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Carolina Botelho Sampaio

Associate
Lawyer

Contact
CMS Portugal
Rua Castilho 50
1250-071 Lisbon
Portugal
Languages Portuguese, English, Spanish

Carolina Botelho Sampaio is an Associate in the Dispute Resolution team.

Her activity is mainly focused on litigation and arbitration, covering both international and domestic disputes, working predominantly in civil, corporate and commercial, construction, energy, banking and financial matters.

Carolina also acts as secretary to arbitral tribunals.

Joined CMS Portugal in 2020.

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Memberships & Roles

  • Member of the Portuguese Bar Association since 2019
  • Member of ICC YAF
  • Member of ICDR Young & International
  • Member of Young ICCA
  • Member of YIAG - Young International Arbitration Group
  • Founding Member of Portugal Very Young Arbitration Practitioners (PT-VYAP)
  • Founding member of the Associação International de Jovens Advogados de Língua Portuguesa (JALP)
  • Member of the Club de Arbitralistas Lusófonos (CAL)
  • Member of the Club Español e Iberoamericano del Arbitraje
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Publications

  • ICCA Project - “Does a Right to a Physical Hearing Exist in International Arbitration?", (co-authored with María Camila Hoyos), Country Reporter (2020)
  • BOTELHO SAMPAIO, CAROLINA- "Entre a protecção material e processual: extensão dos efeitos das cláusulas MFN no contexto da arbitragem de investimentos", in Yearbook of the ADR Lab, Ano 1 – 2018, pp. 39-70. (avalable here)
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Education

  • Law degree, Faculdade de Direito, Universidade Católica Portuguesa
  • Master of Laws (LL.M.) Comparative and International Dispute Resolution, Queen Mary University of London (United Kingdom)
  • University Extension Course in Arbitration, Faculdade de Direito, Universidade Nova de Lisboa
  • Advanced Postgraduate degree in M&A and Corporate Litigation, CDIP, Faculdade de Direito, Universidade de Lisboa
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