Newton Assunção de Oliveira Junior

Brazilian, *1 years of age, married, 01 child

Address: ****, **** **.

Davis, CA 95618

USA

Mobile Phone: 512-***-****

Home Phone: 530-***-****

Educational Background

LL.M Candidate Class 2016 – University of California, Davis

International MBA - Business Management – FGV – Fundação Getúlio Vargas/ Ohio University 2007-2009.

Post-Graduate - Specialization in Business Law from UECE (Ceará State University) and OAB/FESAC (Brazilian Bar Association/Ceará Chapter’s Foundation for Higher Education in Law) – 2002.

Bachelor od Laws (LL.B.) from the University of Fortaleza (UNIFOR) – 1999.

Summary of Qualifications

Fifteen (15) years of professional experience at multinational companies (worldwide leaders), operating in agribusiness (fruit production and trade) and international shipping, premium beverages (largest in the world) and production and distribution and Steel Mills;

One (01) year of professional experience at a law office (largest law firm in the Brazilian Northeast), acting in diverse areas of Law, with emphasis on Business Law;

Four (04) years of professional experience as import/export manager at a large-scale company.

Professional Experience

1.CSP (Brazilian Vale and South Korean Posco and Dongkuk). (Feb. 2014 – Sept. 2014) Most important Private Investment in Brazil. Left to attend an LL.M at the University of California.

Primary Responsibilities:

General Counsel & Secretary of the Board.

2.Diageo PLC. (Jun. 2013 to Feb. 2014). A world's leading premium drinks business with an outstanding collection of beverage alcohol brands across spirits, beer and wine.;

Primary Responsibilities:

As Senior CR manager has been in charge of company's consolidation and new operations increasing in Brazil. For the moment based in Fortaleza due to ambitious expansion of the group in Ceará.

3.Prior to DIAGEO: Fresh Del Monte Group – (April, 2000 – June. 2013): U.S.-based multinational corporation, operating in the area of agriculture and International Shipping. Company figures on a worldwide level: US$4.8 billion in annual invoicing and 37,500 employees;

Primary Responsibilities

Reporting administratively to the Country Manager and to the Legal Director in Costa Rica and also reports to the Senior Vice President, Secretary and General Counsel of Fresh Del Monte Holding in Coral Gables, USA.

Management of all legal matters for the Group in Brazil, acting on a judicial, extrajudicial and preventive (legal opinions) basis in different areas of Business Law (taxation, civil, labor, administrative, intellectual property, environment, trade, international, and arbitration), with special managerial duties in the following areas:

(i)Elaboration and analysis of national and international contracts, including dispute settlement clauses for international arbitration conducted by the ICC (International Chamber of Commerce); Assistance in closing foreign exchange contracts, operations of intercompany loans, and investments by the international parent companies;

Note: Had the opportunity of participating in an international arbitrational suit with rules defined by the ICC;

(ii)Acquisition of properties;

(iii)Engagement and coordination of outsourced law firms for performance in civil, labor, criminal, tributary, shareholder and intellectual property litigation. Direct performance in several administrative and judicial contingencies;

(iv)Direct managerial duties at governmental organs, particularly at ministries and federal and state secretariats, and agencies. Representation and managerial duties with state and federal environmental and water resources agencies for obtaining installation and operation licenses, deforestation licenses, river water and well water usage rights, etc.

(v)Direct performance for the entry of foreigners (expatriates) in Brazil, with the consequent obtainment of work visas;

(vi)Participation in periodic labor union negotiations, including collective bargaining agreements;

(vii)Direct performance in M&A of the group, including fiscal restructuring and reorganization.

(viii)General Counsel for the whole in-house departments during the latest 11 years.

Note: Direct participation in tax restructuring, with the following results obtained:

Restitution of “ICMS” tax credit: Approx. R$ 21 million;

Legal study for feasibility of legal right to presume “IPI”, “PIS” and “COFINS” tax credits: R$ 6 million;

Negotiation in governmental protocols of intentions for structural and fiscal benefits for corporations.

4.Trigueiro Fontes Advogados Associados, (03/1999 - 04/2000): Law firm with offices in the largest cities in the Brazilian Northeast, as well as in São Paulo, Rio de Janeiro, Manaus, Natal, Brasilia, Porto Alegre and Curitiba, with more than 150 associate attorneys.

Position: Associate Attorney

Languages and International Experience

Fluent in Portuguese (native), English, French, and Spanish.

More then 120 international business trips on 5 continents.

Courses, Scholarships, and Published Articles

“Poder Judiciário e Sentença Arbitral” – Monograph presented as a requisite for receiving the title of Specialist in Business Law, awarded by Ceará State University – UECE, FESAC and OAB/CE.

Note: Work required as instructive to the discipline of private international law at UNIFOR (University of Fortaleza).

Preparatory Course for the Brazilian Bar Exam – FESAC (Ceará Foundation for Higher Education in Law) – June 14, 1999 to August 27, 1999 – Fortaleza.

Course on Computer Science at Evolução Informática: Windows, Word and Excel – 1996.

Course of French Civilization – Institut Parisien – Paris, France. Dec, 1997 Jan. 1998.

Professional Exchange Program: International Rotary / Rotary Foundation – IGE (Study Group Exchange) – Scotland/UK – June-July, 2000.

Lecturer at Foreign Trade Seminar, with emphasis on foreign investments in the state of Ceará, held by the Ceará State Government, State Secretariat of Agriculture, Federation of Industries of the State of Ceará (FIEC), Veirano Advogados Associados and Ernest & Young – Setembro, 2003.

Article “Viva o Brasil”, published in the newspaper O Povo on July 18, 2003.

Lecturer at seminar on Territories in Reconstruction – The Role of Corporations and the Government in Local and Regional Development – presented to undergraduate, postgraduate, and master’s courses in Geography at Ceará State University (UECE). Fortaleza, October 08, 2004.

Participation in seminar on international arbitration by ICC (International Chamber of Commerce) – San José, Costa Rica – October 6-7, 2004.

Course of Professional Sommelier – ABS/SP – Brazilian Association of Sommeliers. 2007/2008.

Lecturer at V International Business Meeting among Portuguese Language Countries, promoted by Chamber of Commerce Brazil/Portuguese Language Countries, FIEC, MDIC, Ceará State Government. Fortaleza, October 29, 2009.

Interviewed by numerous press institutes, such as O POVO Journal and Network, Globo TV, Diário do Nordeste Journal, Diário TV, Record TV and more than 15 local broadcastings groups.

Other Tasks:

President of Ceará Fruit Chamber - CSF 2009/2010.

CSF is a chamber composed by several public institutions directed linked to the state agribusiness sector. It s a quite independent forum; however, deeply supported by ADECE (State Agency for Economic Development).

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