MEMBERS
Sergio Tostes
Lawyer
- Born in Rio de Janeiro in 1943
- Admitted to the Brazilian Bar Association in 1967
Academic Background
- Law School of the State University of Rio de Janeiro, 1966.
- Postgraduate studies in Business Law, FGV-RJ
- Center for Studies and Research in Legal Education (CEPED), 1967
- New York University (NYU), Master’s in Comparative Jurisprudence (MCJ), 1968
- Master’s in Tax Law (LLM), Harvard University, 1969.
Idiomas
- English
- French
Professional Distinctions
- Professor of Tax Law and Commercial Law at the Candido Mendes Law School and Pontifical Catholic University (PUC-RJ), 1970-1976;
- President of the Ethics and Discipline Court of the Brazilian Bar Association/RJ, 1990-1998
- Vice-President of the Brazilian Bar Association (2018-2022)
- Chairman of the Legal Committee (2000-2004) and Director (2005-2009) of the American Chamber of Commerce;
- Member of the Institutional Relations Committee (COMCI) of the Court of Justice of the State of Rio de Janeiro (TJ/RJ), 2014-2016. Medal of Judicial Merit of the TJ/RJ (2004)
- Legal articles and collaboration in several newspapers in the states of Rio de Janeiro and São Paulo
Areas of practice
- Arbitration
- Litigation and Advisory
- Civil
- Corporate
- Energy, Oil and Gas
- Tax
- Foreign Investment