Professor Lima-Campos combines 10 years of experience in financial markets with over 35 years of practice in trade policy and business diplomacy. He has been economic advisor to the Embassy of Brazil in Washington since 1981, a trade policy professor at American University since 2007, a highly rated former WTO trade policy instructor, a former Brazilian delegate to the International Cotton Advisory Committee, with countless articles published on international trade topics and three books, the most recent a textbook, “Introduction to Trade Policy” (2018), by Routledge, co-authored with Juan Antonio Gaviria. He holds a B.A. in Economics and an M.A. in Development Banking from the American University.
Sergio Goldbaum holds a Doctor’s and a Master’s degrees in Economics from Fundação Getulio Vargas Business School in São Paulo, and a BA degree in Economics from University of São Paulo. He is currently a lecturer professor at the Business School of FGV in São Paulo (EAESP) and the School of Public Policy and Government of FGV in Brasilia (EPPG), where he teaches Microeconomics, Industrial Organization, Law and Economics, and Environmental Economics. He is also partner at GPM Consultoria Economica. His academic and professional activities are focused on International Trade, Antitrust, Infrastructure Regulation and Environmental Economics.
Magali Favaretto é Doutora em Direito e Desenvolvimento pela FGV Direito SP, com tese finalista do SIEL–Hart Prize (2024), e LL.M. em International Legal Studies pela Washington College of Law, American University. Pesquisadora Sênior do Centro de Estudos de Geoeconomia do Comércio e Investimentos (FGV EESP – Cátedra OMC) e do Núcleo de Direito Global e Desenvolvimento da FGV Direito SP. Professora da pós-graduação em Direito Aduaneiro e Tributação do Comércio Internacional da Universidade Presbiteriana Mackenzie. Advogada e consultora em Direito do Comércio Internacional e Regulação, com mais de 20 anos de atuação na área. Autora de Regulating Through Trade (Hart Publishing, série Studies in International Trade and Investment Law, em preparação).
Luiza Nonato is a lawyer specializing in international trade, providing clients with support on various trade matters. She is also an academic with a multidisciplinary background, holding a Bachelor’s Degree in Law from Mackenzie University and a Bachelor’s in International Relations from São Paulo State University, along with a Master’s and Ph.D. in International Relations from the University of São Paulo. Her research interests lie at the intersection of law, international relations, international trade, and technology.
Vera Kanas is a Partner at VK Law since March 2024. Previously, she was the partner responsible for the International Trade practice at TozziniFreire Advogados, from 2011 to 2024. Vera is a lawyer with over 20 years of experience in international trade, assisting Brazilian and foreign companies with matters related to trade remedies, international agreements, import and export operations, supply chain logistics, customs law, and trade compliance. Vera holds a Master’s degree in International Economic Law from Université de Paris I Panthéon-Sorbonne, and a Ph.D. in International Law from the Faculty of Law at the University of São Paulo.
