J.D. 1987, Universidade de São Paulo (USP), Southwestern Legal Foundation, Dallas, Texas, 1992, Master of Laws (LLM), University of Illinois, 1993/1994, with Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman (New York, NY), 1994/1996, founder member of IDSA (Instituto de Direito Societário Aplicado). E-mail: [email protected]