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Experience in A Team with Customized the private and multidisciplinary Services public sectors backgrounds Vast experience and connections Partners directly with governments worldwide, involved with academic institutions, and think tanks the Projects

Trade creation, enhancement & barriers Customs Reengineering Trade Policy Regional Integration

Antidumping, Technical Barriers Subsidies & to Trade - TBT Safeguards Market Access Circumvention Research and Forecasting Government Procurement Trade & Investment Geographical Sanitary & Indications Phytosanitary Measures – SPS Public Interest Actions Labelling

Trade creation, enhancement & barriers Customs Reengineering Trade Policy Regional Integration

Trade creation, enhancement & barriers Custom Reengineering Trade policy Regional Integration

Trade Policy : Review/Design of Trade Development Policy Institutions and Reform WTO Accession Consultative Policy Trade Policy Reviews & Law Formulation WTO and PTA Training & Negotiating Support Capacity Building Trade Policy Non-Tariff Barrier Studies Implementation

Trade creation, enhancement & barriers Customs Reengineering Trade Policy Regional Integration

Rules of Origin Customs Unions General System of Deeper Preferences - GSP Integration (e.g., Monetary Union) Bilateral, Preferential and Trade Grouping Free Trade Studies Agreements Policy and Regional Balance regulatory Machanisms Harmonization

Prof. Roland Saldanha rsaldanha@sideraconsult.com Education Highlights Over a 20-year period, successfully represented PhD in Business Since 1997, numerous respondents Administration from has been a consultant from Brazil, United States, PUC-SP in major cases of China, Italy, Germany, Antitrust, Regulation, Indonesia, Mexico, Master’s degree in and Trade Remedies. Argentina and other Economics countries in numerous from Getulio Vargas antidumping and Experience in a wide array Foundation - São countervailing duty of industries , including Paulo (FGV-SP) proceedings. petrochemical, steel, oil, natural gas, glass, textile, Bachelor of Business Academia and food and beverage. Administration from FGV-SP Head of Department of Economics of Pontifical Wide-ranging knowledge Bachelor of Laws from Catholic University of São in consultancy for the PUC-SP Paulo (PUC-SP). agribusiness sector. Professor of International Worked for the Brazilian Industrial Economics of the government as a Pontifical Catholic consultant of the Antitrust University of São Paulo for Authorities (CADE). almost 20 years.

Carolina Ures carolina.ures@sideraconsult.com Has defended the Since 2016 , Carolina has Highlights investments of Brazilian and been the President of the foreign producers, Committee for Since 1999, has worked a exporters International Trade and legal advisor in Trade , and importers, as well as Investments for the primarily focuses on issues governments in several Britcham São Paulo . relating to tariff and non-tariff different jurisdictions , barriers. including Brazil, EU, Russia, Education Mexico, Argentina and Significant experience the US. LL.M in International Economic representing companies Law and Policy from IELPO before different With a background in Program at the University of government institutions international negotiations, Barcelona that regulate and apply provides reports of trade international trade laws policy and strategy Intensive Trade Law Program and other related matters, recommendations for by the Institut des Hautes such as trade remedies, exporters of goods and Etudes – HEI (Geneva) SPS, TBT, licenses and other services on political trade non-tariff barriers. debates. Post-Graduation in Law & Economics by Fundação Selected by the Brazilian Capacity building for law Getulio Vargas Panelist Committee of the reform and implementating World Trade Organization Trade Program by the World trade commitments for to serve as a WTO panelist Trade Institute - WTI governments and blocs between 2018 and 2021. International Trade (Bern) relating to Association Agreements, WTO Accessions, Has been practicing in the Bachelor of Law by Trade Enhancement area of international law Universidade de São Paulo Programs, among others. for over 20 years.

Diego Ures diego.ures@sideraconsult.com Highlights Education Member of the Evian Since 2014, has been Master of International Group. American working as the leader of the Law and Economics Economics Association, investment team at Sidera (LL.M.) from the World American Law and Trade Institute – Berne Consult, representing and Economics Association assisting global companies in University and the MILE trading Brazil. Alliance. I.S.E.O. Summer School from the Istituto di Studi Deals with complex Broad experience in Economici e per international trade issues international trade: l’Occupazione since 2005, facilitating the global strategic solutions better understanding of and international trade Degree in Economics regulatory and red tape law. from the University of obstacles. South Carolina Previous experience as a Academia consultant on trade Fluent in English, Spanish intelligence, international Has written extensively on and Portuguese . economics, market access, topics such as WTO law and business law, marketing Biofuels. strategy and local business practices.

Mariana Chacoff mariana.chacoff@sideraconsult.com Highlights Consultant in the International Acquainted with the Education Trade field, with focus on chemical, rubber, textile, customs-related issues and paper, steel, and Bachelor of Economics trade remedies. machinery sectors. from PUC-SP Expert in tariff reduction Expert in subsidy and mechanisms , including Further studies in countervailing measures “ex -tarifários", with Economics from Ursinus investigations. Participated knowledge in tariff College – USA and from in the first subsidy on-the- classification analysis. the London School of spot verification ever Economics performed by the Brazilian Extensive experience with Trade Remedy Department (DECOM). on-the-spot verifications for anti-dumping investigations. Has assisted several countries, especially Familiarity with Latin American involving the collection of Pricing Strategies for data for trade remedies Multinational Companies purposes, developing strong due diligence skills.

Rafael Ferrão rafael.ferrao@sideraconsult.com Highlights Manages trade remedy Education 11 years investigations and analyzes experience working at the all possible strategies that Brazilian Ministry of trade authorities could Bachelor of Development, Industry and carry out. This analysis is Management and Foreign Trade (MDIC). indispensable in order to Foreign Trade from obtain the best possible Estácio de Sá University, Responsibilities included outcome for the clients. Rio de Janeiro serving in anti-dumping and safeguards Executive MBA in Emphasis on trade remedies investigations (initiated Economics and and customs legislation. between 2007 and 2012) Management: for the Brazilian domestic Government Relations Provides a personal interface industry. by FGV-Brasilia with the Brazilian government in processes involving trade Conducted on-the-spot remedies and tariff verifications performed by reductions. DECOM (domestic industry, importers and Leading Trade Analyst for exporters). the Brasília office.

We have access to the highest political spheres; our work is strictly technical and we know how to use it. Close familiarity with the operations of the individual governmental and political entities from the associates background.

Existence of Diverse Business Different Government International and Cultures approaches Interface National Legislation required

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