Rodrigo Cotta

Rodrigo Cotta is recognized for his work in complex dispute resolution, arbitration, and advisory services. He is included in the list of most admired lawyers by Análise Advocacia in 2020 and 2021 and as a Rising Star by The Legal500 in 2021. In the current edition, referring to the year 2024, he is included, as a partner at Salomão, Kaiuca, Abrahão, Raposo and Cotta, in the Firms to Wacht in Shipping category. The publication Leaders League lists Rodrigo in the area of Maritime Law by ranking in the 2023 and 2024 editions, and in the area of Restructuring and Insolvency in 2024.

He has worked in cases of foremost domestic and international relevance, having already been cited in publications such as Valor Econômico and The New York Times.

He is an arbitrator at CBMA (Brazilian Center for Mediation and Arbitration) and member of ABDM (Brazilian Association of Maritime Law).

Bachelor’s degree in Law from UFRJ (Federal University of Rio de Janeiro); specialist in Maritime Law from UERJ (Rio de Janeiro State University); specialist in Arbitration from ESA-OAB/RJ (Escola Superior de Advocacia – Brazilian Bar Association, Rio de Janeiro section); specialist in Civil Procedure from UCAM (Universidade Candido Mendes); specialist in Arbitration and M&A from Boston University; master’s student (LL.M) in Transnational Commercial Practice at CILS (Center for International Legal Studies), Austria; MBA in Agribusiness and Environment from IBMEC/RJ (Instituto Brasileiro de Mercado de Capitais).

Idiomas: • Portuguese • English • Spanish