About

Roberta Carvalho has more than 20 years’ experience as an in-house lawyer across a variety of sectors, including technology, telecommunications and sports. Currently holding the position of legal director for Nike do Brasil, Carvalho oversees the legal work across Latin America for the sports and apparel company. Her main work covers the analysis, review and preparation of agreements, legal support to new businesses, answers to request for proposals (RFPs), and the management of financial and tax matters. Nike is known globally for its innovation in sports products and has been at the cutting edge of performance-enhancing designs for athletes across a range of sports. The protection of intellectual property behind these innovations need constant management and vigilance. Carvalho has played an important role in the negotiation and contract drafting for sponsorship in Latin America; for example Nike partnered with Team Brasil during the Olympic Games in Rio. The competitive nature of the sports goods market makes the negotiation phase critical to obtain sponsorship rights, meaning that the legal team has an important role to play. In the past, colleagues have described Carvalho as ‘a very talented business lawyer, who has a deep sensibility to analyse and manage risks and approach other areas of the company’.