Ana Gerdau de Borja Mercereau FCIArb
Date of Birth
1982-08-02
Nationality
Brazil
Email Address(es)
agerdaudeborja@derainsgharavi.com
Places of Business - Country
France
Place of Business - City
Paris
Year of first Bar Admission
2006
Primary Language(s)
English, French, Portuguese, Spanish, Castilian
Name of Firm, Company, Institution or Independent
Derains & Gharavi
Position / Role
Senior Associate
Professional Profile Webpage
LinkedIn Profile
Industry Experience and other Specialisations
Joint Ventures and Consortia, Construction, Infrastructure, Energy, Investment Arbitration, Mergers & Acquisitions, Mining, Real Estate
Number of cases as Counsel
20
Number of cases as Tribunal Secretary
17
Other information you wish to provide, including your regional and institutional expertise
Ana Gerdau de Borja Mercereau is a Cambridge-educated lawyer at Derains & Gharavi, Paris. She has over 12 years’ experience, having acted as counsel and secretary to arbitral tribunals in commercial and investor-State arbitrations relating to commercial transactions, joint ventures, large infrastructure projects (in construction, renewable energy, oil & gas and transportation), M&A deals, and projects in real estate and for mining research and exploration. Admitted to the Bars of Brazil and Portugal, she has been a member of the ICC Commission on International Arbitration and ADR since 2018, and a co-coordinator of Track 5 of the ICC Commission Task Force entitled “Corruption in International Arbitration.” Ana is also one of the founders of the Rising Arbitrators Initiative (https://risingarbitratorsinitiative.com/) and the Vice-Chair of CIArb's YMG Global Steering Committee. She has acted as a member of a three-member committee to decide on the challenge against an arbitrator, appointed by a Brazilian arbitral institution.
