Lara has a solid education in Private International Law and International Commerce, focusing her practice on arbitration and infrastructure projects.

Lara has significant experience in the highway, railway, energy, oil and gas sectors, handling complex disputes involving internationality elements and European and African legal systems.

Her practice combines a global vision and technical expertise, particularly in cases that require coordination between different legal systems.

Education

• Ongoing Ph.D, International and Comparative Law, Universidade de São Paulo (USP).
• LL.M, Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne University.
• Licentiate in Law, (PITES Program), Jean Moulin Lyon 3 University.
• J.D., Universidade de São Paulo (USP).

Associations and Boards

• Secretary, Lusophone Arbitrators Club (CAL).
• Alumni, Herbert Smith Freehills.

Publications

• YOKOTA, L. F., How In-House Counsel Can Contribute to the Efficiency of Arbitration, Daily Jus, Dez 2024. Available at: https://dailyjus.com/news/2024/12/how-in-house-counsel-can-contribute-to-the-efficiency-of-arbitration
• MERCEREAU, A. G. B; YOKOTA, L. F. Medidas cautelares anteriores à constituição do tribunal arbitral: apontamentos sobre competência, escopo e execução. [Injunctions prior to the institution of the arbitration tribunal: notes on jurisdiction, scope and execution.] In: Paula Akemi Taba Vaz. (Org.). Arbitragem e Poder Judiciário – Estudos sobre a interação entre as jurisdições arbitral e estatal. [Arbitration and Judiciary Power – Studies on the interaction between arbitration and federal jurisdiction.] un. ed. Ribeirão Preto: Editora Migalhas, 2023, v. un., p. 17-1265.
• MERCEREAU, A. G. B; YOKOTA, L. F. Árbitro de emergência e o Caso das Anti-Suit Injunctions a Favor da Arbitragem. [Emergency arbitrator and the case of Anti-Suit Injunctions in favor of arbitration.] [ In: Adriana L. Cardinali Straube; Antônio Márcio da Cunha Guimarães; Asdrubal Franco Nascimbeni; Cláudio Finkelstein; Christiana Beyrodt Cardoso; Frederico Gustavo Straube. (Org.). Arbitragem, Mediação e outros métodos alternativos de resolução de conflitos: Estudos em homenagem ao Dr. Frederico José Straube. [Arbitration, Mediation and other alternative dispute resolution methods: Studies in honor of Mr. Frederico José Straube.] 1ed. São Paulo: Quartier Latin, 2023, v. un., p. 23-619. 3.
• SARRA DE DEUS, A.; YOKOTA, L. F. Art. 44. In: Ana Carolina Weber; Fabiana de Cerqueira Leite. (Org.). Lei de Arbitragem Comentada – Lei nº 9.307/1996. [Annotated Arbitration Law – Law No. 9307/1996.] ed. São Paulo: Revista dos Tribunais, 2023, v. un., p. 13-459.
• THEDY, Julia; YOKOTA, Lara Fernanda. “Saga Belokon: um comentário à decisão da Cour de Cassation francesa, de 23 de março de 2022, Pourvoi No. 17-17.981”. [Belokon saga: a note on the decision by French Cour de Cassation, dated March 23, 2022, Pourvoi No. 17-17.981.]  Blog CBAr, 2022. Available at: https://cbar.org.br/site/saga-belokon-um-comentario-a-decisao-da-cour-de-cassation-francesa-de-23-de-marco-de-2022-pourvoi-no-17-17-981/.
• DE DEUS, Adriana Sarra; YOKOTA, Lara Fernanda. “Dos e Don’ts das cláusulas arbitrais em contratos administrativos”. [Dos and Don’ts of arbitration clauses in administrative contracts.] Migalhas, 2019. Available at: https://www.migalhas.com.br/depeso/340564/dos-e-don-ts-das-clausulas-arbitrais-em-contratos-administrativos.

Languages

• Portuguese
• English
• Spanish
• French