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Sofia Almeida

Accepting appointments

FCIArb · Lisbon

Experience
17 yrs
Appointments
90
As presiding
25
Seat
Lisbon
Law
England & Wales USA
Focus
Energy Mining
Rules
SCC ICC ICSID
Langs
Portuguese — native English — fluent Spanish — fluent French — working

01Biography

Updated Oct 2026

Lisbon-based arbitrator with a focus on Lusophone Africa and Latin America: mining concessions, power purchase agreements and investment claims.

Sofia began in the projects group of a Lisbon firm, advising on hydropower and mining concessions in Angola, Mozambique and Brazil, and moved into disputes when those projects started going wrong. She has sat as arbitrator since 2014 and chaired tribunals under the ICC, SCC and ICSID rules.

She conducts proceedings in Portuguese, English and Spanish.

02Representative matters

Confidential · party names withheld

  • Mining 2023

    Dispute under a bauxite mining concession over the state partner's free-carried interest and dividend entitlements.

    Presiding arbitrator ICC Lisbon seat
    $140M

  • Energy 2021

    Termination of a long-term power purchase agreement for a hydropower plant; availability guarantees and deemed-energy payments.

    Co-arbitrator SCC · England & Wales
    €56M

03Qualifications & memberships

Admissions & appointments

  • 2007 Advogada, Ordem dos Advogados
  • 2015 FCIArb

Education

  • 2006 LLM — Universidade de Lisboa

Professional memberships

Portuguese Arbitration Association ArbitralWomen ICC Commission on Arbitration & ADR