CLAUDIA LIMA MARQUES BACHELOR IN LAW FROM UNIVERSIDADE FEDERAL DO RIO GRANDE DO SUL (1985), MASTER AT EBERHARD KARLS UNIVERSITÄT ZU TÜBINGEN JURISTISCHE FROM UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN (1987); SPECIALIZATION IN EUROPÄISCHE INTEGRATION AT UNIVERSITY OF SARRE , GERMANY PH.D IN LAW (SUMMA CUM LAUDE) - UNIVERSITAT HEIDELBERG (RUPRECHTKARLS) (1996) AND POSTDOCTORATE AT THE SAME UNIVERSITY (2003) – SCHOLARSHIPS DAAD E DAAD/CAPES. PROFESSOR OF UNIVERSIDADE FEDERAL DO RIO GRANDE DO SUL. MEMBER OF BRAZILIAN SENATE COMITTEE FOR CONSUMER PROTECTION CODE ATUALIZATIONS COLLABORATOR OF MINISTRY OF JUSTICE AND DELEGATED EXPERT FROM BRAZIL AT CIDIP VII OF CONSUMER PROTECTION AT OEA (2004-2010), COORDINATOR OF THE CREDIT BUREAU FOR CONSUMER OVERINDEBTNESS (UFRGS-MJ) PRESIDENT OF ASADIP INTERNACIONAL PRIVADO, – ASSOCIACIÓN AMERICANA DE DERECHO VICE-PRESIDENT OF DEUTSCH LUSITANISCHE JURISTENVEREINIGUNG E.V., BERLIN VICE DIRECTOR OF IACL - INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION FOR CONSUMMER LAW; BRUSSELS MERCOSUR´S AND BRASIL-CHILE COUNCIL. DIRECTOR OF INTERNATIONAL LAW ASSOCIATION- BRAZIL- PRESIDENT OF COMITTEE OF INTERNACIONAL CONSUMERS PROTECTION, ALTERNATE OF CNPQ. DIRECTOR OF REVISTA DE DIREITO DO CONSUMIDOR (RT-BRASILCON) – REVIEW OF CONSUMER LAW, EX-PRESIDENT OF BRASILCON- INSTITUTO BRASILEIRO DE POLÍTICA E DIREITO DO CONSUMIDOR – BRAZILIAN INSTITUT FOR POLITIC AND CONSUMER PROTECTION. COORDINATOR OF THE SPECIALIZATION COURSES “THE NEW INTERNACIONAL LAW”, “CONSUMER PROTECTION” AND “AMBIENTAL LAW” – UFRGS HAS EXPERIENCE AT THE AREA OF CIVIL LAW, CONSUMER LAW, INTERNACIONAL PRIVATE LAW. HER PRINCIPAL RESERCH TOPICS ARE: CIVIL LAW, CONSUMER, MERCOSUR, INTERNACIONAL PUBLIC AND PRIVATE LAW. Porto Alegre, 29 de março de 2012