José Francisco Gouvêa Vieira

Born in Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil, on 1 November 1949. Admitted to the Bar in Rio de Janeiro in 1973. Education: LLB, Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio de Janeiro, 1972; summer course, Commercial Law, Université Paris II, 1971. LLM, Columbia University, New York, 1978. Further activities: Director, Associação Brasileira de Direito Financeiro

(affiliated with the International Fiscal Association). Languages: Portuguese, English and French. Practice areas: International Business Transactions, Corporate law, Commercial Law and Taxation.