Alexandre Aguiar de Brito, has continued to impress as general counsel of Santo Antônio Energia, an energy conglomerate charged with the construction and operation of the Santo Antônio Hydroelectric Plant...

Alexandre Barenco Ribeiro currently serves as executive legal manager at Petros having had an extensive career in public and private institutions as a legal counsel and attorney. Prior to joining...

Alexandre Barreto Tostes is an experienced lawyer having spent nearly 15 years in-house and in private practice management roles at some of the largest Brazilian multinationals. Tostes is an expert...

A distinguished figure in the in-house legal industry in Brazil, Alexandre D’Ambrosio joined Vale as general counsel in March 2018. He brings over 20 years of corporate legal in-house experience...

Alfredo Santana started his career at Umicore (previously Degussa) where he worked for nine years. In 2003 he joined Honda Motors as a legal supervisor and was later promoted to...

Since 2017, Aline de Almada Messias has served as director of legal and compliance at Hospital Sírio Libanês, a hospital founded by Syrian and Lebanese immigrants to Brazil in 1921...

Amira Chammas has extensive experience within and leading in-house legal departments in Brazilian and multinational companies such as Walmart, and PepsiCo, as well as working at PwC and Demarest Almeida....

Ana Carolina Pescarmona is a seasoned attorney with 20 years of in-house counsel experience with multi-national corporations in Brazil. At Reckitt Benckiser (RB) Brazil, she has risen through the ranks...

Ana Luiza Duarte de Barros Dourado has been the general counsel and legal director of Grupo Verzani e Sandrini, a full-facilities services and parking garage company since 2017. Managing a...

Ana Luiza Duarte de Barros Dourado has been the general counsel and legal director of Grupo Verzani e Sandrini, a full-facilities services and parking garage company since 2017. Managing a...

Ana Paula Saunders is an experienced international and Brazilian tax specialist with a strong background in litigation affairs. Since joining Vale in 2011, she has had responsibility over around 500...

Ana Sílvia Dias Haynes is a Brazilian qualified lawyer with over 22 years of experience working for and advising multinational and Brazilian-based companies in Latin America, the Caribbean, Europe, Middle...

With more than decade of legal experience in the steel industry, Andre Areno first joined Gerdau in 2007 and became chief legal counsel and secretary to the board in 2016....

Andrea Marçon Bocabello has been working in the Latin American region as in-house counsel for Brazilian and US companies for the last 15 years and has served in senior executive...

Antonio Basilio provides Enel Brasil with over 30 years of legal experience including a successful career in private practice, as partner at Gouvêa Vieira Advogados, and extensive in-house experience in...

Antonio Ferreira Martins is a stalwart in the oil and gas in-house legal world and is well respected for his leadership and expertise over his 30 plus years in the...

Legal director at Banco do Brasil since 2012, Antônio Pedro da Silva Machado has extensive experience in the in-house legal sector. Banco do Brasil is the second largest bank in...

Augusto Fortuna started his career working in Brazil’s largest intellectual property offices as an IP litigation lawyer and, after 14 years in law firms, he made the choice to focus...

Bianca Poffo began her role as Logicalis’ legal and compliance director – Latin America in March 2017 after first joining the company in 2012. She has a decade’s experience in...

Bruna Cassiano began her career as a lawyer in 2008 at the age of 21, working in large law firms in São Paulo specialising in labour law. In 2012, she...

One of the largest steel producers in Latin America, Brazil based Usiminas is one of the preeminent steel producers, researchers and consultants in the region. Bruno Lage de Araujo Paulino...

Camilo Wittica is responsible for Electrolux´s legal, government affairs, risk management and IP functions, in Latin America. Prior to Electrolux, Wittica spent nearly eight years at TRW Automotive and pursued...

Carlos Henrique Barroso began his career working as an associate lawyer with law firms in Rio de Janeiro, first as a civil court litigator and then as a corporate lawyer...

For just over a year Carolina Azevedo has served as legal director for Brazil as part of Ericcson Telecomunicações’ global restructuring process. The company is now structured with the Brazil,...

Carolina Matos Costa Bayão has been legal manager of União de Lojas Leader (Leader) since August 2017 and is a highly experience in-house counsel across the consumer goods sector. With...

Since 2011, Cinthia Ambrogi has served as general counsel Brazil at Sanofi, a large global life sciences and pharmaceuticals company. She has over a decade’s experience in high level in-house...

Claudia Cardoso Rodrigues has managed the legal team at Toyota do Brasil through what has been a difficult period for the automotive industry in Brazil. Toyota has been in Brazil...

Claudir Ambra Lizot is the legal director at JTI (Japan Tobacco International) in Brazil, covering all legal and regulatory matters for the international tobacco giant in the Brazilian market. The...

An experienced in-house counsel and private practice legal practitioner with over 15 years of experience in commercial legal practice Daniel Schmidt Pitta has recently taken over as director of legal...

Daniela Frangioni has served as the legal, compliance and public affairs director in Brazil and Latin America with Marsh & McLennan Companies since 2004. With over 20 years of legal...

With over 20 years of experience in the legal profession, including a career in private practice before going in-house to manage legal teams at Microsoft and HP, Eduardo Paranhos is...

Corporate counsel since 2016, Elias Ferreira Jabbour has been nominated for his expert guidance of legal affairs at Reed Exhibitions Alcantara Marchado, a world-leading exhibitions and events company. With over...

Erica Barbagalo leads the legal department at Monsanto, a large international pharmaceutical company and has overseen its transition following the acquisition by Bayer. During this process Barbagalo worked closely with...

A highly experienced and prominent legal and compliance senior executive with over 20 years of in-house legal experience with multinational companies in Brazil, Euridice Mason has led the legal function...

Beginning as a tax attorney in a leading law firm in the south of Brazil, Fabio Ferreira Cunha transitioned to a corporate counsel in the airspace industry as an international...

With almost 20 years of professional legal experience covering a wide range of disciplines including corporate, real estate, civil, administrative, labour, environmental, contractual, commercial and regulatory law, Fábio Medeiros leads...

Fernanda Rocha C. Pogliese leads the legal department at Energisa, a leading privately owned energy group in the electricity sector in Brazil. With proven experience as a corporate legal director...

Fernando Rascov Lodi started his career in private practice mainly responsible for commercial litigation, having Brazilian and multinational banks as his biggest clients. After eight years working at a law...

Legal and compliance director from 2008 to 2017 and deputy general counsel since January 2018, Fernando Zanetti brings nearly 30 years of professional legal experience to his role at Bunge....

Fernando Ziziotti was promoted in May 2018 to senior vice president and counsel for Brookfield Infrastructure in Brazil, in charge of negotiation and execution of investment opportunities and providing legal...

With almost 20 years of experience in national and multinational public sector regulated utility companies, Frederico Araujo leads the legal department at Comgas as general counsel. With Comgas since 2003,...

Gabriel Alves da Costa is Shell Brazil’s managing counsel for litigation in Latin America and Caribbean. In this position, he is a member of Shell Brasil’s legal coordination team and...

Gabriel Jacques de Moura joined Santos Brasil as head of legal in March 2018, bringing with him a 15 year legal career including 11 years spent as an in-house lawyer...

Gabriela Laufer’s legal career started at Shell Oil, where she worked on commercial law and was exposed to many international cases, which heightened her desire to become an international lawyer....

Fugro is the world’s leading, independent provider of geo-intelligence and asset integrity solutions for large constructions, infrastructure and natural resources. The company has been operating in Brazil for over 20...

With over 18 years of in-house experience, Gianfranco Cinelli is a business oriented counsel with strong experience in corporate, business and supply chain strategy and the management of large, international...

Joining the company in 2017 after a long career in private practice at major Brazilian law firms, international experience at Mayer Brown in New York, and previous in-house executive legal...

Guido Rogerio Macedo Silveira Filho has served as general manager legal at Ipiranga Produtos de Petróleo since 2002, having previously worked as a lawyer in the company from 1990 to...

Formerly at Oi (previously known as Telmar and Embratel), Guilherme Ryder has nearly 20 years of professional experience at multinational legal departments in the telecoms sector in Brazil. He brings...

Gustavo Biagioli started working at JLL in June 2014. Before that, he worked for RR Donnelley (printing services), Software AG and IT giant Hewlett Packard. In all, he has dedicated...

Gustavo Valverde first joined OPP Química in 2001, which was renamed Braskem a year later after the consolidation of six companies from Odebrecht and Mariani Groups. He developed his experience...

Henrique Rabelo started his career in a law office in the city of Belo Horizonte as a trainee, and then at an oil distribution company before he was hired to...

Heraldo Geres continues to impress as chief legal officer for Marfrig Group, a major multi-national food company specialising in meat products including Brazilian beef. A lawyer with 25 years experience...

A skilled professional with a consistent background and solid legal experience Hugo Cruz Maestri has been enrolled at the Brazilian Bar for almost twenty years, served in numerous in-house positions,...

Joana Rocha, legal manager at Brasil Insurance since 2011, has returned to the Powerlist due to her continued success and management skill at Brasil Insurance, one of Brazil’s largest insurers....

Since August 2016, Joana Smith De Vasconcellos has served as legal and compliance director at INTL FCStone Brazil, having previously held high level in-house legal positions within the financial sector...

Joanna Portella joined Azul Linhas Aéreas Brasileiras (Azul) in September 2011 after a 10 year career in private practice at Clifford Chance and TozziniFreire Advogados. A specialist in corporate law...

With almost 20 years of executive in-house and private practice experience, Joao Vicente Camarota continues to impress as managing director and head of legal South America at Morgan Stanley. Camarota...

Jonas Pulcheri, general counsel, has been with Rede D’Or São Luiz since 2010 with previous experience in private practice, and is a respected figure in the healthcare industry. Rede D’Or...

With almost 30 years experience as an in-house lawyer and outside counsel, José Luiz Marques Lino current role is legal director of Americas Serviços Médicos, a major hospital and medical...

Juliano Mirapalheta Sangoi, has served at Zenvia Mobile Serviços Digitais since 2016, managing the company’s tax compliance, labour, litigation, contractual, corporate, IP and other legal affairs. With five years of...

Since joining Cielo in 2011, Julio César Caciatori Martins has excelled as a legal manager. Having more than 15 years of in-house legal experience and in financial institutions and top...

With 15 years of legal experience in private practice and as legal coordinator at CETIP for seven years, Leandro Escobar Silva joined Dommo Energia in 2014 as a legal manager,...

Leandro Miana Telles has served as head of the legal department in the investment banking arm of Itaú BBA since 2009 and has been an in-house counsel within the financial...

Louangela Bianchini C. Colquhoun started her career as a professor at a federal public university teaching public law and other subjects. During this time she was invited to participate in...

Lucas Quevedo brought his extensive experience in the oil and gas industry to Rio Energy in May 2017 after stints at other major international oil producers, namely Total, OBX and...

Since 2015 Lucia Paolini has served as vice president of legal and business affairs at Fox Latin American Channels bringing nearly 25 years of professional legal experience and media savviness...

Luciana Alvarenga O. Serafini brings 23 years of in-house experience spanning the banking and consumer goods industries, to her role as legal manager at Banco Safra. The bank is one...

Luciana Freire is the executive superintendent of the legal department at Banco BMG, one of Brazil’s largest commercial banks. She has been in this role since 2013 having nearly 30...

Luis Fernando Radulov Queiroz has been general counsel and integrity officer for ABB in South and Central America since 2014. Before joining ABB, he sat on the board of directors...

With nearly a decade of experience in private practice with a speciality in tax law, Marcela Nardelli is well-placed to lead the tax management team within the legal department at...

After 10 years developing his legal career in domestic and international law firms, in 2006 Marcelo Lucon moved in-house. In 2009 he assumed the general counsel role at Ecorodovias Infraestrutura...

Márcio Bonfiglioli has served as managing director and head of the legal department at J.P. Morgan Brazil since 2006, having re-joined the company after serving as associate general counsel from...

Senior legal counsel at Aperam South America since May 2011, Marcos Bruno Oliveira joined with nearly 20 years of experience, both in-house and in private practice, in the steel and...

Mariangela Daniele Maruishi Bartz is an expert in-house lawyer with eighteen years of experience in the legal field at leading Brazilian companies Vale and Fibria Celulose, and law firms in...

Sistema Brasileiro de Televisão (SBT) is one of the largest television networks in Brazil with a whole variety of programming including news, children’s shows, soap operas, game shows, movies and...

Nominated by numerous sources, Mauricio Joffily Pinheiro is recognised again for his continued leadership of the legal department at Shire, a global pharmaceutical colossus, in Latin America. Based in Brazil,...

Michele Ischiara was promoted to Gemalto’s general counsel Latin America in July 2010, at the age of 29 years, and built the team of six lawyers and one paralegal from...

Since January 2011, Patricia Cristina Medeiros has been senior legal manager of Syngenta Proteção de Cultivos, a world leading agribusiness company in Brazil, with revenue of nearly US$3bn. She covers...

When Patricia Garcia joined the VINCI Group, an international airport management company, in 2013, she describes it as, ‘boosting its internationalisation strategy and therefore was looking for a lawyer that...

Patricia Ulian joined Archer Daniels Midland Company (ADM) as the general counsel and legal director for South America, in May 2018. She has 25 years of in-house and private practice...

Since 2017, Paula Camila Cocuzza has been the legal manager of TOTVS, a Brazilian multinational software, services, platform and consulting company. It has 41 locations around the world and is...

Pedro Flach is an accomplished and experienced in-house lawyer in the financial and corporate sectors with past experiences at EY, as general counsel at GSI Brazil – AGCO Group, legal...

Pilar Perez has been part of the Lorentzen Group for 15 years. For over 60 years the Lorentzen Group has invested in shipping and logistics, biomass, among other investments. In...

After his education at top universities in Brazil with speciality post-graduate studies in corporate law and business management from the Business School São Paulo and an MBA from Fundação Getulio...

Rede Globo is the largest television network in Latin America, based in Rio de Janeiro, and covers a wide range of diverse programming from news, soap operas to full coverage...

Despite his relatively young age, Rafael Martins has been in important legal leadership positions for the past six years. He started working in a number of prestigious law firms in...

As head of legal since October 2011, Renata Willens Longo Ferrari has led the legal department of CBMM with skill and experience. With 20 years of experience as an in-house...

Ricardo Genis Mourão joined Goldman Sachs in 2011 and was named managing director in 2015. Prior to joining the firm, Mourão was an external counsel in banking and securities in...

Ricardo Sasaki has lead the legal team at Ajinomoto do Brasil Indústria e Comércio de Alimentos, as corporate legal director, and general director of the legal department, intellectual property and...

Bringing over a decade of experience in the motor industry and rising up through the organisation Richard Alexander Lekitsch serves as head of the legal department at International Industria Automotiva...

Roberto Fontes Federici is general counsel, compliance officer and corporate governance secretary at Norte Energia, in charge of all legal and compliance matters referring to the Belo Monte Hydroelectric Plant....

Sandra Gebara Boni began her career working almost exclusively for Group Saint Gobain covering all legal areas. After 11 years, she moved to Grupo Pão de Açúcar (now Groupe Casino)...

In 1999, Selma Azevedo joined Grupo Positivo as legal manager and has guided the company to new heights. Positivo is a large publishing, software and education service company in Brazil,...

After three years in the position of legal director of Pfizer Brazil, Shirley Meschke Mendes Franklin de Oliveira was designated to perform additional roles of cluster legal lead position for...

Since being featured in earlier editions of the GC Powerlist: Brazil, Suzana Fagundes has continued to impress peers whilst developing her professional skills by extending her remit at ArcelorMittal Brasil....

An accomplished corporate lawyer with nearly 20 years of experience in private practice and in-house counsel in Brazil, Tagiane Gomide Guimarães is the legal and compliance manager at Unidas, one...

After a five year stint in private practice, Túlio Marco Gonçalves Barros first moved to an in-house role at Arinos Química, and developed his talent for commercial litigation with a...

Valéria Camacho Martins Schmitke has 18 years of experience as a local general counsel starting in 2000 at Real Previdência e Seguros (ABN Amro Bank in Brazil). Afterwards, she moved...

Vanessa Boer has served as legal and compliance director at Bemis Latin America since 2017, bringing her almost 20 years of experience of in-house legal positions with particular expertise in...

With nearly 20 years of experience at top level Brazilian law firms, Vinícius Oliveira da Silva has served as legal director of Eletropaulo since November 2017. Prior to that he...