Full associate professor with an LL.M. and Ph.D. in laws from PUC-SP. Lectures post-graduate, specialisation, masters and doctoral courses at the same institution. Visiting professor at the University of Cambridge and University of Lisbon. International Relations Director of the Instituto Brasileiro de Direito Processual. Honorary Executive Secretary General of the International Association of Procedural Law. Honorary Member of the Associazione italiana fra gli studiosi del processo civile. Member of the Accademia delle Scienze dell’Istituto di Bologna, of the Instituto Ibero-americano de Direito Processual, of the Instituto Panamericano de Derecho Procesal, of the Instituto Português de Processo Civil Member of the International Board of Advisors of the Instituto de Derecho Procesal y Practica Forense de la Asociación Argentina de Justicia Constitucional. Attorney.