About

Founded by the large Syrian and Brazilian Lebanese communities of São Paulo in 1921, the Hospital Sírio Libanês is one of the most important hospitals in Brazil and South America. The legal team is led by Aline de Almada Messias, legal director and compliance who boasts a varied career with previous experience at the likes of Google, where she served as legal director for Latin America and also as legal director for tech giants Sony and Samsung. Also amongst its most notable members, legal manager Ana Lucia Vassallo stands out for her lengthy eleven year career with Hospital Sírio Libanês and her coordination of the legal and regulatory group of the National Association of Private Hospitals (ANAHP). Together the legal team share a wide range of knowledge in contracts, office management, and internal legal and corporate management. Praised for its extremely ethical approach to business, Hospital Sírio Libanês believes in a core value of “calore humano” which translates as “human warmth”, the legal team is a reflection of this sentiment, placing a high importance on ethics and a human approach to all legal operations.