Career Biography 

Executive with 20 years of experience leading Legal Departments of large industrial multinationals in Oil&Gas, Chemical, Automotive and Textile. Experience in the routine of listed companies and implementation of Corporate Governance for IPOs. Participation in over 20 M&A operations in Brazil and abroad, leading negotiations with financial institutions, advisors, trustees and international law firms. Experience in securities issuance (bonds/debentures) and financial restructuring processes. Solid experience in large value contracts with international players and involving complex structures. Expertise in tax planning; management of regulatory matters; and strategic litigation. Management of more than 60 national and international law firms during my carreer. Experience in government relations directly with State Ministers, Governors, Tax Secretaries and Agencies. LLM in International Corporate & Commercial Law, LLM in Corporate Law, MBA in Business Management, Compliance Program Certificate , JD in Business Law, Law Degree. Fluent in English and Spanish. 

Spotlight on: Career achievements 

Participation in 6 bond issuances, having been responsible for all the documentary implementation stages together with law firms in the United States (Weil & Gotshal, Simpson Thacher, Cleary, Clifford Chance), Luxembourg (Loyens), Singapore (CNPLaw), financial advisors (Morgan Stanley, Moelis, Houlihan) and agents/trustees (BNY, TMF and EPIQ), which resulted in the issuance of more than US$1bn and R$500mn in debentures; the contracting of dozens of credit lines and other diversified financial operations (derivatives, letters of guarantee, among others).

I have managed two complex financial restructurings, the first of around R$2bn and the second R$ 4.5bn, involving 15 national and international financial institutions, offices and advisors in Brazil, the United States, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Mexico and Singapore, including mediation and extrajudicial recovery proceedings.

Oversight of the tax area, reducing litigation and contingences from R$2.3bn to R$600mn; I implemented numerous judicial theses and administrative reviews that resulted in credits and tax rate reductions of more than R$500mn; I have carried out advocacy and government relations, having approved a Confaz Agreement No. 183/21 and obtained changes in state legislation to reduce tax rates, resulting in reductions in the ICMS calculation base of 80%, as well as a reduction in the VAT (ICMS) balance payable of between 80% and 90%; in addition to coordinating numerous tax plannings aimed at legally reducing the tax burden.

I have established the strategy for handling over 20.000 defensive lawsuits (labor, civil, arbitration and environmental), having created a Preventive Labor Committee and a Crisis Committee for accidents and environmental issues, resulting in the resolution of settlements, such as civil, and Class Actions cases, with a notable reduction in costs and provisions, having faced lawsuits involving 6,500 individuals, the Public Prosecutor’s Office and corporate litigation, in addition to guiding our other areas and implementing corrective measures and policies to avoid further filing of new claims.