DRO – Dispute Resolution Office

Unlocking assets, generating value and driving results through dispute resolution.

We offer a comprehensive resolution of conflicts using technology, appropriate routes of access to justice, financing and strategic legal intelligence.
Disputes, conflicts, and litigations entail loss of focus, stress, relationship breakdowns, and paralysis.In other words: damage and losses.

Some people profit from their litigation. Others want to resolve it.
Every dispute involves financial and other assets that are tied up.
Converted into a solution, they can become a source of income, results, and credits.

WHICH PROFILE SUITS YOU BETTER?

I am an INVESTOR facing losses due to corporate fraud.

I am an ATTORNEY interested in dispute funding or advanced retainer fees.

I am a LITIGANT locked in a court battle.

We are APPLICANTS and ATTORNEYS aiming for an arbitration outside of a chamber.

I am PART that signed a contractual clause binding arbitration to a specific chamber.

I am SPECIALIST in carbon credits and green energy, agribusiness, mining or civil construction

INVESTORS FACING LOSSES DUE TO CORPORATE FRAUD

DRO currently represents over 1,000 investors, both individuals and legal entities, in complex claims such as Americanas, IRB, CVC, Oi, among many others. In this capacity, DRO organizes the reunion of parties, secures dispute financing (third party funding), selects attorneys, and oversees the strategy for applied pressure and settlement of negotiations. The Instituto Empresa has entrusted DRO with this critical role. DRO also serves as the Party Representative (business manager) towards the entities involved in the disputes.

LAWYERS INTERESTED IN DISPUTE FUNDING OR ADVANCEMENT OF FEES.

Lawyers spend years of study, work, and dedication handling complex cases that extend over time.

It corresponds to millions in, pending payments very often: credits that are due, but remain unpaid.

DRO works for the monetization of outstanding claims, understanding its legal nature and creating paths for its best and fast solution.

LAWYERS AND PARTIES AIMING FOR AN ARBITRATION OUTSIDE OF A CHAMBER

Arbitration procedures can be conducted directly by the interested parties, without the need for an arbitration chamber’s intervention.

This approach provides greater freedom and autonomy while retaining the benefits of arbitration over litigation.

DRO serves as a stalemate resolution facilitator, in substitution of an arbitration chamber and provides support services, in order to enable attorneys in management of the procedure themselves.

SUBSCRIBERS TO A CONTRACT CLAUSE BINDING ARBITRATION TO A SPECIFIC CHAMBER.

DRO also assists lawyers and parties in fully exercising their private autonomy.

Should they have chosen a Chamber, the parties can, at any time, switch to another or even prefer to conduct the procedure without any Chamber.

Parties may also decide to utilize arbitration even if it was not previously stipulated in the original contract.

PARTY OF A JUDICIAL LITIGATION PENDING FOR RESOLUTION.

Unimaginable amounts of money are
stalled in the judiciary system.

DRO provides alternatives for resolving disputes outside the Court, preventing the devaluation of assets over time.

These funds have the potential to significantly impact the lives of their creditors and families. However, as mere credits, they currently hold minimal significance.

SPECIALISTS IN CARBON CREDITS, GREEN ENERGY, AGRIBUSINESS, MINING, OR CIVIL CONSTRUCTION

Who is the best person to decide disputes in fields such as agribusiness?

Ideally, someone with extensive knowledge who works directly in the relevant field.

Our “RESOLVE” Service registers experts into these areas, as for recommending them to serve as arbitrators in disputes that are called upon for their expertise.

DRO is led by Prof. Dr. Eduardo Silva.

He has been active in Arbitrations since 1996 e and authored one of the most referenced works, "Arbitration and Corporate Law" in 2004, published by Editora Revista dos Tribunais, in addition to numerous articles in both national and international journals.

He is listed among the top Brazilian institutions, such as the Arbitration Center of the Brazil-Canada Chamber (CAM CCBC).

He is a member of the Integrity and Corporate Responsibility Commission of ICC Brazil.

Eduardo Silva holds a Ph.D. in Private Law (2006) and a Masters in Business Law (2000) from the Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS). He was a Visitor Scholar at the University of Victoria, British Columbia, Canada (2016), working with Prof. Dr. Andrew Newcombe.

He is serving his second consecutive term as the Brazilian representative on the Commission on Arbitration & ADR of the International Chamber of Commerce (Paris).

He works as an Independent Arbitrator and consultant for National and International Arbitrations.

“We identify the problems, devise strategies, secure financing for disputes, select lawyers, and transform your litigation into assets.”