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Lawyers, Experts and AI: Building a Winning Arbitration Strategy

São Paulo Arbitration Week | FAS, CMS and BRG

21 Oct 2026, 14:00 - 16:00 -03 Brazil
Successful arbitration cases increasingly depend on the effective integration of legal strategy, expert analysis, technology and business judgment.

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Programme

21 Oct 2026

14:00 - 16:00 -03

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About the event

Counsel and experts have long worked together to transform complex factual records into persuasive cases. Artificial intelligence is now adding another dimension to that relationship: accelerating document and data analysis, identifying patterns, testing assumptions and creating new opportunities for case preparation. Yet technology also raises important questions regarding reliability, transparency, confidentiality and the appropriate role of professional judgment.

Rather than asking whether AI can replace lawyers or experts, this panel will explore a more practical question: how can counsel, experts and AI work together to build and present a successful arbitration case?

Bringing together the perspectives of external counsel, economic and technical experts, an international arbitrator and in-house counsel, the discussion will examine the arbitration lifecycle from the earliest assessment of a dispute through expert analysis, evidentiary strategy and presentation of the case to the tribunal.

The panel will combine practical experience with forward-looking discussion, considering both the opportunities created by emerging technologies and the areas in which human experience, judgment and advocacy remain indispensable.


Speakers

Andres Alva | Managing Director – BRG

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Alejandro Martinolich | Managing Director – BRG

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Érica Kinoshita | Senior Legal Manager – Andritz Hydro

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Gabriel Freitas | Partner & Head of Arbitration - FAS / CMS

Moderator

Vânia Wongtschowski Kleiman | International Arbitrator

Speaker

Topics for Discussion

The discussion will address, among other issues:

Building the case from Day One

when and how counsel, experts and the client should begin working together

Turning complex facts and data into a coherent case theory

identifying the issues that matter and aligning legal and expert strategies

The evolving role of AI

practical applications in document review, data analysis, claims assessment, damages analysis and case preparation

Human judgment vs. technological output

understanding where AI can enhance work and where experience and judgment remain essential

Managing expert evidence

what makes an expert analysis and testimony persuasive, credible and useful to the tribunal

Testing the case

how counsel and experts can use technology and multidisciplinary collaboration to identify weaknesses before the tribunal does

Reliability and defensibility

data quality, transparency, bias, confidentiality and the challenges associated with AI-assisted analysis

The client perspective

how in-house teams evaluate the effectiveness, proportionality and cost of counsel, experts and technology

The tribunal perspective

what arbitrators expect from counsel and experts and how technological tools may affect the evaluation of evidence


Program

2pm – Welcome and Registration

2:30–4pm – Panel Discussion and Q&A

4 pm – Networking Coffee


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