Francisco Satiro de Souza Junior

Specialist in Business Law, Capital Markets and Corporate Contract and Bankruptcy. Francisco Satiro holds a Bachelor`s Degree in Law from the University of São Paulo Law School (São Paulo, 1993). Member of the Brazilian Bar Association (OAB n. 129.791) since 1993. He also obtained a Doctorate Degree in Business Law (2002 - USP University of São Paulo Law School). Visiting Researcher at Max Plank Institute Hamburg (2013, 15, 16, 18, 19, 20).¬ Professor Satiro teaches Business and Bankruptcy Law on a regular basis at the University of São Paulo Law School since 2003, both on undergraduate and graduation programs. Former Professor of Business Law at Fundação Getúlio Vargas Law School - FGV-SP (2007- 2015). Visiting Professor at Universidad Javeriana de Colombia (2010), Instituto Tecnologico Autonomo de Mexico ITAM (2011), Faculdade de Direito da Universidade do Porto, Portugal (2012), and Centre for Transnational Legal Studies CTLS Londres, under coordination of Georgetown University EUA (2009-2010). Academic Mentor at Law Without Wall Program, Miami University EUA (2013). Francisco Satiro is a Founding Member of IBR Instituto Brasileiro de Recuperação de Empresas [Brazilian Institute of Restructuring] (2008) and ABDE Associação Brasileira de Direito e Economia [Law and Economics Brazilian Association] (2007). He is also a current member of São Paulo Lawyers Institute IASP (2015), São Paulo Lawyers Association AASP (1993), IBGC Instituto Brasileiro de Governança Corporativa [Brazilian Institute of Corporate Governance](2011), Brazilian Institute of Comparative Commercial Law and Tullio Ascarelli Library (1995), Turnaround Management Association TMA Brazilian Chapter (2007), III International Insolvency Institute (2019) e INSOL International (2007). Founding partner of Satiro Advogados Associados since 2005. He is also a former associate lawyer at Castro, Barros, Sobral e Gomes Advogados (2001-2005), practice in M&A. and Corporate Law. Previously, he worked as in-house legal counsel at São Paulo Stock Exchange BOVESPA (1993-1995). Professor Satiro has been nominated by the Ministry of Economy to propose amendments to the present Brazilian Bankruptcy Law (Law 11.101/2005) December 2016 - and by the Ministry of Industry and Commerce to propose a new regulation for the crisis of small and medium enterprises. Former effective member of CRSFN Court of Appeals of Brazilian Financial System (2011-2015). Since 2008, he figures as Brazilian expert for UNCITRAL Cross-border insolvency group V and Small and Medium Enterprises Group IV - UN - New York and Vienna. Party-appointed arbitrator and chairman of arbitral panels in proceedings before ICC, UNITRAL, AMCHAM, CAM-CCBC, CAM FGV, CAMARB, CAM B3 and the Chamber of Conciliation, Mediation and Arbitration CIESP/FIESP for the last 15 years. (Source: Lattes Curriculum)