The Brazilian Arbitration Committee has re-elected Adriana Braghetta as president for another two years and added new directors, advisory council members and regional coordinators. Braghetta, who practises at LO Baptista in São Paulo, was one of the founders of the committee 10 years ago. Her two co-founders, João Bosco Lee and Eduardo Damião Gonçalves, have already acted as president, each serving two terms. Braghetta says that it has been 'exciting and a real pleasure' to participate in the development of arbitration in Brazil over the last decade. She considers one of her greatest achievements as CBAr president to have been the promotion of dialogue between judges and arbitrators – for example at a recent seminar at Brazil's Supreme Federal Court, the STF. 'This was a landmark event and we were honoured to have [US arbitrator] Donald Donovan and [Dutch arbitrator] Albert Jan van den Berg as speakers, alongside various Brazilian justices,' Braghetta says. 'The plan for the future is to expand the dialogue to include judges of state courts and to promote academic study of arbitration and arbitration-related projects throughout Brazil so that other states can reach the same level of development as the states of São Paulo, Rio de Janeiro, Minas Gerais and Paraná.' The election took place on 11 August, with all CBAr members entitled to vote. Other officers who were re-elected were vice president Eleanora Coelho of Castro e Barros Advogados, treasurer Carlos Forbes of Mundie Advogados and secretary Luciano Timm of Carvalho, Machado, Timm e Deffenti Advogados. At the same time CBAr voted in two new board members, Flávia Bittar and André Abbud, and three new advisory council members, Carlos Alberto Carmona of Marques Rosado, Toledo Cesar & Carmona Advogados, Adriana Pucci of Lucon Advogados and Nádia de Araújo, a professor of private international law at the Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro. The advisory council meets three or four times a year to consider CBAr's future direction. Bittar was elected to the board after CBAr modified its by-laws to allow one more director from Minas Gerais, in recognition of the state's development as a centre of arbitration. She practises at Grebler Advogados in the state capital of Belo Horizonte. Abbud, a partner at Barbosa Müssnich & Aragão Advogados in São Paulo, will replace Rafael Alves, a former deputy counsel at the ICC Court of Arbitration in Paris. Alves had to step down as director after leaving the ICC to work alongside Braghetta at LO Baptista, but will remain a member of CBAr. 'We have an internal policy not to allow two directors from the same law firm to serve on the board,' Braghetta explains. A full list of board and advisory council members is published below. Finally, Braghetta says, the board of directors has appointed eight CBAr members to coordinate activities in particular states 'due to the size of Brazil and the need to reach every region". The new regional representatives are: Brasília, Federal District: Rafael Alves of LO Baptista Advogados Associados Minas Gerais: Augusto Tolentino of Tolentino Advogados Paraná: Daniela Gabbay of LO Baptista Advogados Associados and Tarcísio Araújo Kroetz of Hapner & Kroetz Advogados Rio de Janeiro and surrounding states: Joaquim Muniz of Trench, Rossi e Watanabe Advogados and Octávio Fragata of Barbosa, Müssnich & Aragão Advogados Rio Grande do Sul: Ricardo Ranzolin of Silveiro Advogados São Paulo: Ana Beneti of Pinheiro Neto Advogados In March CBAr celebrated its tenth anniversary with dinners in Sao Paulo, Belo Horizonte and Rio de Janeiro. CBAr board of directors Adriana Braghetta of LO Baptista Advogados (president) Eleonora Coelho of Castro e Barros Advogados (vice president) Carlos Forbes of Mundie Advogados (treasurer) Luciano Timm of Carvalho, Machado, Timm e Deffenti Advogados (secretary) Lauro Gama Jr of Binenbojm, Gama & Carvalho Britto Advocacia Clávio Valença of Valença Advogados Flávia Bittar of Grebler Advogados André Abbud of Barbosa, Müssnich & Aragão Advogados CBAr advisory council Adriana Pucci of Lucon Advogados Carlos Alberto Carmona of Marques Rosado, Toledo Cesar & Carmona Advogados Carlos Nehring Netto of Marques Rosado, Toledo Cesar & Carmona Advogados Eduardo Damião Gonçalves of Mattos Filho, Veiga Filho, Marrey Jr. e Quiroga Advogados Eduardo Grebler of Grebler Advogados Flávio Pereira Lima of Mattos Filho, Veiga Filho, Marrey Jr. e Quiroga Advogados Gilberto Giusti of Pinheiro Neto Advogados Giovanni Ettore Nanni of Tozzini Freire Advogados João Bosco Lee of Lee Taube Gabardo Sociedade de Advogados Luiz Fernando Teixeira Pinto of Motta, Fernandes Rocha - Advogados Marcelo Roberto Ferro of Ferro, Castro Neves, Daltro & Gomide Advogados Marcos André Franco Montoro of Ragazzo, Simões, Spinelli, Lazzareschi Advogados Maurício Gomm Santos of Smith International Legal Consultants, PA in Miami Nádia de Araújo, a professor of international private law at PUC-RIO Roberto Pasqualin of Pasqualin Advogados Selma Ferreira Lemes of Selma Lemes Advogados