Cristiano de Sousa Zanetti is a Tenured Associate Professor of Private Law of the Law School of the University of São Paulo. He holds a JD (1999), an LL.M (2003), an S.J.D. (2007) and an Habilitation/Professorship (2011) from the same institution. He has won the award of best Ph.D thesis at the Law School of the University of São Paulo (2008). He also holds an LL.M in Roman Legal System, Unification of Law and Integration Law from the Università degli Studi di Roma Tor Vergata (2006), in Rome, Italy. Former Assistant Executive Vice President for Administration of the University of São Paulo (Dec/2012 - Jan/2014). Cristiano de Sousa Zanetti is duly enrolled with the Brazilian Bar Association and admitted to practice Law since 2000. He regularly works as arbitrator and legal expert in domestic and international disputes, involving various issues of Private Law and, specially, Contract Law. Cristiano de Sousa Zanetti has authored several books and academic papers and is frequently awarded in the main professional rankings for his activity as arbitrator and expert witness.