Amanda Andrade is a Brazilian-qualified lawyer with over seven years of experience in international dispute resolution. Her practice focuses on complex commercial arbitration, particularly in the trade, energy, commodities and shipping, banking, infrastructure, and corporate sectors.
She represents clients under major institutional rules, including the ICC, LCIA, SIAC, Swiss Arbitration Centre, GAFTA, and LMAA, in strategically significant and high-value disputes across multiple jurisdictions.
Before relocating to Geneva and beginning her trajectory at SMBC Law, where she currently works as an associate, Amanda spent five years at top-tier law firms in São Paulo advising on domestic litigation and international arbitration. She also served for two years as a case manager at CAM CCBC, the largest arbitral institution in Latin America, and gained extensive experience acting as secretary of arbitral tribunals.
She holds an LL.M. in International Dispute Settlement (MIDS) from the University of Geneva and the Geneva Graduate Institute. She also obtained a postgraduate degree in Business Law from Fundação Getulio Vargas and a Bachelor of Laws from Universidade Salvador.
Throughout her career, Amanda has participated in several intensive training programs and summer courses on international arbitration, mediation, and negotiation.
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