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Souto Correa Advogados
Lawyers
Carlos Fernando Souto
Souto Correa Advogados, Brazil
Work Department
Corporate and M&A; Compliance; Contracts; Litigation; Public Law and Regulatory; Restructuring and Insolvency; and Wealth and Sucession Planning
Position
Partner
Career
Carlos Souto is a founding partner of the firm. He has wide experience in corporate law, having led complicated dispute resolutions, product liability, and corporate and regulatory matters for national and international clients in many different areas, including technology, finance, energy, consumer products, and manufacturing.
Carlos often acts as a consultant, providing unique strategies to help companies in addressing the abstract and complex legal difficulties of dispute resolution, corporate transactions, and contract negotiation.
Languages
Portuguese (native), and English
Memberships
President of the Institute of Business Studies (IEE)
President of the Liberal Institute (IL)
President of the National Council of Liberal Institutes (CONIL)
Vice-President of the Federation of Trade Associations and Services of Rio Grande do Sul (FEDERASUL)
Member of the Superior Council of the Commercial Association of Porto Alegre (ACPA)
President and member of the Regional Council of the AMCHAM/RS
President of YPO – Chapter Porto Alegre (RS)
President of YPO – Area Brazil
Member of the Board of Y-WPO – Area Brazil
Vice President of YPO in Latin America and the Caribbean
Member of the Permanent Committee of Conduct and Ethics of YPO Brazil
Education
Many programs on leadership and business jointly organized over the last 15 years by YPO and Harvard Business School and YPO and Fundação Getúlio Vargas
OPM from Harvard Business School Shanghai (China), 2011
OPM from Harvard Business School (EUA), 2005
Preparatory course for a career in the Public Prosecutor’s Office, 1999
Specialist in Economic and Business Law, 1998
“Political Culture, Rule of Law and Democracy” course from Friederich – Naumann (Germany), 1997
Specialist in Philosophy and Political Economy from the Pontifical Catholic University of Rio Grande do Sul (PUCRS) - 1995
Bachelor of Laws from the Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS), 1989
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