Luiz Guilherme Marinoni holds a Master’s and Doctorate in Law from the Catholic University of São Paulo, with postdoctoral studies at the Università di Milano. He has been a Visiting Scholar at Columbia University and Fordham University. An Honorary Member of the Presidium of the International Association of Procedural Law, he also serves as President of the Brazilian Association of Constitutional Procedural Law. Marinoni is a Professor at the Federal University of Paraná, a former Federal Prosecutor, and a former President of the Brazilian Bar Association, Curitiba. He has worked as a consultant for the Brazilian House of Representatives on the drafting of the Brazilian Civil Procedural Code and the Brazilian Constitutional Procedural Code, and as an international consultant for the “Principles of Transnational Civil Procedure” project (American Law Institute and UNIDROIT). He is the author of numerous books published in Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Italy, Mexico, Peru, Portugal, and Spain, as well as articles in leading legal journals across Latin America, Europe, and Asia. His work has earned him the prestigious Jabuti Prize in 2009 and 2017, and finalist recognition in 2007, 2010, and 2015.