“Doing Business In South America: Legal Safety Measures And Protection”, 4/25, Billings

April 17, 2008

WHEN: April 25, 2008

10:45-12pm

WHERE: MSU Billings, Downton

G&G Architect Building

2804 3rd Avenue North

Billings, MT 59101

COST: $10 for MWTC members

$20 for Non-Members

RSVP: Please RSVP by April 23 to reserve your spot!

PROGRAM DESCRIPTION:

Joào Batista Lira Rodrigues Junior, Partner of Veirano Advogados is making a special trip to Montana for the Global Trade Certificate Program. For more information about the Global Trade Certificate Program, please visit http://www.mwtc.org/gtcp.

RESUME: JOÃO BATISTA LIRA RODRIGUES JUNIOR

1.1. Partner of Veirano Advogados, one of the top 5 law firms in Brazil;

1.2. Attorney at Law with major focus on litigation before Superior Court;

1.3. L.L.M. on International Law;

1.4. Professor of International Law for more than 10 years;

1.5. Chairperson of the Law Committee of the American Chamber of Commerce – Brasília;

1.6. Attender of the International Law Course, held at the International Court of Justice – The Hague, The Netherlands;

1.7. Attender of International Law Symposium, held at Palma de Mallorca University – Palm de Mallorca, Spain;

1.8. Member of the Association of Attenders and Alumni of The Hague Academy of International Law);

1.9. Legal Counselor for several American companies such as: Philip Morris (cigarettes), Kraft Foods, American Bank Note, Citibank, Delta Air Lines, Halliburton, Marriot (Hotels), Accenture (outsourcing), Dell Computers, Mars (food), Hershey´s (food), AT&T, among others;

1.10. Legal Counselor for several global companies such as Airbus (airplanes), Telecom Itália (communications), Indutech Industries, Securency (polymer currency bills), GlaxoSmithKline (medicines), among others;

1.11. Legal Counselor for Sovereign States in Brazil such as: Italy, Australia, New Zealand, Israel and Argentina;

1.12. Nominated by the prestigious magazine Latin Lawyer 2003 as one of distinguished lawyers of Latin America;

1.13. Author of several articles regarding International Law;

1.14. Performed several speeches regarding International Law, focused on how to develop International Trade among countries;

1.15. Interviewed several times by TV channels to explain some aspects of International Law;

1.16. Member of International Relations Committee of the Brasília Bar Association;

CONTACTS

joao.rodrigues@veirano.com.br

55(61) 2106-6600 (Office)

55(61) 8111-5000 (Mobile)

SPACE IS LIMITED AND ADVANCED REGISTRATION IS REQUIRED!