Daniela DE AVILEZ DEMôRO
Daniela de Avilez Demôro has over 30 years of experience as a lawyer, C-Level executive, board member, and, since 2022, acting as an arbitrator.
She served for over than 2 decades as General Counsel for Latin America at major multinational groups in the automotive industry, a role in wich she led large, multidisciplinary legal teams and oversaw complex regulatory, contractual, and strategic matters accross serveral jurisdictions. Her mandate extended well beyond traditional legal responsabilities and included leadership of Governement Relations, Compliance, Sustainability, and Third Sector Foundations. In these capacities, she negotiated high-impact agreements with public authorities, shaped corporate sustainalbility strategies, coordinated governance frameworks, and represented the companies in critical discussions involving environmental, social and regulatory issues.
As a partner at a leading law firm, she oversaw strategic projects iinvolving foreign investments, mergers and acquisitions and the construction of manufacturing plants in Brazil. Her work included the management of international disputes and other complex, global, and interdisciplinary matters.
From 2012 to 2016, she was a member of the Advisory Board of the Women Leaders for Sustainability Network, appointed by then Minister of the Environment Izabella Teixeira. In 2015 she participated in COP 21 as part of the Brazilian Government delegation during the negotiations of the Paris Agreement.
In 2021-2022, she was appointed Special Advisor to the Secretary of Finance of the State of Rio de Janeiro, leading the negotiation of a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with NASDAQ (NY) for the creation of a carbon market trade platform in Rio de Janeiro, signed in March 2022.
Daniela holds a Law degree from PUC-Rio and a Master's degree in Economic Law from Universite d'Angers, where she is currently enrolled as a PhD student in Law. She also completed the Certificat d’Université Pratique de l’Arbitrage (UVSQ Paris Saclay).
She is a Board Member of the Brazilian Institute of Circular Economy (IBEC) and Co-Founder and Co-President of the Global Arbitration and Sustainability Forum (GLAS-Forum), a think tank that brings together international experts to advance the dialogue between arbitration and the challenges of the changing planet.
