Pedro Sousa Uva

As founder of SUA, I am offering more than 15 years’ experience in international dispute resolution to my clients. I have dedicated a relevant part of my career to international arbitration and cross-border litigation. I was professionally based in Lisbon, London and I am currently settled in Munich. You may find my complete bio on Linkedin.

Clients know I am not the bureaucratic lawyer, but indeed a problem solver, a good communicator and a fighter either in a judicial court, an arbitral tribunal or at the negotiation’s table, no matter the amount at stake or the profile of the client. Smaller or bigger, clients know they can rely on me.

I have been involved in the arbitration world for many years now. Amongst other things, I founded the first independent international arbitration Review (www.yar.pt) in 2011 and co-chaired a relevant arbitral institution (under forty section of the Portuguese Arbitration Association - APA). I also was a member of APA’s Ethics Committee. I organized international conferences around the world, lately in Vienna, London, São Paulo, Helsinky, Rome, Paris, Munich and Lisbon.

I am a member of the Portuguese Lawyer’s Bar (Ordem dos Advogados) as well as a member of the Munich Bar (Rechtsanwaltskammer für den Oberlandsgerichtsbezirk München), as a Registered European Lawyer in Germany (EURAG).

Recognitions / awards

  • Who’s Who Legal Arbitration Future Leader in Arbitration - Portugal (2020, 2019 and 2018).
  • Best Lawyers – Portugal - Arbitration & Mediation (2020, 2019, 2018, 2017 and 2016).

Publications

Selected Publications
  • “International arbitration shifting East” - Iberian lawyer, 14 December 2017.
  • “Getting the Deal Through - Arbitration 2017 - Portugal” and “Getting the Deal Through - Arbitration 2016 - Portugal” (co-author).
  • “The New Portuguese Law on Voluntary Arbitration”, (co-author) 18 Columbia. J. Eur. L.F. 56, (2012).
  • “Portugal finally approves its new arbitration law” Revue de Droit Des Affaires Internationales / International Business Law, no. 3, June 2012, Sweet & Maxwell.
  • “Is the request for annulment of an international award used as a veiled appeal on the merits?” (Dissertation), American Review of International Arbitration, 20, 4.

Associations

  • Member of DIS (Die Deutsche Institution für Schiedsgerichtsbarkeit e.V.) and DIS40.
  • Former Co-Chair of Portuguese Association of Arbitration (APASub40), September 2013 - July 2018.
  • Member of APA and representation of APASub40 in all Co-Chairs Circle conferences (CCC) in Berlin, Helsinki, Paris and Rome.
  • Member of LCIA Young International Arbitration Group (YIAG).
  • Member of ICC Young Arbitrators Forum (ICC YAF).
  • Member of Young Singapore Arbitration Centre (YSIAC).
  • Member of NYSBA (New York State Bar Association – International Section).
  • Member of Alumni and Friends of the School of International Arbitration (AFSIA) and co-founder of AFSIA Portugal.

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