He has 19 years’ experience in arbitration and litigation. His practice focuses on international arbitration and international litigation, often encompassing shareholders’ disputes and disputes involving commercial contracts, and his experience spans many sectors, in particular energy, oil and gas and mining. Since he has joined Quinn Emanuel in 2020, he has advised and represented clients in arbitration and litigation in the UK, the US, France, China and Africa. His client base is predominantly comprised of large Brazilian companies with business abroad as well as large foreign companies involved in disputes against Brazilian counterparties.

He has consistently been ranked in arbitration and litigation by Chambers & Partners, Who’s Who Legal and Legal 500. He has been ranked as “Thought Leader”, among non-partners and under 45 years old, by WWL Thought Leaders: Global Elite. Global Chambers (2024), in its editorial, says Andre “is admired for his prowess representing important clients in Section 1782 proceedings and ICC and LCIA arbitrations”. According to Global Chambers, his clients and peers say he is “able to bridge the gap between the Brazilian and the local American/English legislation seamlessly” as well as “he is our go-to person in London for cross-border disputes”. Who’s Who Legal says “Andre Luis Monteiro is ‘an outstanding and driven professional’ with ‘first-class thought leadership” (2019).

He previously acted as a consultant for the OECD (The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development) on a project investigating class arbitration in shareholders’ disputes in Brazil. He acted as a Co-National Rapporteur in the IBA Toolkit on Insolvency and Arbitration (2020 – which won the GAR Award for Best Innovation 2021). He is a member of the list of arbitrators of relevant Brazilian arbitral institutions (CBMA, CAMARB, ARBITAC and CAMES).

Andre has published three books, co-edited two books, and translated into English a book on arbitration written by Prof. Neil Andrews, from University of Cambridge. He has written more than forty essays on arbitration and corporate law in Brazil. His texts have been cited by the Superior Court of Justice (the highest court in Brazil for non-constitutional matters) in several high-profile cases, including CEB v. SE (CC. 111.230), Clayton v. BRB (Resp. 1.108.058), Fischer v. Pro Brasil (Resp. 1.543.564), Termopernambuco v. Copergás (Resp. 1.519.041), American International Group v Petrobras (CC. n. 151.130), Petro Rio v. Tuscany (Resp. 1.903.359), and JCDAR v. YGMD (Resp. 2.032.426). He was part of the group who drafted three amendments to the Civil Procedure Bill, which are now incorporated in Brazilian Law (ss. 189(4), 237(4) and 1.015(3) of the New Code of Civil Procedure). In other legislative work, he conducted research for the Committee of Jurists in charge of drafting the First Amendment of the Brazilian Arbitration Act, which became Law nº 13.129/2019.

Andre is also the Legal Counsel of the EDUCA Foundation (a UK charity that funds educational projects in Brazil). He regularly delivers speeches on arbitration in Brazil, the UK and continental Europe. Andre is one of the organisers of the Oxford Arbitration Day, the University of Oxford’s annual event on arbitration. Prior to joining Quinn Emanuel in 2019, Andre spent 14 years practicing at an arbitration-litigation boutique in Sao Paulo and Rio de Janeiro.

He is fluent in both English and Portuguese and has professional proficiency in Spanish. He has a Masters’ Degree and a PhD from Brazil and did his post-graduate studies at the University of Oxford (Harris Manchester College) and Queen Mary – University of London.