Corporate/M&A; Dispute Resolution: Litigation; Dispute Resolution: Arbitration; Banking & Finance; and Bankruptcy/Restructuring.

(i) Partner at Wald Advogados Associados, Rio de Janeiro/São Paulo/Brasília, 2008-2010; (ii) Partner at Flecha de Lima & Tavares Paes Advogados, Rio de Janeiro/São Paulo/Brasília, 2000-2008; (iii) Outside General Counsel at TeleNova Communications, Inc., Miami, 2000-2002; (iv) Senior Vice-President at Scudder Kemper Investments, Inc., New York, 1994-2000 (Asset Manager – Private Equity); (v) Vice-President of The Chase Manhattan Bank N.A. (Project Finance /Latin América Corporate Finance), New York, 1991-1994; (vi) Attorney at The Law Offices of SG Archibald, Paris, 1990-1991; (vii) Attorney at White & Case LLP, New York, 1988-1990; (viii) Attorney at Fox & Horan LLP, New York, 1987-1988; (ix) Worked at Escritório de Advocacia Jose Thomaz Nabuco, Rio de Janeiro, 1982-1986; (x) Worked with the Legal Department of the Brazilian Reinsurrance Institute – Brazil Re (IRB), Rio de Janeiro, 1981-1982.

Member of the Brazilian Bar Association (OAB). Member of the New York Bar Association (NYSBA).

Partner at Costa e Tavares Paes Sociedade de Advogados.

Bachelor of Laws (LLB) from the Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro (Brazil). LL.M. in Corporate Law from Columbia University School of Law, New York (USA). The Chase Manhattan Bank Corporate Finance/MBA Finance course, New York (USA).