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Work History
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RICARDO HACHAM

Chevilly

Summary

International lawyer with over 20 years of experience in corporate and cross-border transactions, admitted to the New York and São Paulo Bars.

Overview

29
29
years of professional experience

Work History

Managing Partner

Ricardo Hacham Advocacia
01.1997 - Current

Contract Attorney practice (since 03/2019):


  • Document Review Lawyer in France for the following companies: Inventus / Legility / Consilio, LLC / Lex Sensis / FTI
  • Served as Team Lead and Senior Reviewer in international document review projects related to investigations of anti-competitive conduct and compliance matters (FCPA, ITAR, Loi Sapin II). Ensured the coherence, accuracy and efficiency of legal reviews supporting major cross-border investigations. Supervised teams ranging from 7 to 30 reviewers and coordinated quality-control activities across multilingual teams.
  • Supported cross-border investigations by identifying privileged or sensitive information in compliance with UK, US and French data protection rules.
  • Conducted legal document review using e-discovery platforms in matters involving export control, anti-corruption, FCPA, ITAR and Loi Sapin II.
  • Performed multilingual legal document reviews (English, French, Portuguese, Spanish) in compliance and competition investigations.


Court and Legal Counseling practice (Since 12/2011):


  • International arbitration: discovery, hearing and assistance in drafting of arbitration filings.
  • Drafting contracts and providing counseling on issues including international law, arbitration, trademark licensing, Brazilian taxation and consumer law.
  • Drafting complaints, answers, motions and appeals before Brazilian courts on a variety of issues, including tax, civil and consumer law; etc.
  • Accomplishment
  • Conducted document review assignment on a major multi-jurisdictional regulatory and investigation case for an aerospace group.
  • Accomplishment
  • Successfully reviewed and negotiated international trademark license contracts with companies such as Coca-Cola, Levis and Lee;

Senior Lawyer

Almeida Alvarenga e Advogados Associados
02.2009 - 11.2011
  • Drafting complaints, answers and motions for an oil and fuel distribution company.
  • Litigation before administrative bodies.
  • International litigation.

Senior Lawyer

Sendrovich Advogados
03.2008 - 12.2008
  • Drafting legal defense in tax lawsuits for a steel industry.
  • Assisting in civil litigation.
  • Drafting and analyzing local and international agreements.
  • Accomplishment
  • Managed 400 tax lawsuits simultaneously.

Education

LLM with distinction - International Legal Studies

Georgetown University Law Center
Washington, D.C., USA
01.2002

Specialization - Contracts Law

Centro de Extensão Universitária
São Paulo, Brazil
12.1999

Bachelor of Law, J. D. Equivalent - Tax Law

Pontifícia Universidade Católica de São Paulo
São Paulo, Brazil
01.1996

Skills

  • Legal document review
  • Compliance investigations
  • E-discovery platforms
  • Data analysis
  • Team collaboration

LANGUAGES

Native: Portuguese. Fluent: English and French. Intermediate: Spanish.

Internships/Clerkships

  • Brazilian Embassy, Washington DC, USA, 2003
  • Federal Prosecutor Office, São Paulo, Brazil, 1996
  • State Prosecutor Office, São Paulo, Brazil 1995

Timeline

Senior Lawyer

Almeida Alvarenga e Advogados Associados
02.2009 - 11.2011

Senior Lawyer

Sendrovich Advogados
03.2008 - 12.2008

Managing Partner

Ricardo Hacham Advocacia
01.1997 - Current

Specialization - Contracts Law

Centro de Extensão Universitária

Bachelor of Law, J. D. Equivalent - Tax Law

Pontifícia Universidade Católica de São Paulo

LLM with distinction - International Legal Studies

Georgetown University Law Center
RICARDO HACHAM