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advogado Sergio Tostes

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.

Contacts

Languages

  • 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

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