Bruno Calfat
Bruno Calfat holds a Law degree from Universidade Candido Mendes (UCAM) and is a licensed attorney with the Brazilian Bar Association (OAB), registered in the States of Rio de Janeiro, São Paulo, Espírito Santo and the Federal District. He is a member of the São Paulo Lawyers’ Association (Associação dos Advogados de São Paulo – AASP); the São Paulo Lawyer’s Institute (Instituto dos Advogados de São Paulo – IASP), the Brazilian Institute of Electoral Law (Instituto Brasileiro de Direito Eleitoral – IBRADE), and the Institute of Brazilian Lawyers (Instituto dos Advogados do Brasil – IAB).
He founded Bruno Calfat Advogados on August 22, 2014, with the goal of providing clients with both advisory and litigation services, representing them in judicial, administrative, and arbitration proceedings, as well as in mediations, negotiations, and dispute boards. In the field of litigation, he has extensive experience in highly complex and nationally significant cases before State, Federal and Superior Courts. He possesses a strong and well-recognized background in Constitutional, Civil, Civil Procedure, Contract, Corporate, Regulatory, Environmental, Banking, Antitrust, Consumer, Electoral, Real Estate, Insurance, Tax, and Social Security Law.
In recognition of the relevance of his legal work and contributions to civil society, he was awarded the Tiradentes Medal by the Legislative Assembly of the State of Rio de Janeiro (2009); the Medal of Merit by the Public Prosecutor’s Office of Rio de Janeiro (2011); the Medal of the Public Defender’s Office of the State of Rio de Janeiro (2014); the Medal of the Order of Merit of the Military Public Prosecutor’s Office (2015); the Medal of the Order of Judicial Merit by the Regional Labor Court of the 1st Region (2015); the Luiz Eduardo Pimenta Pereira Medal of Honor by the Association of Federal Judges of the 2nd Region – RJ/ES (2017); and the Order of Merit of Accounts Medal by the Court of Auditors of the State of Amazonas (2021).
He served as an arbitrator at the Brazilian Center for Mediation and Arbitration (CBMA) of the Rio de Janeiro Commercial Association (ACRJ), FIRJAN, and FENASEG; Substitute Federal Counselor of the Brazilian Bar Association (OAB); Counselor of the Rio de Janeiro branch of the OAB; Vice President of the OAB’s Special Legislative Monitoring Committee; General Legislative Consultant of the OAB; Attorney General of the OAB for the 2019-2021 term; Member of the National Council of the Public Prosecutor’s Office Committee on the Prison System, External Oversight of Police Activity, and Public Security; Member of the Business Council for Competitiveness, Business Environment, and Agribusiness at the Rio de Janeiro’s Commercial Association; and President of the OAB’s Special Commission on Water Resources and Sustainability.
During 2001-2003 and 2004-2006 terms, he was a member of the Bar Exam Committee of the OAB, the Committee on Public and Business Franchises (COMFRA), and the Committee on Mandatory Registrations. He also served as Coordinator of the Rio de Janeiro branch of the OAB’s Oil and Gas Committee (2003) and as a court-appointed defense attorney for the Ethics and Discipline Court of the Rio de Janeiro State branch of the OAB (2002-2003).
His academic career began as a Professor of Civil Procedure Law at Universidade Estácio de Sá. He was Coordinator and Professor of Civil Procedure Law at Fundação Getúlio Vargas (FGV), teaching in the program of “Contemporary Civil Procedure: A Practical and Strategic Approach” and in the Litigation LL.M, until 2011. He also served as Legal Consultant and Electoral Law Professor at the Institute of Public Law (Instituto de Direito Público – IDP).
Member of the Organizing Committee for the IX Conference of Lawyers of the State of Rio de Janeiro held in May 2005 at the Hotel Glória. Speaker at the 2014 National Lawyers’ Conference.
He is the author of articles published in specialized legal journals and periodicals, and has served as a member of the examining board for the XXV Public Examination of the Public Defender’s Office of the State of Rio de Janeiro.
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