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Fernando de Mello Barreto

Fernando de Mello Barreto

City: São Paulo

Languages: Portuguese, English, Spanish and French

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Practice areas:

  • International Trade and Investments

Profile

Fernando de Mello Barreto is an ambassador, career diplomat, jurist, and academic. With more than four decades of experience in Brazilian diplomacy, and extensive expertise in trade policy and engagement with multilateral organizations, he possesses broad expertise in complex negotiations involving international trade, tariffs, and strategic agreements, such as Mercosur and the European Union, contributing a highly qualified perspective on international developments relevant to the Brazilian regulatory environment. 

 

Professional associations and Academic activities 

 

  • Professor at Insper. 
  • Former head of the International Advisory Office of the Ministry of Industry, Trade, and Development (MDIC). 
  • Former Deputy Secretary of International Relations for the Municipality of São Paulo. 
  • Former professor and researcher at the Institute of International Relations of the University of São Paulo (IRI-USP). 
  • Former faculty member at the Rio Branco Institute (IRBr). 

 

Education 

 

  • SJD (PhD in Law) from the University of Connecticut 
  • LL.M. (Master of Laws) from Columbia University 
  • Bachelor of Laws from the University of São Paulo (Universidade de São Paulo – USP). 

 

Publications 

 

Author of several books and articles on the history of Brazilian foreign policy, comparative law, and diplomacy.

Experience

  • He has a distinguished career at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, having served in several positions abroad, including as Brazil’s Ambassador to Australia and Russia, as well as consul general in London, Boston, and Hartford. He also served at the embassies in Madrid, Quito, and Ottawa. 
  • He served as Brazil’s delegate to international multilateral organizations, including the United Nations (UN), in New York, and the World Trade Organization (WTO), in Geneva. 
  • Extensive experience in international negotiations, and deep knowledge of global trade agreements and regimes, including tariffs and strategic agreements, such as Mercosur and the European Union, among others. 
  • Expertise in the private sector, having practiced as an international attorney in São Paulo and New York.