Patrícia Kobayashi serves as Secretary General for the Center for Arbitration and Mediation of the Chamber of Commerce Brazil-Canada (CAM-CCBC). She obtained her law degree from the University of São Paulo (USP) and has extensive experience in arbitration as counsel, case manager and tribunal secretary. She worked as researcher in the first institutional research on court decisions on arbitration issues conducted by the Brazilian Arbitration Committee (CBAr) and the Getúlio Vargas Foundation (FGV). Ms. Kobayashi has written articles and publication on numerous arbitration subjects.