Experience

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  HAITONG

  • São Paulo Area, Brazil

  • Head of the Legal Department

    • May 2016 - Dec 2016
    • São Paulo Area, Brazil

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  HSBC

  • São Paulo Area, Brazil

  • Deputy General Counsel Brazil / Latin America Legal Head of Commercial Bank

    • May 2010 - Nov 2014
    • São Paulo Area, Brazil

    • Responsible for the legal support to (i) the business areas: Commercial Bank, Cash Management, Trade Finance, Structured Commodity Trade Finance, Asset Management and Private Banking; (ii) the support areas: Procurement, Marketing and Real State; (iii) credit support: Debt Restructuring and (iv) Corporate Law matters; • Advised in structuring and/or negotiating banking products to clients, including collateral structures and guarantees;• Advised on corporate restructuring and M&A transactions; • Participated on administrative law matters on the support to clients from the Government segment;• Advised in debt restructuring and workouts in several client segments;• Advised on regulatory matters;• Responsible for coordinating the legal support to the Commercial Bank business and Cash Management business in Latin America (México, Chile, Argentina and Uruguay), and member of the Executive Committee, the Reputational Risk Committee and of the Products Committee of the Commercial Bank Latin America and of the Cash Management Latin America;• Member of several internal committees in Brazil, such as: (i) Commercial Bank line of business: Executive Committee, Products Committee, Risk Committee, Reputational Committee, Client Selection and Exit Management Committee and Government Clients Committee; (ii) Private Banking: Products Committee, Risk Committee, Reputational Committee and Client Selection and Exit Management Committee; and Asset Management: Products Committee;• Member of local and global projects teams.

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  WestLB AG, New York Branch

  • Legal Director Latin America

    • Jan 2008 - Dec 2009

    • Advised in the structuring, negotiation and implementation of project finance transactions in the sectors of energy, infrastructure, commodities and metals & mining, including the respective collateral structures and insurances; • Drafted and negotiated corporate finance agreements, trade finance agreements, syndicated loan agreements and assisted with securitization transactions; • Assisted in the establishment of companies in Mexico and on all corporate issues related to such companies and WestLB's offices through-out Latin America; • Advised in the closure of WestLB's offices in Latin America and in Canada; • Assisted in debt restructuring, workouts and litigation in various countries of Latin America.

  • Head of Legal Department

    • Sep 2000 - Dec 2007

    • Continued to carry out the activities and functions already performed as Legal Manager (as listed below).• Also responsible for litigation (tax, labor and civil) and corporate law matters. Work included coordination of external lawyers and establishment of strategies in relation to Civil, Administrative, Commercial and Tax disputes and claims, and workouts; • Corporate control and supervision of WestLB entities in Brazil (financial and non-financial) before the Brazilian Central Bank, Securities and Exchange Commission and other regulatory authorities, with emphasis on the transformation of Banco Europeu para a America Latina (BEAL) S.A. (a full branch of a Belgium bank - also part of WestLB group) into Banco WestLB do Brasil S.A. (a full subsidiary of WestLB);• Coordinated the project for opening WestLB Cayman, a subsidiary of Banco WestLB do Brasil S.A. that involved approval requirements, documentation submission and communication with Brazilian and Cayman authorities.• Assisted in all governance and institutional matters, such as establishment of committees and specific projects (e.g. Payment Systems).

  • Legal Manager

    • Apr 2000 - Aug 2000

    • Worked in the areas of structured finance and derivatives, focusing especially on ISDA`s negotiation with clients in Europe and in Latin America.

  • Legal Manager

    • Dec 1995 - Mar 2000

    • Implemented the area of legal support to the business as the first in house counsel fully dedicated to the business;• Provided legal advisory support to the business areas: Structured and Corporate Finance, Capital Markets, Financial Institutions and Asset Management, by assisting in the negotiation and preparation of international and local contracts pertaining to project and corporate finance, financial/capital markets transactions, asset management and workouts; • Assisted in the establishment and issuance of notes under medium term programs. Work included drafting, reviewing and negotiating secured and unsecured senior and subordinated facilities, guarantees, capital markets offerings, asset management agreements.

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  ING BAnk

  • São Paulo Area, Brazil

  • Lawyer

    • Jan 1992 - Nov 1995
    • São Paulo Area, Brazil

    • Provided legal advisory support to the following areas: Corporate Finance, Asset Trading, Capital Markets and Investment Funds. Work included international capital markets offerings, local finance/capital market transactions, asset management agreements, corporate financing transactions and service agreements.