Consultants

Leonardo Fiad graduated from Rio de Janeiro State University - UERJ (2001). Graduated in State Law (UERJ, 2004) and having obtained an LL.M from Columbia University, NY (2010), he has been the Attorney of the Rio de Janeiro State Audit Court since 2002.

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It operates in the following areas: Public Law in general (with an emphasis on Tenders and Administrative Contracts) and Civil Responsibility/Dispute Resolution.

Sergio Cavalieri Filho is a retired judge of the Rio de Janeiro State Court of Justice, of which he was President in the 2005/2006 biennium. Director General of the Judicial School of the same State (EMERJ) from 2001 to 2004, of which he is professor emeritus; he was also President of the extinct Civil Protection Court of Rio de Janeiro. He is a professor of Civil Liability and Consumer Law. Attorney General of the Rio de Janeiro State Court of Auditors as of February 2011.

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In addition to numerous articles and judgments published in specialized journals, Sergio Cavalieri Filho is the author of the Civil Responsibility Program (12th edition, Ed. Atlas) and the Consumer Law Program (4th edition, Ed. Atlas); Comments on the New Civil Code, volume XIII, in the part relating to civil liability and credit preference and privileges (arts. 927 to 958), a work produced together with the late Minister Carlos Alberto Menezes Direito, published by Editora Forense; Legal Sociology Program, 14th edition, Editora Forense.

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As a magistrate and professor for almost 40 years, Sergio Cavalieri has given hundreds of lectures and conferences throughout Brazil, mainly on civil liability and consumer law.