Who can participate
The Global Law Program is open to Undergraduate students from the 3rd year, from Academic Master’s and c PhD in Law and Development, Professional Master’s students, Lato Sensu Graduate Program (GV Law), and foreign exchange students at FGV Sao Paulo Law School.
To take the subjects, students must be regularly enrolled in the school’s courses, in addition to being fluent in English (proficiency test may be requested to participate). Students from other FGV Schools in Sao Paulo, Brazilian and foreign, can also attend the courses of the Global Law Program.
For more information, contact us by the e-mail: cri.direitosp@fgv.br
Disciplines of the Global Law Program
The Global Law Program is composed of subjects taught by FGV Sao Paulo Law School professors and foreign professors from partner institutions
Regular Subjects
Contract Design
February 9th to April 3rd
Introduction to the Brazilian Legal System
February 10th to May 31st
Brazilian Administrative State against Corruption
April 19th to June 7th
Social Representation of Law in Brazil
April 19th to June 7th
Introduction to the Brazilian Legal System
August 4th to September 22nd
Stabilization of International Business Transactions: from contract (re)negotiation to dispute resolution
August 1st to September 22nd
Microfinance Diffusion and Regulation in Brazil
September 26th to December 5th
M&A hot topics and challenges in Brazilian and International practice
September 27th to December 6th
Short Subjects
European and Comparative Contract Law
April 25th to 29th
Hate Speech, Equality and Democracy: the Global Judicial Dialogue
Mia Caielli, Universitá Di Torino
May 2nd to 6th
Taxation and Technology
Rifat Azam, Reichman University (IDC Herzliya)
September 12th to 16th
Commercial Arbitration - International Perspective
Flavia Foz Mange & Anna-Katharina Scheffer da Silveira
September 19th to 23rd
Techlaw fundamentals: concepts, controversies and challenges
Alexandre Pacheco da Silva
October 3rd to 7th
EU Competition Law
Alison Jones, King's College London
October 24th to 28th
The south African approach to anti-discrimination Law
Anton Kok, University of Pretoria
November 7th to 11th
How Constitutions Change
Richard Albert, The University of Texas at Austin
November 21st to 25th
See below Global Law Program courses given in previous years
2024
2023
2022
2021
2020
2019
2018
2017
2016
2015
2014
2013
2013 Global Law Courses:
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Conheça os professores visitantes estrangeiros que já vieram à FGV Direito SP pelo Global Law Program
2025
Enrico Basile – Bocconi
Joseph Tringali - New York University (NYU)
Beatriz Kira - University of Sussex
Claire Adionyi - Strathmore Law School
2024
Alexandra Andhov – University of Copenhagen
Leslie-Anne Duvic-Paoli - King’s College London
M. Konrad Borowicz - Tilburg University
Joaquin Velez Navarro - Universidad de los andes
Antonio Aloisi - IE Law School
Bruno Rodrigues de Lima - Max Planck Institute for Legal History and Legal Theory
Jan Lieder - University of Freiburg
Päl Wrange - Stockholm Univesity
Matthew Taylor - American University (Washington)
2023
Dalia Palombo - Tilburg University
Esteban Restrepo - Universidad de los Andes
Roberto Gargarella - Universidad Torcuato di Tella
Thomas Rönnau - Bucerius Law School
Martin Bohmer - Universidad de San Andrés
Christian Kersting - University of Düsseldorf
John Swinson - The University of Queensland
2022
Matthias Storme - University of Antwerp / KU Leuven
Mia Caielli - Universitá di Torino
Rifat Azam - IDC Herzliya
Alison Jones - King’s College London
Anton Kok - University of Pretoria
Richard Albert - The University of Texas at Austin
2021
Daniel Bonilla Maldonado - Universidad de los Andes
2020
Renato Nazzini - King’s College London
Joel Slawotsky - IDC Herzliya
Michail Risvas - IE University, Law School
Comarc Mac Amhlaigh - The University of Edinburgh
2019
Michael Ewing-Chow - National University of Singapore
Hans-Bernd Schäfer - Bucerius Law School
Stefano Liebman – BOCCONI
Eleonora Lozano Rodriguez - Universidad de los Andes
Sabine Gless - Universität Basel
Octávio Luiz Motta Ferraz - King's College London
Chang Wang - China University of Political Science and Law
Yaron Nilli - University of Wisconsin Law School
Francisco Pereira Coutinho - Faculdade de Direito da Universidade NOVA de Lisboa
Vera Rusinova - The Higher School of Economics
Eduard Ivanov - Higher School of Economics
Tebello Thabane - University of Cape Town
Vesselin Popovski - Jindal Global University
Zhiyuan Guo - China University of Political Science and Law
2018
Marta Pertegas - University of Antwerp
Michael Nietsch - EBS Law School
Antonios Kouroutakis - IE Law School
Manu Misra - Bocconi University
Valerie Dupont - Catholic University of Louvain
Heidi M. Hurd - University of Illinois
Federico Riganti - Universitá di Torino
Burkhard Schafer - University of Edinburgh
Yane Svetiev - BOCCONI / University of Sidney
2017
Zeynep Ayata - Koç University
Kendall Thomas - Columbia University
Ray Worthy Campbell - Peking University: School of Transnational Law
Kevin Davis – NYU
João Taborda da Gama - Universidade Católica Portuguesa
Kees (C.) Stuurman - Tilburg University: School of Law
Daniel Jutras - McGill University
Peer Zumbansen - King’s College London
2016
Merritt Fox - Columbia University
Sergio Costa - Freie Universitat Berlim
Jessica Morris - University of Miami
Serena Quattrocolo - Universitá di Torino
Ugo Pagallo - Universitá di Torino
Francisco de Elizalde - IE Law School
2015
Marco Venturozzo - Penn State University
Nuno Cunha Rodrigues - Faculdade de Direito da Universidade de Lisboa
Weitseng Chen - National University of Singapore
Qing Zhan - China University of Political Science and Law
Abraham Bell - University of San Diego
Eduardo Baistrocchi - London School of Economics
Hans Lindhal - Tilburg Law School
Lucas Grosman - Universidad de San Andrés
2014
Paolo Galizzi - Fordham University
Michael Schilling - King´s College
Heba Shahein - King´s College
George Critchlow - Gonzaga Law School
William Fox - Penn State Law School
John Forry - University of San Diego
Xiang Gao - China University of Political Science and Law
Jose de Areilza - ESADE Law School
Francisco Marcos - IE Law School
Willem van Genugten - Tilburg Law School
Joachim Rückert - University of Frankfurt
2013
Ashiwini Vasanthakumar - Jindal Law School
Bryant Garth & Yves Dezalay - University of California Irvine & Sorbonne
Guillermo Jorge - Universidad de San Andrés
Peter Sester - Goethe Universität Frankfurt
Jonathan Burton-Macleod - University of Florida
Eduard Ivanov - Higher School of Economics Russia
Margaret Blair - Vanderbilt University
Zeynep Derya Tarman - Koç University
Cristina Barettini - Universitá di Torino
Stephen Girvin - National University of Singapore
2012
James Nedumpara - Jindal Law School
Larry Weiser - Gonzaga Law School
Cesar Garavito - Universidad de los Andes
Matthew Taylor - American University (Washington)
Mary Patricia Treuthart - Gonzaga Law School
Ruohong Chen - Beijing Foreign Studies University
Morag Goodwin - Tilburg University
2011
Charles Tabb - University of Illinois
Michael Chappell - Gonzaga University
Charles Maddox - Jindal Law School
Upendra Acharya - Gonzaga University
Katya Mishina - Higher School of Economics
Randall Thomas - Vanderbilt University
Merritt Fox - Columbia University
David Bilchitz - University of Johannesburg
2010
M. Sornarajah - National University of Singapore
John Ohnesorge - Wisconsin University
Randall Kennedy - Harvard Law School
Damian Chalmers - London School of Economics
David Trubek - Wisconsin University
Jefrey Colon - Fordham Law School
