Pedro Paulo Cristofaro has been a professor of Business Law at the Law Department of Pontifícia Universidade Católica of Rio de Janeiro since 1975. He was Assistant to the Legal Counsel of the Ministry of Industry and Commerce (1962/1965). Retired State Prosecutor of Rio de Janeiro. He is the Chief Legal Officer of the Mediation and Arbitration Chamber of Fundação Getúlio Vargas. Examiner in civil service examinations for Judge, State Attorney, and Municipal Attorney of Rio de Janeiro. He acts as arbitrator in arbitrations administered by Brazilian chambers, the CCI, and the LCIA.