Our Team
House Faculty
PhD candidate in Intellectual Property and Innovation at the National Institute of Industrial Property - INPI.
Master’s in Law and Public Policy from the Universidade Federal do Estado do Rio de Janeiro - UNIRIO. LLM in Business Law from FGV Direito Rio.
Bachelor of Law from the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro - UFRJ. Data Protection Officer at SAF Botafogo.
Legal Leader of Gue Oliveira Produções Artísticas Ltda. Former Director of the Departamento Nacional de Registro Empresarial e Integração - DREI. Lawyer in Rio de Janeiro and São Paulo.
Allan Turano
PhD in Information Engineering from the Federal University of ABC - UFABC.
Master’s in Law from the University of São Paulo. Data Protection Specialist and Data Protection Officer (DPO) certification from Exin. Vice president of the Labor Relations Committee of the Trabalho do Instituto Nacional de Proteção de Dados - INPD.
Lawyer and DPO. Author of several books on the Brazilian General Personal Data Protection Law, Compliance and Labor Law.
Selma Carloto
Post-doctorate in Law from the University of Lisbon - ULISBOA. PhD in Business Administration from Florida Christian University - FCU.
Master’s in Information Society Law from the Centro Universitário das Faculdades Metropolitanas Unidas - FMU.
MBA in Strategic and Economic Business Management from FGV.
Specialist in International Economic Negotiations from Universidade Estadual Paulista - UNESP and the State University of Campinas - UNICAMP.
Lawyer and Accountant with specialized knowledge in compliance and jurimetrics.
Fábio Lopes Soares
Post-doctorate in Law from the University of Lisbon – ULISBOA. PhD in Business Administration from Florida Christian University – FCU.
Post-Doctorate in Production and Systems Engineering in progress at Paraná Federal Univeristy of Technology - UTFPR.
Master's in Electrical Engineering from UTFPR.
MBA in Commercial Management from FGV. Specialist in Telecommunications from PUC-PR.
Specialist in Business Management and in Design and Analysis of Electromagnetic Devices, both from UFSC.
Bachelor’s in Engineering from the Federal University of Santa Catarina - UFSC.
Certified Data Protection Officer and Compliance Officer from Universidad San Jorge, Spain. Executive Program Certificate in Project Management from The George Washington University, USA.
Lead Auditor for ISO27001:2013, ISO9001:2015, and ISO50001:2018. IPMA-D certified.
Director of the Brazilian office at Intedya (International Dynamic Advisors).
Gianfranco Muncinelli
PhD in Political Science from the Institute for Social and Political Studies) - IUPERJ. Master’s in Law from Candido Mendes University - UCAM.
Graduate degree in Business and Economic Law from FGV.
Graduate degree in Financial Projects from Rio de Janeiro State University - UERJ. Bachelor of Law from the Pontifical Catholic University, Rio de Janeiro - PUC-Rio.
Certified Official MOFCOM Training Base for International Business Officials by the Shanghai Business School.
Senior Legal Advisor to the National Bank for Economic and Social Development - BNDES.
Chairman of the Governance, Compliance and Diversity Business Council of the Rio de Janeiro Trade Association.
Chairman of the Rio de Janeiro Bar Association’s Public Transparency Studies Commission.
Researcher at the Brazilian Center for Democracy Studies and Research - CEBRAD at UERJ.
Founding member of Instituto Compliance Rio - ICRio, and creator of Compliance Rio magazine.
Humberto Mota Filho
PhD in Political Science from the Institute for Social and Political Studies) – IUPERJ. Master’s in Law from Candido Mendes University – UCAM.
Master's degree in Epidemiology and Biostatistics from UNIFESP.
Specialist in Environmental Technologies and environmental social governance (ESG).
Degrees in Biology and Environmental Sanitary Engineering.
Worked as an engineer specializing in sustainability and ESG at Vale S.A.
Lecturer and author of ESG courses at FGV.
Sustainability and ESG coordinator at Arcadis.
Partner at Darwin Consultoria e Treinamento (Darwin Training and Consulting) and TEDx speaker.
Marta Camila
Master’s degree in Epidemiology and Biostatistics from UNIFESP. Specialist in Environmental Technologies and environmental social governance (ESG).
PhD in Business Administration from the Rennes School of Business, France.
Master’s in Administration from Getulio Vargas Foundation School of Public and Business Administration - FGV EBAPE.
MBA in Business Management from FGV EBAPE.
Degree in Electronic Engineering from Federal Center for Technological Education of Rio de Janeiro - CEFET/RJ.
Certifications held: PMP, MBTI I and II and Thomas DISC.
Professor and author of articles and books published in several countries.
Murillo Dias
PhD in Business Administration from the Rennes School of Business, France.
Master’s of Science from University of São Paulo Medical School.
Specialization in Speech and Hearing Therapy from USP.
Degree in Speech and Hearing therapy from Centro Universitário São Camilo.
Mindfulness instructor at Mente Aberta (Open Mind), Federal University of São Paulo - UNIFESP. Yoga instructor at Studio Iyengar Yoga, São Paulo, and at Instituto de Ensino e Pesquisas em Yoga (IEPY, Yoga Teaching and Research Institute) (USP/Kaivalyadhama, India).
Graduate degree in Acupuncture from Brazilian School of Chinese Medicine - EBRAMEC.
Founder and consultant at Lotus Godiva Yoga and Mindfulness.
Teacher of Mindfulness instructors at Mente Aberta, UNIFESP.
Renata Megale Soares
Master’s of Science from the University of São Paulo Medical School.
PhD candidate in Philosophy at Federal University of Rio de Janeiro - UFRJ & Université Paris 1 Pantheon-Sorbonne.
Master’s in Industrial Engineering and Management from the School of Engineering of the University of Porto.
Master's in Business Administration from the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro's COPPEAD Graduate School of Business (COPPEAD/UFRJ).
Specialist in Energy Economics and Management from COPPEAD/UFRJ.
Graduate in Production Engineering from UFRJ.
Member of the American Philosophical Practitioners Association.
Business consultant. Author of various articles and co-author of several books.
Ricardo Razuk
PhD candidate in Philosophy at Federal University of Rio de Janeiro – UFRJ & Université Paris 1 Pantheon-Sorbonne.
Master’s in Business Administration and Management from FGV.
Graduated in Production Engineering from UFRJ.
Consultant for over 20 years in the design and implementation of transformation programs, including processes, technology, organization, and management of multidisciplinary teams.
Specialist in Risk Management and Complex Project Management, and in integrity programs (ethics & compliance).
Rosiane Stutz
Master’s in Business Administration and Management from FGV. Production Engineer from the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro – UFRJ.
PhD in Energy from the Federal University of ABC - UFABC.
Master’s in Energy (environment and society) from the Federal University of ABC - UFABC.
Specialist in Environmental Science and Environmental Management at the University of São Paulo - USP.
Degree in Architecture from Mackenzie University.
Architect specializing in socio-environmental management.
Professor.
Edson Escames
PhD and Master’s in Energy (environment and society) from the Federal University of ABC – UFABC.
Master’s in Business Law from Getulio Vargas Foundation São Paulo Law School. LLM in International Trade Contracts from University of California - UCLA.
Specialist in Law, Logistics and International Business from the Pontifical Catholic University of Curitiba.
Bachelor of Law from the State University of Maringá.
Legal, Public Relations, and Compliance Manager at a Dutch multinational firm in Latin America.
Author of articles and books on Civil Liability, GRC, and Strategic Management for lawyers.
Member of the Latin American Corporate Counsel Association and the Brazil-Netherlands Chamber of Commerce.
Speaker, legal career coach, consultant, and angel investor in innovation startups.
Wagner Osti
Master’s in Business Law from Getulio Vargas Foundation São Paulo Law School. LLM in International Trade Contracts from University of California – UCLA.
MBA in Project Management from FGV, and is a specialist in Clinical and Institutional Educational Psychology from the Center for Psychopedagogical Studies of Rio de Janeiro - CEPERJ.
Educator, professional mentor, publicist, educational psychologist, and sailor.
She has been working professionally as a mentor since 2011 in the areas of business, sports, personal, relationships, education, ocean, and meditation.
Soraya Maia
Educator, professional mentor, publicist, educational psychologist, and sailor.
Doctorate and Master’s in Law from Universidade Estácio de Sá - UNESA.
Lecturer and Lawyer with experience in Business, Notarial, Registry, and Real Estate Law.
Academic Coordinator at FESUDEPERJ.
Academic Coordinator at FESUDEPERJ.
Law Degree from the Brazilian Institute for Capital Markets - IBMEC.
Master in Business Administration from the Brazilian Institute for Capital Markets - IBMEC.
Specialist in Real Estate Law from Candido Mendes University - UCAM.
He worked in extrajudicial notarial services.
University professor in on-site and distance learning (EAD) undergraduate and lato sensu postgraduate programs.
Guilherme Gerstenberger
Doctorate and Master’s in Law from Universidade Estácio de Sá – UNESA.
M.Sc. in Business Administration with an emphasis on Marketing from Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio de Janeiro - PUC-Rio.
Co-founder and CEO of the innovation consultancy Archipelago, focusing on projects rooted in customer experience and service design thinking.
Specialist in Qualitative Research, Customer Experience, Service Design, and Consumer Behavior.
Worked for 15 years in brand and product management in various organizations such as IBM Brazil, General Electric, Novartis Consumer, Dentsply, and Embelleze.
Worked at the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro's COPPEAD Graduate School of Business as coordinator of the COPPEAD Research Space and researcher for the Chairs of Consumer Studies, having published several academic articles.
She teaches graduate courses at the Escola Superior de Propaganda e Marketing (ESPM, Higher School of Advertising and Marketing).
Ana Biolchini
M.Sc. em Administração com ênfase em Marketing pela PUC-Rio. CEO da Archipelago
Executive Team
Investor active in the alternative asset market for approximately seven years. Venture Capital Operations Coordinator at G2 Capital as well as at Bolipar Holdings.
Bachelor's in Business Administration from IBMEC-MG. He has mentored startups in programs such as Founder Institute and SeedMG and currently also advises companies on innovation and technology.
He also advises companies on innovation and technology.
Abelanito Oliveira
Resource Manager and founding partner of Pleni Gestão de Patrimônio Ltda., which manages approximately R$3.5 billion.
Executive with extensive experience in real estate and finance. Responsible for operations control and financial management at the institutions where he has worked.
Master's in Finance from the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro's COPPEAD Graducate School of Business and in engineering at the Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro. He rose to prominence in companies and banks such as Souza Cruz, Banco Bocom BBM, and CR2 Empreendimentos Imobiliários S/A.
Felipe Alves Costa
Co-founder and Executive Director of G2 Capital. MBA in Strategic Management. He has operated as a business administrator and angel investor in more than 15 startups.
He has participated in infrastructure, energy, and innovation concessions worth over R$ 7 billion. He is also a board member of several venture capital companies, accelerators, and investment groups.
Ricardo Alexandre Carvalho
Rafael Alves de Almeida
- Founder and CEO of House of Creative Legal Studies, native of Rio de Janeiro, kitesurfer, nature lover, professional with 18 years of experience as the former Head of the national graduate program in Law at Getulio Vargas Foundation Rio de Janeiro Law School, Professor, and Speaker;
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PhD in Public Policy, Strategy and Development from the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro Institute of Economics, LLM in International Business Law from The London School of Economics and Political Science – LSE;
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Master’s in Regulation and Competition from Candido Mendes University, graduate of the Judiciary School of the State of Rio de Janeiro, lawyer, and Bachelor’s in Law from UFRJ and in Economics from UCAM;
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Vice president of the Instituto Brasileiro de Estudos, Relatórios e Inteligência Jurídica – INBER, Member of the Rio de Janeiro Bar Association’s Commission for the Legal Aspects of Entrepreneurship and Startups, and Member of the Brazilian Society of Ecological Economics;
- Author of the book “Collaborative Governance in Public Policies”;
- Courses in Designing for Sustainability from Gaia Education, Mediation Training at Mediare, Fundamentals of Cultural Biology from Matríztica with the late Professor Humberto Maturana, and The System View of Life with Prof. Fritjof Capra;
- Founder and Honorary President of the LSE Brazilian Alumni Association.
House’s Inclusive Environment
At the House of Creative Legal Studies, people of all backgrounds, ethnicities, nationalities, gender identities, sexual orientations, religious and political affiliations, and other visible and non-visible differences are welcome. We value an ethical learning environment that is inclusive, neutral, and collaborative.
Therefore, we want to create a community in which all people are treated with respect and feel welcome to share their ideas and points of view.
We expect everyone to contribute to this open and inclusive environment and if any of these guidelines are violated or if you notice any negative bias, please contact: [email protected]
