Counsel Profile
Frederico practises law as a barrister in England & Wales. He represents private corporations, states and state entities in arbitrations as counsel under the rules of all the major institutions on on an ad hoc basis.
He has advised and represented parties in international arbitrations under ICC, LCIA, UNCITRAL, SCC, CAM-CCBC and LMAA rules in a wide variety of sectors including M & A, international sale of goods, upstream oil, renewables, mining, reinsurance, infrastructure, distribution & franchising and technology. His practice has involved foreign as well as English law on a regular basis and he is accustomed to working with civil and common law and procedure. He can accept instructions and appointments in English and Portuguese, and more recently in Spanish.
As well as acting in arbitrations, he conducts litigations in the courts of England & Wales and many commonwealth and common law courts, where may be admitted. Frederico is experienced in applications in the Commercial Court pursuant to Part 62 of the Civil Procedure Rules, ancillary to arbitrations, such as anti-suit injunctions, challenges to awards and arbitrators, extension of limitation, enforcement and section 9 stay applications and resistance.
Recent Work:
International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) – advised and represented C1 and C2, Egyptian companies against a Swiss company in a dispute in the mining sector, governed by Egyptian law and seated in Geneva.
FPSI BV (Netherlands) v Vulcanic Ltd [2021] (Comm) – advising and representing C against a UK subsidiary of a French company in the design, engineering and construction of heaters for gas dehydration units (GDU) and thyristor panels installed in floating, production, storage and offloading (FPSO) vessels off the coast of Brazil. The claim is for defective goods and services which resulted in two explosions onboard two separate vessels.
Refined Sugar Association (RSA) – advised and drafted a claim for a Singaporean company against an Emirati entity in respect of a dispute relating to the purchase and share of sugar destined for Madagascar, under a series of contracts, for late delivery.
Roundshield Partners LLP v CRIA SL (Spain) & Ors [2019] EWHC 2733 (QB) – advised and represented D in a claim for breach of contract and defamation relating to a facility agreement for the acquisition and operation of an airport in Spain.
Grain and Feed Trading Association (GAFTA) – advised and represented a C in a claim against a BVI subsidiary of a multinational group, for breach of payment term on the sale of maize under the standard from of Brazilian cereal association ANEC. Arbitration seated in London and governed by English law.
London Court of International Arbitration (LCIA) – advised and represented C, an English subsidiary of a US emergency disaster company for the recovery of a debt arising from a contract governed by English law against an airline for services where a Boeing 737 landed in the sea in southeast Asia. Arbitration seated in London and governed by English law.
NDT (Brazil) v Sunseeker International Ltd [2019] (Comm) – advised and represented C in a claim for breach of a framework agreement for the manufacture of luxury motor yachts.
Cestrian Imaging Ltd v MTex Technologies Ltd [2017] EWHC 3142 (Ch) – advised and represented D in a 5-day trial against a silk in a dispute on whether the goods were compatible with pre-existing software and workflow.
London Court of International Arbitration (LCIA) – advised and represented a Maltese, UAE and Indian organic certified sugar producing group of companies in an arbitration between a multinational trader in a dispute governed by two marketing agreements governed by English law and seated in London. Led by Paul Reed QC.
Chamber of Commerce Brazil-Canada (CAM-CCBC) – advised C, a Brazilian entity in the renewables sector with claims against a syndicate of US banks in a claim arising from the acquisition of shares in a Spanish special purpose vehicle, seeking declaratory relief on the interpretation of a clause in a contract governed by Brazilian and English law, in the form of an indemnity for withholding tax applied by Brazilian tax authorities. Arbitration seated in São Paulo, in Portuguese.
Ad Hoc – advised and represented a Thai company and its Ghanaian subsidiary in a dispute on the breach of a collateral management agreement against a Ghanaian state-owned bank, governed by English law seated in Accra.
London Maritime Arbitrators’ Association (LMAA) – advised and represented D, a Honduran mine in an arbitration against a US broker in a cargo claim for breach of an agreement to supply iron ore lumps and fines to China under an amended FOB contract, governed by English law and seated in London.
United Nations Committee on International Trade Law (UNCITRAL) – advised and represented C, a Brazilian exclusive distributor an arbitration against a Chinese state-owned principal in a claim for breach of an implied duty of good faith, governed by Brazilian law and seated in London.
Domingo Penayo-Vaida (Paraguay) v Intertransfers Inc (USA) & Ors [2012] EWHC 410 (Comm) – advised and represented D1 and D3, English subsidiary of a US company and its sole shareholder, trading in the currency exchange sector, against a Paraguayan company and its owner in a dispute. Claim brought in respect of alleged debts arising from a deficit caused by the compulsory insolvency of a bank, by the US government following the financial crisis.