Mediator S Curriculum Vitae

Mediator’s Curriculum Vitae

Personal Particulars
First Name / Fernanda
Surname / Levy
Designation
Organisation / Instituto D´accord
Educational/Professional Background
Fernanda Levy is a Brazilian private mediator and partner at D'accord Institute of Amicable Dispute Resolutions. She is qualified in mediation by the “Master in Mediation and Negotiation of “Institut Universitaire Kurt Bösch” (Buenos Aires – Suíça) and she is a certificated civil and commercial mediator by the ADR Group (London). She has been acting as a mediator and conflict manager in several cases involving family and business conflicts, since 2002.
In the business area, she operates especially within the banking, construction, textile and clothing sectors. In the family area, she operates in heritage relations as well as in marital and parental issues. Acting in both areas, Ms Levy is a specialist in family-run businesses, focusing especially on the partnership and succession processes. She is also a neutral at the Arbitration and Mediation Center of the Chamber of Commerce Brazil-Canada, Mediation and Arbitration Chamber of the Engineering Institute, Mediation and Arbitration Eurochamber and Conciliation and Mediation and Arbitration Chamber of Fiesp/Ciesp.
She is also a lawyer, partner at Bayer, Grosman & Levy, a collaborative law office in São Paulo, with 30 years of experience. She has a Master Degree (2004), a PhD in Law at Pontifícia Universidade Católica in São Paulo (2013) and she has been a member of the São Paulo Bar since 1984. She is also author of the book “Multi-steps clauses. Mediation in the context of arbitration” and articles on the area. Ms Levy is also a civil law, mediation and arbitration professor at universities. She performs as coach in Moots and supervises training programs in Mediation in several state and private institutions.
She is the General Secretary at the National Counsel for Mediation and Arbitration (CONIMA) since 2010 and affiliated to Brazilian Arbitration Committee (CBAr) and the International Academy of Collaborative Professionals (IACP). She is a current council at Mediation and Arbitration Chamber of the Engineering Institute. Since 2009, she has been co-coordinator and mediator of the service for conflict mediation offered without costs to the community which is part of the Programa Religar da Liga Solidária in Sao Paulo.
Mediation Style
Thinking about facilitative, transformative and evaluation styles, Fernanda Levy has enough experience to identify the needs and expectations of the parties and to choose, suggest and use the more appropriate mediation style to the case. The most important point is that each case is unique and deserves to be managed in a very special way that includes impartiality, creativity and trust.
Mediation Experience
Fernanda Levy mediates disputes involving business contract and tort, partnership, real estate, including commercial leases and development, healthcare, and also she operates especially within the banking, construction, textile and clothing sectors. In the family area, she operates in heritage relations as well as in marital and parental issues. Acting in both areas, Ms Levy is a specialist in family-run businesses, focusing especially on the partnership and succession processes.
Mediation Education and Training
Fernanda Levy is a Brazilian private mediator and partner at D'accord Institute of Amicable Dispute Resolutions. She is qualified in mediation by the “Master in Mediation and Negotiation of “Institut Universitaire Kurt Bösch” (Buenos Aires – Suíça) and she is a certificated civil and commercial mediator by the ADR Group (London). She has attended several mediation education and training (Sara Cobb, Joseph Folger, CPR Business Mediation Worshop, etc)
Mediation Teaching and Mentoring
Levy teaches mediation in several universities and schools as Pontifícia Universidade Católica de São Paulo (post-graduation), Universidade Nove de Julho (Law degree), Secretaria da Justiça e Cidadania do Governo do Estado de São Paulo –CIC, Instituto D accord, etc. She has students in mediation supervision practice.
Mediation Publications
She is author of the book “Multi-steps clauses. Mediation in the context of arbitration” and articles on the area.
Professional Affiliations
OAB-SP Ordem dos Advogados do Brasil (Bar Association)- since 1984
General Secretary at the National Counsel for Mediation and Arbitration (CONIMA) since 2010 and the International Academy of Collaborative Professionals (IACP).
Cbar Comite Brasileiro de Arbitragem ( Brazilian Arbitration Committee)
IBDFAM- Instituto Brasileiro de Direito de Familia (Brazilian Family Institute)
Foname- Forum Nacional de Mediacao
IACP- International Academy of Collaborative Professionals