perlman mediação e estratégias jurídicas
mediation and legal strategies

Marcelo Perlman obtained his Law degree from University of São Paulo and his LL.M. degree from University of Chicago Law School with a final grade equivalent to High Honors.

Marcelo is a Distinguished Fellow of the International Academy of Mediators (IAM) and Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (FCIArb). He has been included in the Panel of Mediators of the International Centre for Dispute Resolution (ICDR), international division of the American Arbitration Association (AAA), in the Panel of Distinguished Neutrals of The International Institute for Conflict Prevention & Resolution (CPR), from New York, in the rosters of mediators of reputable Brazilian providers Centro de Arbitragem e Mediação da Câmara de Comércio Brasil-Canadá (CAM-CCBC), CAMARB - Câmara de Mediação e Arbitragem Empresarial, CBMA - Centro Brasileiro de Mediação e Arbitragem, Câmara de Mediação e Arbitragem da Associação Comercial do Paraná - ARBITAC, CAESP - Conselho Arbitral do Estado de São Paulo, and Med Arb RB (Mediation and Arbitration for Recovery and Business), as well as in the list of mediators of Centro de Arbitragem Comercial da Câmara de Comércio e Indústria Portuguesa, from Lisbon, Portugal.

Marcelo is also registered as a judicial mediator by approval of the Court of Justice of the State of Sao Paulo. His mediation practice has been recognized in different years by the publications Who's Who Legal and Leaders League, and included in the ranking Commercial Mediation | WWL Thought Leaders: Global Elite 2024, listing only a very select number of practitioners in commercial mediation worldwide and no more than two from Brazil.

Marcelo is trained in commercial mediation by Pepperdine University, by the Center for Dispute Resolution, run by Kenneth Cloke, both in California, by the N.Y. Bar, jointly with Fordham University, in New York, and by Instituto Mediare, from Rio de Janeiro.

Marcelo is a co-founder of PVG, a law firm in São Paulo, Brazil, where he was a partner for 10 years. Previously, Marcelo worked in the Latin America M&A and finance group of Cravath Swaine & Moore, in New York, and acted as assistant general counsel in charge of the Brazilian conglomerate CSN’s cement and steelmaking businesses.

Marcelo has been recognized as leading lawyer by Chambers Global and Latin America, Legal 500 Latin America, Latin American Corporate Counsel Association - LACCA, Best Lawyers and IFLR1000.

Marcelo is currently Co-Chair of the Mediation and Negotiation Task Force of the Instituto Brasileiro de Direito Empresarial – IBRADEMP (Brazilian Institute of Business Law), member of the Brazilian Advisory Board (BAB) of the International Institute for Conflict Prevention & Resolution (CPR), member of the Mediation Advisory Committee of Centro de Arbitragem e Mediação da Câmara de Comércio Brasil-Canadá (CAM-CCBC), member of the Mediation Thought Leadership Group of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (CIArb), member of the Advisory Committee of Instituto de Certificação e Formação de Mediadores Lusófonos (ICFML) - Polo Brasil, effective member of the Special Committee for Commercial Mediation of the Sao Paulo section of the Brazilian Bar Association, and member of the Advisory Committee of Instituto Mediare. He is also Advisor to the Chair of the non-profit Brazilian Jewish hospital Albert Einstein (2023 - ), having previosuly acted as Vice President of its Board of Officers (2017 - 2022), and was an officer with the Insolvency Section of the International Bar Association - IBA (2016 - 2022).

Languages: Portuguese and English (proficient), French and Spanish (conversational).