Curriculum Vitae. Paul E. Mason

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1 Curriculum Vitae Paul E. Mason International Counsel, Arbitrator and Mediator Miami and Rio de Janeiro website: Tel (Miami): Summary of Professional Experience International Counsel, Arbitrator and Mediator - Rio de Janeiro and Miami. Help companies negotiate international contracts and resolve business disputes through negotiation, mediation, and arbitration. Of counsel, Veirano Advogados - Rio de Janeiro and São Paulo, one of Brazil's leading law firms with strong international clientele, infrastructure and energy practice, Assist foreign clients coming into Brazil with transactions, projects and litigation. Create plan to expand firm s arbitration practice. International Counsel, Arbitrator and Mediator, Bastos-Tigre, Coelho da Rocha e Lopes Advogados - Rio de Janeiro, São Paulo and Diaz Reus - Miami, Private practice as lawyer and neutral - Miami and Brazil, Advise and represent international clients in transactions, arbitration, mediation and litigation. 1

2 In-House Counsel: Director, Latin America Legal and Government Affairs for 3Com/Palm 1 Latin America and Canada; Oracle 2 Latin America; and Digital Equipment Corporation 3 Latin America/Caribbean and Russia - Miami, Boston, and Silicon Valley, Responsible for all legal aspects of these IT companies operations in these countries. U.S. Legal Counsel, Módulo S.A., a leading Brazilian IT security firm - Florida, President, Commercial Dispute Resolution Center of the Americas - Miami, Legal Advisor, International Group, Bank of Boston - Boston, Languages English (native), Portuguese (fluent), Spanish (proficient), Russian (intermediate), French (basic conversational, able to read documents,) Areas of Expertise Information technology, telecommunications, intellectual property. product sales and distribution. Representative Arbitrations Sole arbitrator in AAA US$MM case between American companies in aerospace sector. Arbitrator on AAA Panel in US$20M dispute between Chinese and U.S. companies over marketing and distribution of personal care products. Arbitrator on AAA Panel in US$30M+ dispute between Caribbean entities in telecommunications sector. 1 Major competitor of Cisco in IT networks. Palm developed first handheld device with internet access. 2 Leading enterprise database and applications software developer worldwide. 3 World s second largest IT hardware company at the time, after IBM, with some 135,000 employees. Digital developed the minicomputer, cluster computing, networks, dual-processor computers, and the precursor to Google search (Alta Vista). 2

3 Arbitrator on AAA Panel in US$30M dispute between two large U.S. corporations in IT outsourcing sector. Arbitrator on Brazil-Canada Chamber of Commerce Panel (CCBC) in US$5M dispute between Brazilian and U.S. parties over M&A in petrochemical sector (in Portuguese). Arbitrator on ICC Panel in US$5M dispute between two Brazilian companies over import-export of wood products. Arbitrator on AAA Panel in US$MM dispute between U.S. and Mexican companies in telecommunications sector. Sole Arbitrator in AAA US$3M case between British and U.S. companies in aerospace sector. Panel Chair of AAA US$39M dispute between U.S. and Chinese companies in financial services sector. Arbitrator on ICDR Panel in US$1M dispute between Brazilian and U.S. parties in financial services sector. Sole Arbitrator in ICDR US$1M dispute between U.S. and Indian companies in IT outsourcing sector. Sole Arbitrator in ICDR US$1M dispute between Panamanian and U.S. companies over sales of large quantities of steel. Lead Counsel in LCIA arbitration of US$MM dispute between Norwegian and Brazilian parties in offshore oil exploration sector. Counsel in ICDR arbitration of US$MM dispute between U.S. sports marketing firm and Central American football (soccer) federation over broadcast rights to World Cup qualifying matches. 3

4 Arbitrator on AAA Panel in US$2M dispute between Canadian and U.S. parties in medical technology sector. Arbitrator on AAA Panel in US$1M dispute between Spanish and U.S. companies over importation and distribution of footwear (with Panel Chair Willem Vis). Connections with East Asia Chair, AAA arbitral tribunal in USD $39 million AAA arbitration in financial services sector between U.S. and Chinese companies. Arbitrator, USD$20 million AAA trade secrets/unfair competition case in consumer products sector between Chinese and U.S. companies (2016). Author, The Arbitrator as Mediator, and Mediator as Arbitrator published in Journal of International Arbitration/The Hague (2011, 2012) examining Chinese vs. Western concepts of Med Arb and Arb Med. Author of articles on Arbitration and Mediation in Brazil for the website designed to help Chinese companies investing abroad. Speaker on Arbitration and ADR in Brazil and Latin America at HKIAC panel in Hong Kong and at the Tsinghua Law School, Beijing, May Meetings held in Hong Kong and China as in-house counsel for IT multinational. Program Associate for The Asia Society/New York, organizing seminars and grants on law & development and other development related subjects for Southeast and East Asia. Studied Japanese language and culture at university. Professional Qualifications Bar Admissions United States Massachusetts and Maine state and federal bars Brazil Foreign Legal Consultant, Brazilian Bar Association/Rio de Janeiro (OAB-RJ) Certified by International Mediation Institute (First IMI-certified mediator in Brazil) 4

5 Professional Institutions Arbitrator, Mediator and Advocate for cases at the AAA/ICDR/New York, BAC/Beijing, Brazil-Canada Chamber of Commerce/São Paulo, CPR/New York, Florence International Mediation Chamber/Italy, HKIAC (Panel of Arbitrators and Intellectual Property Panels), ICC/Paris, LCIA/London, WIPO/Geneva. Also serve as panelist with other Brazilian ADR institutions ABPI/Rio de Janeiro (Brazilian Intellectual Property Assn.), ARBITAC/Curitiba, CAE-Eurocâmaras/São Paulo, CAMARB (Belo Horizonte), CAMFIEP (Curitiba), CBMA/Rio de Janeiro. For a complete list, please see the website Selected Publications "Arbitration and Mediation of Brazilian M & A Disputes", Beijing Arbitration Commission column in the Disputes Digest section of the China Business Law Journal, Beijing, Vol. 6, issue 8, September 2015 (in English and Chinese). "Brazil: Changes Enacted to Arbitration Law" at website (for Chinese entities interested in markets abroad), May Article published in English and Chinese. Co-author, "Arbitration and Mediation of Contracts Governed by the CISG", Working Paper for the II CPR Brazilian Business Mediation Congress, Belo Horizonte, Brazil, April 2014; Portuguese version published in bulletin of the Federation of Chambers of Commerce for Foreign Trade (FCCE), March "Brazil: Proposed reforms to arbitration law ready for scrutiny". Global Arbitration Review (London) online 7 October "The Arbitrator as Mediator, and Mediator as Arbitrator". Explores Chinese and Western concepts of Med Arb and Arb Med. Journal of International Arbitration (The Hague), December 2011, with Follow-Up Note in JOIA 29(2), April

6 "Dispute Resolution in Brazil" and other Latin American related articles on mediation and arbitration for the Chinese investor website International Commercial Arbitration Practice: 21st Century Perspectives. General Editor of book with 50+ chapters, with former ICC Secretary-General Horacio Grigera- Naón, Co-Editor, Lexis-Nexis books/new York, 2010, with annual chapter updates. The New York Convention and the Enforcement of Foreign Arbitral Awards in Brazil, Mealey s International Arbitration Report Special Edition Commemorating the 50th Anniversary of the New York Convention (co-author with Tozzini Freire Advogados), October Co-author, New Keys to Arbitration in Latin America, Journal of International Arbitration (The Hague, February 2008). "Telecommunications Arbitration in Latin America," (co-author), Latin Lawyer (London), April 2005; Portuguese version in Revista Brasileira de Arbitragem, For a complete list, please see the website Recent Presentations Panel speaker: "Choosing Arbitral Institutions, Arbitrators and Mediators for Disputes with the Brazilian Public Administration: a Perspective from Abroad" (in Portuguese), I Annual Conference on Arbitration and Mediation in the Brazilian Public Sector, Brasília (2015). Lecture at Tsinghua University Law School, Beijing, for LL.M. students in Tsinghua's International Arbitration Program. "Arbitration Experience in the International Environment: Focus on the USA and Latin America/Brazil" (2015). Panel speaker on Arbitration in Latin America at the HKIAC, Hong Kong (2015). Panel speaker, "The CISG and Arbitration", Conference on the CISG and Brazil, Curitiba (2015). 6

7 Contributed suggested changes to new Beijing Arbitration Commission Arbitration Rules (2014). Panel Speaker on "The New Draft Brazilian Arbitration Law: An International Perspective" (in Portuguese) at Conference on the New Brazil Civil Procedure Code (CPC), Informa Group, São Paulo, July Speaker on panel "International Construction and Infrastructure Projects: The Latest Conflict Management Options" (in Portuguese) at ICDR Conference on International Conflict Management, São Paulo, November Opening speaker on "Combining Mediation and Arbitration to Resolve Business Disputes" (in Portuguese), 3rd Annual Santa Catarina (Brazil) Seminar on Mediation and Arbitration, Joinville-SC, Brazil, September Recommendations made to Brazilian Senate Commission at public hearing to draft proposed Laws on Arbitration and Extra-Judicial Mediation (in Portuguese), Brasília, August "Use of MED-ARB and ARB-MED in International Commercial Disputes", Rio de Janeiro Bar Association (OAB-RJ), April The Latest Legal Developments Related to Arbitration in Brazil, 6th Annual ICDR Arbitration Conference, Miami, April For a complete list, please see the website Academic Yale - B.A., Russian Area Studies Johns Hopkins University, Paul Nitze School of Advanced International Studies, Washington, D.C. and Bologna, Italy M.A. with Academic Distinction, International Relations (International Economics, Russian and European Studies) 7

8 University of Maine - J.D., International Moot Court Team Teaching ADR Invited as Expert Assessor (judge) for 2016 IBA-VIAC Mediation Competition, Vienna. Arbitrator for Vis Pre-Moot Competitions in Brazil and U.S., Co-designed and delivered ADR Workshop, Moscow Academy of Finance & Law (MFUA), Awarded title of Honorary Professor. Taught ADR Master Class at Federal University, St. Petersburg, Guest lecturer on Combining Mediation and Arbitration (Med Arb) to Resolve International Commercial Disputes: Western vs. Chinese Perspectives and Experiences, graduate law course on Latin American Commercial Arbitration, University of Miami Law School, Miami, November Invited Professor to teach Arbitration Modules in Intensive Post-Graduate level ADR Courses for Attorneys and Judges in Portuguese, PUC-Minas Law School, Belo Horizonte, Brazil, 2001 & Co-designed and provided Arbitration Scenario Special Training Program for Baker & McKenzie s Western Hemisphere Associates Meeting, Monterrey, Mexico, Nationality U.S. citizen, with Brazilian permanent residency 8