Augusto Carneiro de Oliveira Filho

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Augusto Carneiro de Oliveira Filho, based Rio de Janeiro, is partner and head of the Corporate and Contracts Department at Siqueira Castro, ranked as the largest Latin American law firm by Latin Lawyer.

Former General Counsel of Paranapanema S/A, between 1996 and 2007; General Manager for Contracts in Companhia Vale do Rio Doce, now VALE, between 1995 and 1996.

Arbitrator and member of the Latin American and Caribbean Council of the London Court of International Arbitration – LCIA; Arbitrator in the International Centre of Dispute Resolutions – ICDR of the American Arbitration Association – AAA and member of the Spanish Arbitration Club.

Member and one of the heads of the Rio de Janeiro Section of the Brazilian Institute of Corporate Governance – IBCG, in 2008, 2009 and 2010; member of the Associação Brasileira de Direito Financeiro, Instituto Brasileiro de Relações com Investidores - IBRI and International Fiscal Association – IFA.

Certified for Board of Directors functions by IBGC.

Law School degree from Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro – UERJ, in 1986; post graduate in Tax Law, in 1991, and in Corporate Law, in 1992, both by Centro de Estudos Empresariais e Faculdades Integradas Cândido Mendes and in Accounting by Fundação Getúlio Vargas, em 1993.

MBA – Master in Business Administration by Distance Learning from Warwick University, in Coventry, UK, and in Economics from Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro – UFRJ, both courses currently on hold.

Author of several articles on legal issues published by the legal archives of the BMF & BOVESPA and the newspapers Valor Econômico, Jornal do Comércio and Gazeta Mercantil.

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