About

Henrique Rabelo started his career in a law office in the city of Belo Horizonte as a trainee, and then at an oil distribution company before he was hired to create a legal department at Powerlogic. In 2014, Powerlogic was bought by the Cast group in São Paulo, which had existed without a legal department for 25 years. For Rabelo this meant work had to be done to create a legal management culture and to demonstrate the value of lawyers to the board. After an initial period, he achieved the creation and solidification of a compensation plan so that the team’s efforts could be recognised and valued according to values paid in the Brazilian market, mainly in the city of São Paulo. A second highlight would be a multimillion tax lawsuit, which allowed the reversal of almost certain loss, and was even recognised through the company’s “Boomerang Day” award, which rewards relevant highlights among the company’s nearly 3,000 employees. He has also been instrumental in the process of Cast winning several multimillion-dollar bids. Rabelo has also been transforming the legal department so that it can have service level agreements for all internal customers, including a task management system for a greater control of key performance indicators. In addition, using financial management issues, he is creating a system that allows the firm, even before a litigation begins, to know financially whether it is worth starting a lawsuit or making deals, thus allowing the company to have a healthy cash flow. Rabelo has also led on a multimillion-dollar tax judicial process to guarantee a contract with a government for tens of thousands of reais.