Professional experience

Fabrine Hartog is a partner and head of the Shipping & Ports practice. She has more than 15 years of experience in commercial transactions and disputes involving the Maritime, Port, and Oil & Gas sectors, both at the administrative level and in judicial proceedings and arbitrations. She holds an LL.M. from the University of Aberdeen (United Kingdom – 2019) and an MBA from FGV (Rio de Janeiro – 2016). In 2022, she was recognized as one of the most renowned female lawyers in Rio de Janeiro by Análise Advocacia, and in 2024 and 2025 by Brazil’s Best Lawyers. She is a Member of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (CIArb) and is named on the arbitrators’ list of the Brazilian Center for Mediation and Arbitration (CBMA).

 

Education

• Master’s degree (LL.M) in International Commercial Law with a concentration in arbitration in the Oil and Gas Sector from the University of Aberdeen, UK.
• Post-graduation from Fundação Getulio Vargas (FGV/RJ)
• Law Degree from Universidade Cândido Mendes, Brazil.

 

Additional Activities

• Member of the Brazilian Bar Association – Rio de Janeiro (OAB/RJ) since 2012
• Member of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (CIArb)
• Secretary-General of the Maritime and Port Law Commission of OAB/RJ
• Member of the Business Law Commission of OAB/RJ
• Former member of the Legal Committee of the Brazilian Association of Maritime Support Companies (ABEAM)
• Member of the Women’s International Shipping and Trade Association (WISTA) since 2016
• Member of the Maritime and Transport Law Committee and the Arbitration Committee of the International Bar Association (IBA)
• Listed as an arbitrator at the Brazilian Center for Mediation and Arbitration (CBMA) since 2022

 

Publications

• 2025 – Portos & Navios: EBIN é alternativa para mercado de afretamentos
• 2024 – Brazil’s Best Counsel: Exploring Recent Progress: Advancements in the Maritime and Shipping Law Industry, published by Leaders League;
• 2023 – The new BIMCO clauses for reducing greenhouse gas emissions from international shipping to achieve the UN Sustainable Development Goals, published by Migalhas Marítimas;
• 2023 – Brazil’s Best Counsel 2023 – 5th edition: Chapter Opening Shipping, published by Leaders League;
• 2020 – New bill to develop cabotage trade sent to Congress, published by ILO, Lexology.