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Aécio Filipe is an associate with the Litigation, Arbitration and French Desk group of BMA Advogados. He is also an Assistant Editor at Kluwer Arbitration Blog, Ambassador of the Arbitrator Intelligence and Founder Director of CAMARB Alumni. Aécio worked in London as a Foreign Lawyer with the international arbitration group of Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP. He also worked as an international visiting attorney with the international arbitration group of Herbert Smith Freehills in Paris. He is trained in French and Brazilian law and graduated from the University of Paris I : Panthéon – Sorbonne with honours (Master’s degree in International Private Law and International Commerce, cum laude, 2018). He took part of his thesis' researches at Universität Hamburg, Germany, as a visiting researcher. He holds a bachelor's degree in Brazilian Law from Federal University of Minas Gerais (UFMG) (LL.B., 2017). During his undergraduate studies he has spent time at Université de Lille II: Droit et Santé, France and at University of Saskatchewan, Canada. Aécio is recipient of the "Arbitration Academy 2017 Scholarship" and the "Emerging Leaders in America Program Scholarship". He is a member of the Brazilian Bar since 2017 (Minas Gerais and São Paulo). Aécio Filipe is a native Portuguese speaker and also works in French, English and Spanish.