Agatha Brandão de Oliveira, MLaw

Academic Assistant, Principal Investigator of the SNSF-Project "Choice of Law Dataverse"
MLaw, Attorney-at-Law
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agatha.brandao @ unilu.ch
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Agatha Brandão de Oliveira is a Brazilian and Portuguese-qualified lawyer. She holds a Bachelor of Laws degree from the Federal University of Espírito Santo and a Master in Economic Law degree from Sciences Po Law School, Paris, where she graduated with Honours.
Agatha has worked at the University of Lucerne since 2019 and is writing a doctoral thesis under the supervision of Prof. Dr. Daniel Girsberger. She worked as a Senior Researcher for the Swiss National Sciences Foundation (SNSF) Project “The Hague Principles and Beyond” (2019-2021), acted as the Director of Studies for the CAS in Arbitration (2019-2020) and worked as a Graduate Research Assistant for the Private International Law, Business Law, Procedural Law and Comparative Law Chair (2021-2023).
Agatha now coordinates the SNSF Project "Choice of Law Dataverse: promoting transparency and access in private international law data" (2023-2026). The research activities were initially financed by the FoKo Start-up Funding. This project also counts on the Provost's administrative support.
Publication list / ORCID's record
Publications
- Brandao de Oliveira, Agatha, and Albuquerque, Felipe, eds. ‘Brazilian Principles on International Jurisdiction’. In Private International Law in BRICS: Convergence, Divergence and Reciprocal Lessons, 27–43. Oxford: Hart, 2024.
- Brandao de Oliveira, Agatha, Geneviève Saumier, and Lauro Gama. ‘The Effectiveness of International Legal Harmonization through Soft Law (with a focus on the UCP 600)’. In Soft Law in International Trade Finance: A Comparative Analysis of the Harmonizing Effect of the UCP, edited by Brandao de Oliveira, Agatha, Saumier, Geneviève, and Gama, Lauro, 3–52. Leiden: Brill, 2024.
- Gama, Lauro, and Agatha Brandao de Oliveira. ‘A saga da autonomia da vontade em matéria conflitual no DIPr brasileiro dos contratos’. In Homenagem aos 70 anos do Professor Catedrático Rui Manuel Moura Ramos, edited by Guimarães Loula, Maria Rosa and Ferraz de Campos Monaco, Gustavo. São Paulo: Editora Quartier Latin, 2021.
- Brandao de Oliveira, Agatha, and Lucia Bizikova. ‘Un monde flambant neuf : sortir du localisme’. In Le tournant global en droit international privé, edited by Muir Watt, Horatia, Bizikova, Lucia, Brandao de Oliveira, Agatha, Fernández Arroyo, Diego P., and Ma, Megan, 51–62. Paris: Pedone, 2020.
- Brandao de Oliveira, Agatha, and Lucia Bizikova. ‘Forum selection clauses in a brave new world: Opting out of parochialism?’ In Global Private International Law: Adjudication without Frontiers, edited by Muir Watt, Horatia, Bizikova, Lucia, Brandao de Oliveira, Agatha, and Fernandez Arroyo, Diego P., 24–34. Cheltenham: Edward Elgar, 2019. doi:10.5281/zenodo.10619654.
- Brandao de Oliveira, Agatha, Saumier, Geneviève, and Gama, Lauro, eds. Soft Law in International Trade Finance: A Comparative Analysis of the Harmonizing Effect of the UCP. Ius Comparatum Vol. 1. Leiden: Brill, 2024. https://brill.com/edcollbook/title/70711?contents=editorial-content.
- Marilda Rosado de Sá Ribeiro, José Augusto Fontoura Costa, Diego P. Fernández Arroyo, Agatha Brandão de Oliveira, and Caroline Carneiro Maurício, eds. Governança Global. Belo Horizonte: Arraes, 2023.
- Girsberger, Daniel, Kadner Graziano, Thomas, L Neels, Jan, Elbalti, Béligh, A Fredericks, Eesa, Gama, Lauro, Marshall, Brooke, et al., eds. Choice of Law in International Commercial Contracts: Global Perspectives on the Hague Principles. Oxford Private International Law Series. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2021. doi:10.1093/law/9780198840107.001.0001.
- Muir Watt, Horatia, Bizikova, Lucia, Brandao de Oliveira, Agatha, Fernández Arroyo, Diego P., and Ma, Megan, eds. Le tournant global en droit international privé. Paris: Pedone, 2020.
- Muir Watt, Horatia, Bizikova, Lucia, Brandao de Oliveira, Agatha, and Fernandez Arroyo, Diego P., eds. Global Private International Law: Adjudication without Frontiers. Cheltenham: Edward Elgar, 2019.
Achievements
- Interpreting transnational rules in the new Mozambican contract law: insights from the Choice of Law Dataverse. (Panel) contribution, Developments in African Private International Law with a particular focus on the work of the HCCH and OHADA, University of Johannesburg, Johannesburg, 2024
- Mulheres na ciência. Discussion contribution, Processo, gênero e tecnologia, Federal University of Espírito Santo, Vitória, 2024
- Choice of Law Dataverse: Past, Present and Future of the HCCH Principles and Contractual Choice of Law on a Global Scale. Lecture, Swiss Arbitration Association PhD Day, Université de Neuchâtel; ASA, Neuchâtel, 2023
- A responsabilidade penal internacional das empresas transnacionais. Debatedora, Desafios Sociais, Incertezas e Direito - I Doctoral Students Network, University of Coimbra, Coimvra, 2023
- The effectiveness of international legal harmonization through soft law (with a focus on the UCP 600). (Panel) contribution, XXIth General Congress of the International Academy of Comparative Law / XV Jornadas ASADIP, International Academy of Comparative Law, Asunción, 2022