Publications by Leonardo F Souza-McMurtrie

Articles and Papers        

Chemtura Corporation v. Government Of Canada Award, Summary and Digest
ICSID Reports V. 22, Cambridge University Press (Expected 2025)

CISG and Governement Contracts: Regulating International Public Procurement
(Daily Jus, Jus Mundi, 2024)

Auction and Auction-like Processes under the CISG: Two Peas in a Pod?
The Resolver: The Quarterly Magazine of The Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (2025)

Government Contracts and the CISG: Frenemies?
(The American Review of International Arbitration Blog, Center for International Commercial and Investment Arbitration, Columbia Law School, 5 Nov 2024)

BRAMIA: An Alternative do ISDS
(Kluwer Arbitration Blog, 5 Dec 2023)

International Commercial Arbitrations and the Law 13.133/2021 
(from the original: Arbitragens Comerciais Internacionais e a Lei 14.133/2021) (2023), in Rodrigo Goulart de Freitas Pombo and Karlin Olbertz Niebuhr (eds), Novas questões em licitações e contratos: Lei 14.133/2021.

Technical Note from the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators 
Brazil Branch, policy report (2023)

The Development of Arbitration Involving State Parties in Brazil: Comparative Remarks with Latin America 
(2022), 19, Revista Brasileira de Arbitragem, issue 75, pp. 36–58.

Arbitration as a Tool for Efficiency in Government Contract Management: Why, How, and When It Works 
Public Procurement Law Review (University of Nottingham, Jan 2024).

Soft Law for Anxious Minds and Imaginary Problems: Why AI-Arbitration Guidelines Arrived Too Soon 
Kluwer Arbitration Blog, 14 Jun 2025

Arbitration Tech Toolbox: Deepfakes and the Decline of Trust 
Kluwer Arbitration Blog, 4 Oct 2023

AI and Dispute Resolution: A Powerful (New) Tool in International Commercial Arbitration 
(2023), International Commercial Arbitration Practice: 21st Century Perspectives. Lexis Nexis.

The Participation of the Public Prosecution in Mass Claims Arbitrations 
(from the original A Participação Do Ministério Público Em Arbitragens Coletivas) in Ana Luiza Nery and Rômulo Greff Mariani (eds), Arbitragem e Processo Coletivo (1st edn, Thompson Reuters Brasil 2022).

AI and IA: Notes on the Impact of Artificial Intelligence in International Arbitration 
Conference Paper, XI Congreso Internacional de Arbitraje (Comité Colombiano de Arbitraje, 8 Jun 2023).

Exploration of Spaces in Airports After the Concessions: Mapping the Transition 
(from the original Exploração de áreas em aeroportos após as concessões: mapeando a transição). In Perez, A. E., Sarra, A., Marcato, A., Mastrobuono, C., Baraldi, E., & Abdo, H. (eds), Resolução de Disputas em Infraestrutura. São Paulo (December 2023). 

The Modernisation of Conflict Resolution with Public Entities: From Arnoldo Wald’s Lessons in 1962 to Federal Law 14.133
(from the original A Modernização Da Resolução de Conflitos Com a Administração Pública: Das Lições de Arnoldo Wald Em 1962 à Lei 14.133) in Selma Lemes, Fábio Ulhoa Coelho and Gustavo Tepedino (eds), A Evolução do Direito no Século XXI, vol. 1 (1st edn, IASP 2022).

Notes on the PI&D v Nigeria EWHC Decision 
Arbitration. Government contract. Corruption. Annulment. Bribery. England and Wales High Court [EWHC]. King’s Bench, Commercial Court. EWHC 2638 (Comm). Judge Mr Justice Robin Knowles. J. 23.10.2023. Revista Brasileira de Arbitragem (2024) 20(81).

Arbitration and Corruption: What Can (and Should) Arbitrators Do? 
(from the original Arbitragem e Corrupção: O Que Os Árbitros Podem (e Devem) Fazer?), Desafios da Arbitragem com a Administração Pública. Revista da AGU, vol. 21, no. 2, Brasília, Apr/Jun 2022.

A Duty to Disclose and a Right Not To? 
(Kluwer Arbitration Blog, 19 Aug 2024)

Impartiality and Disclosure: Will the Brazilian Supreme Court Change the Current Standards? 
(Kluwer Arbitration Blog, 21 Jun 2023)

The Brazilian Model of State Arbitration: the Protection of Foreign and Domestic Investors 
(from the original: O modelo brasileiro de arbitragem com o Estado: proteção de investidores estrangeiros e nacionais). In Costa, J. A. F., Pela, J. K., & Amadeo, R. C. M. R. (eds), Estudos em Homenagem ao Professor Hermes Marcelo Huck. São Paulo (Jan 2024). 

Non-judicial Means of Dispute Resolution under the Government Contracts Act
(from the original Meios Extrajudiciais de Resolução de Disputas Na Lei 14.133) in Marcelo Harger (ed), Aspectos Polêmicos sobre a Nova Lei de Licitações e Contratos Administrativos (1st edn, Forum 2022). 

The Federal Government Establishes Criteria for Appointing Arbitrators
(Migalhas, 10 March 2022)








Leonardo F. Souza-McMurtrie
Arbitration and International Law