Jorge Hilário Gouvêa Vieira

Born in Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil, on 29 September 1943. Admitted to the Bar in Rio de Janeiro in 1967. Education: LLB, Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio de Janeiro, 1966 and LLM from University of California at Berkeley, 1969. Further activities: Professor, Commercial Law, 1969-1976, and law school director, 1972-1973, same university. Commissioner, 1977-1979 and chairman, 1979-1981, Comissão de Valores Mobiliários; chairman of the Instituto de Resseguros do Brasil, 1985-1987; secretary of finance of the State of Rio de Janeiro, 1987-1990; CEO, State Bank of Rio de Janeiro, 1988-1990; Member: Instituto dos Advogados Brasileiros; Associação Brasileira de Direito Financeiro (affiliated to the International Fiscal Association). Languages: Portuguese, English and French. Practice areas: corporate law, taxation, insurance law and securities regulation.