Legal Director for Market Development
L'Oreal
France
Over 23 years of in-house as Legal Director and Compliance Officer (Brazil and Latam responsibility) structuring and managing the Legal and Compliance Department of large multi-national companies (Telemar Oi, IBM and Natura). Successful in the formation, development, transformation, coaching and management of high performance teams.
Generalist profile strong in corporate law, M&A, taxes, intellectual property, public tender processes, labour law consulting, international and complex contracts, including the review/draft of various templates focusing on sustainability, FCPA, ANVISA, ANATEL and auditing and corporate clauses.
Focus on cost reduction, implementation of controls, training and dissemination of compliance within large corporations.
Management of a volume litigation process (labour, tax and commercial matters) around R$9 billions; Board member of the IBM Pension Fund and other company of IBM group and Member of Diversity Board.
Direct relation with board members in public company as member of Executive team and Governance Committee.
Strong negotiation skill in complex deals and public sector relation.
Proactive management of the relationship with different stakeholders i.e. partner law firms and internal clients. Import/Regulatory Affairs (ANVISA) (ANATEL), Internal Controls (SOX) implementation, Government Affairs.
Hands-on role in the regional and global interface related to the all legal matters; structuring, implementation and development of successful Compliance Program of a public company (Natura).
Important participation in compliance investigations (IBM and Natura).
Strategic participation in several local and international working groups such as crisis management, ethics committee, women career development, diversity committee and compliance committee.
Panelist at United Nation in NY, in Women’s Day.
Experience as an entrepreneur during almost three years running a high value added organic food delivery company certified as a B Company.