Livia Sancio has extensive experience in dispute resolution, with expertise in litigation, arbitration, and pre-litigation, as well as significant experience in advisory services and contractual analysis.

With an international education from the University of Southampton, she also completed a secondment program at the P&I Skuld club. She worked for six years as a member and secretary of the Maritime, Port, and Sea Law Commission of OAB/RJ (Brazilian Bar Association, Rio de Janeiro section), where she organized the Maritime and Port Law Guidebook of OAB/RJ. She contributed to the chapter on Brazilian jurisdiction in Shipping published by Chambers and Partners, and additionally authored articles on arbitration, procedural law, and civil law.

Recognized by the Análise Advocacia Mulher ranking since 2023 in the specialties of Regulatory, Corporate Contracts, Arbitration, Civil Law, and Transport and Logistics within the Maritime economic sector, as well as among the most admired professionals in Rio de Janeiro. Listed among the leading Maritime Law and Dispute Resolution: Civil and commercial litigation professionals by the Leaders League ranking since 2023 editions and featured, as a partner of Salomão, Kaiuca, Abrahão, Raposo, and Cotta, since 2023 in The Legal500 publication under the Shipping area.

She is an arbitrator at CBMA – Brazilian Center for Mediation and Arbitration, a member of the Maritime and Port Law Commission of OAB/ES (Espírito Santo section), the Maritime and Port Law Commission of the Federal Council of OAB, WISTA – Women in the Shipping and Trade Association, and ABDM – Brazilian Association of Maritime Law. She has taught Maritime Law at FGV/RJ (Fundação Getulio Vargas, Rio de Janeiro).

Holds a Bachelor’s degree in Law from FDV (Faculdade de Direito de Vitória); an LL.M. in Maritime Law from the University of Southampton (United Kingdom); and specializations in Maritime Law from FGV/RJ and Oil and Gas Law from IBP (Brazilian Petroleum and Gas Institute). She participated in the Oxford Women’s Leadership Development Programme at Saïd Business School, University of Oxford.