About

With over 15 years of in-house experience, Katia Caruso has proven her legal ability and commercial nous in her current role as senior counsel and compliance officer at Evonik Degussa Brasil, which is the German chemical company’s Brazilian outpost located in São Paulo. Caruso is praised by external sources for her expertise across several areas of the law including antitrust, anti-bribery, tax, labour and contracts. As recently as 2015 Evonik started a large EU investment in its Brazilian subsidy to invest in a new, high-quality silica plant, the first of its kind in South America. The legalities of projects such as the silica plant are overseen by Caruso and her legal department, making sure that everything is completed, and continues to run, in an efficient and compliant manner. An in-house source also highlighted Caruso’s ability to be ‘easy to work with’ and the way she operates as ‘part of the business’; a testament to her commitment to achieving results for the company.