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
Owner and Corporate Lawyer at Rezende Advocacia Sociedade Individual de AdvocaciaOwner and Corporate Lawyer at Rezende Advocacia Sociedade Individual de Advocacia