Maria Clara Barros Mota LL.M.

Associate

Baker McKenzie Rechtsanwaltsgesellschaft mbH von Rechtsanwälten und Steuerberatern

Dusseldorf

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Biography

Maria Barros Mota is an associate in the Dispute Resolution practice group in Dusseldorf.

Maria advices and represents clients on complex international arbitration matters. She has experience with arbitration proceedings under the Rules of major arbitral institutions, including the ICC, DIS, HKIAC, CAM-CCBC.

Within the firm, Maria has previously worked with Baker McKenzie’s teams in Rio de Janeiro (in cooperation with Trench Rossi Watanabe) and New York, contributing to cross-office collaboration and global client service. She is also the co-editor of Global Arbitration News, the Firm’s international arbitration blog.

Practice Focus

Maria has advised and represented clients in a range of industries, including cross-border commercial contracts, oil & gas, post-M&A, construction, and pharmaceuticals.

Representative Legal Matters

Representing a US biotech company in a license dispute with its licensor (ICC arbitration seated in London; amount in dispute: over USD 400 million)
Representing a German global market leader of battery watering filling systems in a dispute with its longtime supplier involving complex requests (DIS arbitration seated in Munich; amount in dispute: over EUR 10 million)
Represented a German utilities company in dispute with its joint venture partner in China (HKIAC arbitration seated in Hong Kong)
Represented a Brazilian oil company in an arbitration involving over 40 claims and counterclaims arising out of an EPC contract for the construction of off-shore oil platforms (ICC arbitration seated in New York; amount in dispute: over USD 350 million)
Represented the Brazilian subsidiary of a French multinational company in a dispute involving a contract for the supply of gas (ICC arbitration seated in Rio de Janeiro; amount in dispute: over USD 25 million)

Professional Honors

Winner of the 2nd place for the award for Highest Ranked Team (combining written and oral submissions) of the Foreign Direct Investment Moot 2021
Winner of the 2nd place of the award for Best Memorial for Claimant of the Foreign Direct Investment Moot 2021
Winner of a Honorable Mention for the Martin Domke Award for Individual Oralists in the 26th Willem C. Vis International Commercial Arbitration Moot

Professional Associations and Memberships

Member, German Initiative of Young Arbitrators (DIS40)
Member, Moot Alumni Association (MAA)
Member, LCIA’s Young International Arbitration Group
Fellow, Associação Amigos da Vetusta (AAV)

Admissions

Brazil
Portugal
Registered European Lawyer (Frankfurt)

Education

University of Mainz (LL.M.) (2022)
Federal University of Minas Gerais Law School (LL.B.) (2019)
University of Mainz (Exchange Student) (2017)

Languages

English
Portuguese
German

Previous Offices

Rio de Janeiro (in cooperation with Trench Rossi Watanabe)
Frankfurt

Speaker, CAM-CCBC Legal English Course, 2021-2024
Co-author, "Arbitration Statistics," Global Arbitration News, 2021-2024
Co-author, "The Baker McKenzie International Arbitration Yearbook: Brazil," Global Arbitration News, 2021-2024
Co-author, "German Federal Court of Justice on the extension of arbitration agreements to non-signatories (piercing of the corporate veil)," Global Arbitration News, 2023
Co-author "A member of an arbitral tribunal cannot refuse to vote on the quantum of a claim, even if he/she has previously decided that the claim is meritless," Global Arbitration News, 2023
Co-author, "Revised Chamber of Commerce Brazil-Canada Rules 2022," Global Arbitration News, 2022

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