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Marcelo Levitinas has been practicing Dispute Resolution since 1998, having spent 17 years as an associate and later as a partner at one of the most traditional law firms in the country.

He has extensive experience in arbitration and litigation, working on disputes in the financial market, large-scale construction projects, environmental, real estate, mining and general commercial disputes, serving, among others, asset management companies, banks, shipping companies, shipyards, investment funds, pension funds, real estate developers, the pharmaceutical industry, the oil and gas industry, mining companies, steel mills, and the information technology industry.

The following cases stand out from Marcelo Levitinas’ experience in arbitration:

• Multinational IT company against Public Administration, seeking the economic and financial rebalancing of contracts for the provision of software development and support services.
• Dispute over a turnkey contract for the supply of innovative air pollution prevention equipment for a mining plant and port.
• Dispute between a foreign investment fund in forestry assets and a seller of planting areas.
• Multinational mining company in dispute with a contractor regarding the construction of an aluminum plant.
• Representation of minority shareholders of an IT company in a post-M&A dispute to discuss earn-out, compensation for illegal copying of source code and database, and exercise of withdrawal rights.
• Dispute over asset pricing in M&A of companies in the wind energy sector.
• Arbitration involving the environmental recovery of a huge area impacted by a mining dam rupture.
• Multinational mining company in dispute regarding the acquisition of a mining area, tailings disposal, and environmental impact.
• Multinational company in the children’s safety and sports equipment sector, due to violation of a non-compete clause.
• Dispute between a railway and an international rail supplier regarding steel quality.
• Multinational mining company in dispute with a contractor regarding the construction of a nickel plant.
• Disputes between mining companies involving options to purchase mining rights.
• Company in dispute with former subsidiary due to declarations and guarantees from its IPO.
• Multinational fertilizer company in conflict with drilling companies contracted for services in mining activity.
• Publicly traded company in conflict with coal suppliers for blast furnaces, due to violation of compliance standards on slave and child labor.
• Mediation between multinational mining company and contractor due to the construction of an industrial complex (mine, port, railway, highway and airport).
• Corporate disputes between minority and controlling shareholders, due to violation of shareholder agreement rules.
• Mediation between railway logistics companies and companies operating water treatment plants (WTPs) and wastewater treatment plants (WWTPs).
• Dispute involving a power generator and an urban infrastructure company regarding the economic impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on a large-scale energy supply contract.
• Dispute between a real estate developer and a construction company, due to delays in the construction of a residential and commercial development.
• Disputes between steel mills and a port operator regarding the price of port services in the import of inputs.
• Multinational mining company in a post-M&A dispute over breach of representation and warranties relating to mining assets.