Edilberto Carlos Pontes Lima

President of the Instituto Rui Barbosa (IRB)

Post-Doctorate in Democracy and Human Rights from the University of Coimbra School of Law . PhD in Economics from the University of Brasília. BA and MA in Economics from the Federal University of Ceará. Bachelor of Laws from the University of Fortaleza. Specialist in Public Policy from The George Washington University. Author of numerous articles and important books, including "Curso de Finanças Públicas: uma abordagem contemporânea" (Public Finance Course: a contemporary approach) (finalist for the 2016 Jabuti Prize) and "Federalism and Democracy in Difficult Times'', published by Editora Fórum (2021). He was a Legislative Consultant to the Chamber of Deputies, a Planning and Research Technician at IPEA, and a professor, among other institutions, at the University of Brasilia (UnB). He is the re-elected President of the Rui Barbosa Institute (biennia 2022/2023 and 2024/2025) and Corregidor of the Court of Auditors of the State of Ceará (2024/2025).

Honorable Judge Valter Shuenquener

Brazilian Federal Judge, Law Professor, and Legal Staff of the OAS Secretary for Legal Affairs

Carolina Lembo

Public-Private Partnership Senior Specialist at IDB

Paulo Melo

CEO of Nova Infra Invest

Anelize de Almeida

Deputy Attorney-General for Tax Arrears and FGTS Management

Anelize has a Master's degree in Public Policies from Oxford and a postgraduate degree in Public Management and Administration from FGV and in Public Law from AEUDF. Since 2006 she has been a prosecutor for the National Treasury. She was Deputy Attorney-General of the National Treasury; Chief Prosecutor of Tax Arrears in the 1st Region; head of the PGFN's Office in two different administrations; and director of the Union'sTax Arrears Management. She is currently the Deputy Attorney-General for Tax Arrears and FGTS Management. She has also worked at the Federal Attorney General's Office (in the areas of Financial Law, Economic Law and Tax Law) and in the Economic Policy Department of the Office of the Deputy Chief of Legal Affairs of the Presidency of the Republic's Civil Affairs Ministry. She served as a member of the Supervisory Board of Banco do Brasil and the Supervisory and Management Boards of Caixa Econômica Federal.

Honorable Judge Flávio Jardim

Brazilian Federal Judge

Flávio Jardim holds a bachelor's degree in Law from Centro Universitário de Brasília - Uniceub, a master's degree in Constitutional Law from Instituto Brasiliense de Direito Público - IDP and in American Law from Boston University School of Law, and a doctorate in Law from Fordham Law School. He was the Federal District's Attorney General from 2019-2020. He is a Federal Judge of the Federal Regional Court of the 1st Region. He was licensed to practice law in the State of New York.

Victoria Perry

Professor in Georgetown University Law Center's Graduate Tax Program

Professor in Georgetown University Law Center's Graduate Tax Program. Former Deputy Director of the Fiscal Affairs Department of the International Monetary Fund. She spent 2022 as a Visiting Professor of Taxation at Oxford University. Prior to joining the IMF, she was the Deputy Director of the Harvard University International Tax Program. She is a past president of the National Tax Association, a past president of the American Tax Policy Institute, a past Chair of the Value Added Tax Committee of the American Bar Association Section of Taxation, and is presently vice president of the International Institute of Public Finance. She received her BA from Yale University and her JD from Harvard Law School.

Eduardo Fleury

World Bank Tax Consultant

Eduardo holds a master's degree in international taxation from the University of Florida, and specializations in tax planning from Leiden University and in American corporate law from Harvard University. He is a Tax consultant for the World Bank, having developed a study of the economic impacts of a potential tax reform in Brazil.

Don de Amicis

Professor at Georgetown University Law Center

Professor De Amicis is the faculty co-director of the Center on Transnational Business and the Law and the faculty director of the Executive Securities and Financial Regulation LL.M. Program. Professor De Amicis is an external member of the Sanctions Committees of the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development and the Inter-American Development Bank.

Palmina M Fava

Practitioner in Compliance and White collar investigations

Palmina is a partner at Vinson & Elkins’ New York office and the Co-Head of the Government Investigations & White Collar Defense practice group. With over 20 years of experience, Palmina represents clients in internal and government investigations, litigation, and corporate governance counseling, with a principal focus on matters involving the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA), international anti-corruption, anti-money laundering and anti-bribery laws, accounting irregularities, bid rigging and unfair trade practices, off-label pharmaceutical marketing, misappropriation of trade secrets, fraud, cybersecurity, and data privacy. Palmina leads teams in investigations in Latin America, throughout Western and Eastern Europe, Asia, Africa, and the Middle East.

Lisa Vicens

Practitioner in Compliance and White collar investigations

Lisa Vicens regularly represents public companies and their boards in internal and governmental investigations, as well as frequently advises on the development of compliance and integrity programs and counsels clients in advance of strategic transactions. Lisa frequently works on matters in Latin America, particularly enforcement matters involving clients in the region. She has been recognized by Chambers USA for FCPA and The Legal 500 Latin America for Compliance and Investigations, and named among Latinvex’s Top 100 Female Lawyers in Latin America and Global Investigations Review’s Top 100 Women in Investigations.

Bruno Brandao

Executive Director of International Transparency in Brazil

Bruno is a member of the Executive Board and the Executive Manager of Transparency International in Brazil in collaboration with the Berlin office. Bruno is an economist who graduated from the Federal University of Minas Gerais (UFMG) and holds a master’s degree in public management from the University of York. He also holds a master`s degree in international relations from the Institut Barcelona Estudis Internacionals (IBEI). Bruno has been a member of Transparency International since 2010, with experience in Germany, Mexico, and Brazil.

Lucinda Low

Partner in Steptoe's Washington office

Lucinda A. Low is a partner in Steptoe's Washington office, where she is a member of the International Department, heads the firm’s US Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) practice, and serves on the firm's Executive Committee. Her practice focuses on US and international anti-corruption laws, advising clients on matters ranging from preventive work to representation in internal investigations and enforcement matters worldwide. She is a widely recognized authority in the US FCPA and related international conventions from the OECD, OAS, United Nations, and European Union. She also has significant experience in investment disputes between foreign investors and host governments, and commercial arbitration, including serving as counsel, arbitrator, and an expert witness. Ms. Low graduated from the University of California at Los Angeles School of Law, where she was Editor-in-Chief of the UCLA Law Review. She was an Adjunct Professor at American University, Washington College of Law in 1993 and at the University of Colorado School of Law in 1987 and 1989.

Honorable Justice Ricardo Villas-Bôas Cueva

Justice of Brazil's Superior Court of Justice

Graduated in law from the University of São Paulo (USP), Ricardo Villas Bôas Cueva has a master's degree from Harvard University and a doctorate from the University of Frankfurt. He was a prosecutor for the State of São Paulo and the National Treasury, and had an intense role as a lawyer and advisor to Brazil`s Administrative Council for Economic Defense (CADE). In 2011, he was appointed minister of Brazil's Superior Court of Justice (STJ), in a vacancy destined for a member of the legal profession, after being nominated by the Brazilian Bar Association (OAB).

Anne Marie Whitesell

Professor at Georgetown University Law Center

Anne Marie Whitesell is Professor, LL.M. Program and Faculty Director of the Program on International Arbitration and Dispute Resolution at Georgetown University Law Center (Washington, D.C.). Ms. Whitesell has practiced with law firms in both the United States and France and has acted as arbitrator and counsel in numerous international arbitration cases. She was Secretary General of the International Chamber of Commerce International Court of Arbitration from 2001 to 2007. She also previously taught at the Université de Paris I and the Institut de Droit Comparé. She serves as a member of various boards and committees related to dispute resolution and is the Director of the Alternative Dispute Resolution Center of the International Law Institute. Ms. Whitesell received her A.B. from Smith College, her J.D. from the University of Virginia School of Law, and her Doctorate in Law from the Université de Paris I, Panthéon-Sorbonne. She is admitted to the New York State Bar, the District of Columbia Bar, and the US District Courts for the Southern and Eastern Districts of New York.

Leonardo de Campos Melo

Arbitrator in Brazil

Leonardo de Campos Melo is a name partner at LDCM Advogados, a boutique law firm specializing in dispute resolution. He has broad expertise in the resolution of court, arbitral, and administrative disputes. Mr. Campos Melo was a partner for over 15 years at two of Brazil's largest litigation law firms (both ranked as Band 1 in Chambers, Leaders League, and WWL). He holds a law degree from the Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro (PUC-Rio), a master’s degree from the State University of Rio de Janeiro (UERJ), and an LL.M. in arbitration from the Center for Commercial Arbitration at American University (Washington, DC). He has authored multiple books and articles about arbitration and contract law in Brazil and abroad, and he taught at PUC-Rio at the post-graduate level for 10 years. He also acts as an arbitrator in complex commercial disputes in Brazil and abroad.

Antonio Barra Torres

Director President of Anvisa, Brazilian Health Regulatory Agency

Director President of Anvisa, Brazilian Health Regulatory Agency. He graduated in medicine from the Souza Marques Technical-Educational Foundation and did his residency in vascular surgery at the Marcílio Dias Naval Hospital. He joined the Navy in 1987 and reached the rank of rear admiral, the second highest in the corps, in 2015. As a civilian, he was an instructor at the Santa Casa de Misericórdia in Rio de Janeiro (RJ). As a military officer, he was director of the Navy Medical Expertise Center and the Navy Assistance Medical Center. Dr. Barra is currently the vice-chair of the International Coalition of Medicines Regulatory Authorities (ICMRA).

Sérgio Guerra

Director of the Rio de Janeiro Law School of the Getúlio Vargas Foundation

Director and Full Professor at the Rio de Janeiro Law School of the Getúlio Vargas Foundation (FGV Direito Rio). Visiting Researcher (Yale Law School), with a Post-Doctorate in Public Administration. Doctor and Master in Law. Yale University’s Ambassador to Brazil. Editor of the Administrative Law Journal - RDA. Coordinator of the International Business Law Course at the University of California (Irvine). Sergio has more than 37 years of professional experience, with an emphasis on Administrative and Regulatory Law, working mainly on the following subjects: regulatory agencies, regulation of public services, infrastructure, and economic activities, contracts and administrative proceedings, PPPs, arbitration, and control of public administration. Author of several books and legal articles. Opinion lawyer.

Verônica Sánchez

Managing Director of the Brazilian National Water and Sanitation Agency (ANA)

Managing Director of the Brazilian National Water and Sanitation Agency (ANA) and Secretary for Promotion and Partnerships with the Private Sector at the Ministry of Regional Development. Holds a bachelor’s degree in International Relations and a master’s in Public Administration from the University of Brasilia. Former Board Member at Hidrotérmica S.A. (2019-2021) and at Gas Brasiliano Distribuidora S.A. (2012-2018) and Special Advisor to the Civil Affairs Ministry of the Presidency of the Republic (2016-2018).

Steven Bipes

Vice-President of Advamed. Global Government Affairs, International Trade

Vice-President of Advamed. Global Government Affairs, International Trade, Regulatory Compliance and Business Development Executive specialized in U.S.-Brazil and Latin America. Fifteen years of experience in policy development and advocacy, regulatory streamlining, and international operations, working with governments worldwide to improve the business environment across a broad cross section of industries.

Alexandra Veitch

Public policy Leader in the Americas and emerging markets at YouTube

Alexandra leads public policy in the Americas and emerging markets at YouTube. She previously held government affairs roles at Tesla and CSRA, in addition to senior posts in legislative affairs for both the U.S. Department of Homeland Security and Congresswoman Nancy Pelosi. Alexandra Veitch is a senior government relations professional with over 15 years experience at high levels of federal policymaking, including serving as Special Assistant to President Obama at the White House from 2015 to 2017. She holds a Bachelor degree (cum laude) in Diplomacy and Foreign Affairs from Miami University and a Master’s degree in International Studies from the University of Sydney.

Jennifer Prescott

Director of Amazon Web Series

Director of Amazon Web Series (AWS). She holds a bachelor’s degree in International Relations and Affairs from Miami University, and a master’s degree in International Business, Trade and Commerce and International Relations and Affairs from Syracuse University’s Maxwell School.

Amanda Athayde

Professor at the University of Brasilia

Professor at the University of Brasilia (UnB). Business Law, Trade, Competition and Compliance, Amanda has a PhD in Business Law from the São Paulo University (USP), BA in Law from the Federal University of Minas Gerais (UFMG), BA in Business Administration in the UNA Centre. International student in the Université Paris I – Panthéon Sorbonne. Author of books, several papers and book chapters in the area of Business Law, Competition, International Trade, Compliance, Immunity/Leniency Agreements, Trade Remedies and Public Interest, Anticorruption. From 2019 to april 2022 she was the Undersecretary of Trade Remedies and Public Interest of the Secretariat of Foreing Affairs of the Ministry of Economy in Brazil.

Alessandro Molon

Executive Director of the Alliance for the Open Internet

Alessandro Molon, a Ph.D. in Law and professor, holds bachelor's and master's degrees in history from Universidade Federal Fluminense (UFF), a bachelor's degree in law from the Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro (PUC-Rio), and a Ph.D. from Universidade Estadual do Rio de Janeiro (UERJ). During his tenure as a Federal Deputy, he played a pivotal role as the rapporteur for Brazil's Bill of Rights for the Internet (Marco Civil da Internet), the country's first-ever law aimed at safeguarding internet privacy, free expression, and net neutrality. Currently, Molon serves as a professor at PUC-Rio and acts as the Executive Director of the Alliance for the Open Internet (Aliança pela Internet Aberta).

Alexandre Barreto

General Superintendent of the Administrative Council for Economic Defense

Alexandre serves as the General Superintendent of the Administrative Council for Economic Defense (CADE), after serving the term of president of this Council from 2017 to 2021. He has a bachelor’s, a master’s and a specialist degree in public administration from Universidade de Brasília and is currently pursuing a doctorate in political science at Universidade de Lisboa. A civil servant since 1993, he has worked in bodies of the Federal Government of Brazil such as the National Treasury, the Brazilian Internal Revenue Service, the Senate, and the Court of Accounts.

René Medrado

Managing Director of IBRAC

René serves as a Managing Director of IBRAC. He holds a bachelor’s degree in Law from Pontifical Catholic University of São Paulo (PUC-SP), a MBA from IBMEC, an LLM in International Trade and Antitrust-Competition Law from Columbia Law School and a PhD in International Trade Law from the University of São Paulo (USP). He counsels multinational corporations, companies and trade associations on Economic Law, and litigates (arbitration and judicially) disputes over International Trade and Competition matters. For over a decade, he has been awarded the position of market leader by many reputation rankings, such as Chambers, Who’s Who Legal, Best Lawyers, Legal500, Análise Advocacia.

William Kovacic

Director of the Competition Law Center

Professor Kovacic serves as a Director of the Competition Law Center of the George Washington University. From January 2006 to October 2011, he was a member of the Federal Trade Commission and chaired the agency from March 2008 to March 2009. He was the FTC’s General Counsel from June 2001 to December 2004. In 2011 he received the FTC’s Miles W. Kirkpatrick Award for Lifetime Achievement. From August 2013 to March 2022, Professor Kovacic served as a Non-Executive Director with the United Kingdom’s Competition and Markets Authority. From January 2009 to September 2011, he was Vice-Chair for Outreach for the International Competition Network. He has advised many countries and international organizations on antitrust, consumer protection, government contracts, and the design of regulatory institutions. He is co-editor (with Ariel Ezrachi) of the Journal of Antitrust Enforcement. Professor Kovacic graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Princeton University in 1974, and received his J.D. from Columbia Law School in 1978 where he was a Harlan Fiske Stone Scholar.

Michael Hausfeld

Professor at George Washington University (GWU)

Professor Hausfeld's career has included some of the largest and most successful class actions in the fields of human rights, discrimination and antitrust law. He has been featured in many articles and surveys. The National Law Journal has recognized him as one of the “Top 100 Influential Lawyers in America” and the Legal Times named Michael among the top 30 “Visionaries” in the Washington legal community in 2008. The New York Times referred to Michael as one of the nation’s “most prominent antitrust lawyers,” and in 2009 the Washingtonian named him one of thirty “Stars of the Bar.” Most recently, the Global Competition Review stated that Hausfeld “is clearly recognized as one of the best plaintiffs firms in the country.” Michael is one of thirty negotiators profiled in Done Deal: Insights from Interviews with the World’s Best Negotiators, by Michael Benoliel, Ed.D. For the past five years, The Legal 500, selected Michael, as one of the top 10 Leading Lawyers in the U.S. representing plaintiffs in antitrust and cartel matters.

José Eduardo Guimarães

Legal Director of Eletrobrás

Legal Director of Eletrobrás and licensed Federal Attorney at AGU. He worked for 10 years at the Securities and Exchange Commission (CVM), having been appointed Deputy Chief Prosecutor (2005-2012) and Chief Prosecutor (2012-2015). During this period, he stood out for his work in the fight against corruption and money laundering within the CVM, as a representative on ENCCLA (Strategy to Combat Corruption and Money Laundering). He was also CVM's representative on the FATF-GAFI (financial action task force) linked to the OECD. Subsequently, he held the position of Legal Advisor to the Ministry of Development, Industry and Foreign Trade, working on issues such as tax incentive schemes for industry, anti-dumping processes, export financing and international trade agreements (2015-2016).

Carlos Portugal

Professor of Law at the University of São Paulo

Professor of Law at the University of São Paulo in the Commercial Law Department. Founding partner of PGLaw. Doctor of Laws from Harvard University (S.J.D., 2008). Bachelor's degree from the University of São Paulo (USP). He was a visiting researcher at Yale Law School and Wharton Business School at the University of Pennsylvania. He is accredited by the Brazilian Bar Association and the New York State Courts. He is vice-chairman of the Capital Markets and Corporate Governance Committee of the Brazilian Bar Association (OAB-SP) and a member of the board of the Fulbright Commission in Brazil. He was a member of the National Financial System Appeals Council.

Fernando Marangoni

Congressman

Fernando Marangoni is a distinguished university professor and Brazilian politician, with a solid academic background in Law. His career in public service is remarkable, having held leadership positions such as Secretary of Housing in Santo André, São Paulo, and later as Executive Secretary of Housing for the State of São Paulo. In April 2022, Marangoni embarked on a new political challenge, leaving his executive functions to run for federal deputy, a decision that culminated in his election.

Marangoni has established himself as a prominent figure in public policy formulation at the federal level. In his first year of office, he stood out for authoring bills and amendments focused on critical issues such as energy transition and the carbon market. Additionally, his role as a rapporteur in updating the Minha Casa Minha Vida housing program was key to incorporating sustainability into discussions on housing in Brazil.

Honorable Judge Edilson Vitorelli

Federal Judge

Edilson Vitorelli is a Federal Circuit Judge at the Federal Court of Appeals for the 6th Region. He is also a Professor of Law at the Federal University of Minas Gerais – Brazil, teaching undergraduate, master and PhD classes. In 2019, his book “O devido processo legal coletivo” won the Mauro Cappelletti Book Prize, awarded by the International Association of Procedural Law to the best book on procedural law in the last four years.

Fernando Merino

Partner at Steptoe & Johnson LLP

Partner at Steptoe & Johnson LLP. Board member of Brazilian listed companies. Skilled in Banking, Securities, Mergers & Acquisitions, Corporate Governance, Compliance and Litigation. Law degree from UERJ and LL.M. from Columbia University School of Law.

Andres F. Martinez

Senior Financial Sector Specialist with the World Bank Group’s Finance, Competitiveness and Innovation Global Practice

Fernanda Wolf

CLO of Grupo Abril

Fernanda Wolf is CLO of Grupo Abril (Brazilian Media Conglomerate) and since 2018 she is responsible for coordinating the legal aspect involved in the acquisition and turnaround of the group. She holds a bachelor’s degree in law from the Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS) and a LLM degree in international Law from American University (AU). Before joining Grupo Abril, Fernanda has specialized in merger and acquisitions, structured finance transactions and corporate and debt restructuring with extensive experience in special case situations, participating in mergers and acquisitions of distressed assets and restructuring transactions involving corporate and debt restructuring, extrajudicial and judicial recoveries (recuperação extrajudicial / recuperação judicial) and distressed assets fundraising.

Isabel Picot

Partner at Galdino & Coelho, Pimenta, Takemi, Ayoub Advogados

Isabel Picot is a partner at Galdino & Coelho, Pimenta, Takemi, Ayoub Advogados. She has specialised in corporate and civil litigation, judicial reorganisation and restructuring proceedings, both in Brazil and abroad. She has also participated in several successful out-of-court restructuring operations as well as court-supervised reorganisation proceedings and has been appointed as Brazilian expert in Chapter 15 cases before US Bankruptcy Courts. Isabel holds a Master of Laws degree in International Dispute Resolution from Queen Mary University of London, as well as a Fellowship degree from the International Association of Restructuring, Insolvency & Bankruptcy Professionals – INSOL. Isabel is also a board member of the Turnaround Management Association (TMA) Brazil, member of the International Women's Insolvency & Restructuring Confederation – IWIRC and member of International Association of Restructuring, Insolvency & Bankruptcy Professionals – INSOL and has actively participated in several committees in these organizations. She is also professor, member of the academic committee and the coordinator of the Corporate Restructuring Course of the LL.M in Corporate Law of Fundação Getulio Vargas in Rio de Janeiro – FGV-RJ. Isabel also lectured in international programs at Berkeley University, Columbia University, Universidad de Sevilla e Universidad Javeriana in Bogota.

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