Calixto Salomão Filho

Calixto Salomão Filho is a Professor at Sciences Po Law School (Gide Loyrette Nouel Chair of Law and Development) and a Full Professor at the University of São Paulo (USP) Law School. He founded the Law and Poverty Research Group and directs the Luiz Gama Clinic for Human Rights, which won the 2016 Human Rights Prize for aiding homeless populations.

• Education: Ph.D. in Comparative Commercial Law (University of Rome), LL.B. and Post-Doctoral (USP Law School), Visiting Scholar at Yale Law School and Max Planck Institute.

His research bridges Commercial Law, Competition Law, and Human Rights, focusing on Law and Development and Social and Economic Rights. His work critiques monopolies, corporate governance, and globalization through comparative legal frameworks. Key articles address structural antitrust reforms, mercosur regulation, and access to medicines in developing nations.

Scientific Leadership:

• Vice-President, São Paulo Stock Exchange Arbitration Panel
• Member, Brazil-Canada Chamber of Commerce Arbitration Center
• Academic Member, Harvard’s Institute for Global Law and Policy
• Brazilian Coordinator, SELA (Yale Law School Program)

His awards include the Max Planck Gesellschaft Fellowship and recognition for human rights advocacy. He has authored books on corporate law, monopolies, and economic underdevelopment, with a critical neostructuralist approach to legal and economic systems.