Helio Bitton - General Counsel, Seguradora Líder do Consórcio do Seguro DPVAT S/A

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Network Power<100 people

Roles

✨27%

Business Owner

🧨27%

Consulting

💸18%

Marketing

Geos

🇮🇳40%

India

🇧🇷27%

Brazil

🇺🇸9%

United States

Work Background

Seguradora Líder-DPVATGeneral Counsel

Dec. 2016Rio de Janeiro, Brasil · RemoteDirecting the operations, guidelines, and legal strategies with a focus on preserving and defending the interests of the company and the DPVAT consortium, reporting to the CEO. Management of approximately 420 thousand lawsuits, leadership of a direct team of 4 people, including legal superintendent, litigation legal manager, criminal manager, and legal administrative manager, and of an indirect team of 160 people. Highlights: Organizational restructuring of the legal department, with a review of internal processes and policies (turnaround), resulting in improved quality of services and internal controls in the area, in addition to cost reduction. Implementation of a strict anti-fraud policy. Management of the department contracts, acting in the main renegotiations, generating savings of approximately 20%. Reduction of approximately 20% in the total number of civil actions (stock) and 35% in the number of new entries. Implementation of a better governance for hiring and paying suppliers and of a meritocracy model for law firms. Review of settlement and appeals policies. Reduction of approximately R$ 200 million in expenses.

Bastos-Tigre, Coelho da Rocha, Lopes e Freitas - AdvogadosPartner

May. 2016 - Nov. 2016Rio de Janeiro Area, Brazil · On-siteLegal counseling in the most diverse areas of business law, including corporate and defense of the client's interests in judicial and administrative litigation. Leadership of contract negotiations, acquisition and leasing of real estate. Highlights: Drafting of a labor legal opinion for the CEO of a large multinational company, facilitating the negotiation for contract renewal. Winning court decisions for a large retail chain with national presence, making it possible to renegotiate the points of sale rentals in several regions of the country.

AtheneumExpert Consultant

May. 2015 - Nov. 2016BrazilConsultancy services mainly related to legal matters and telecommunication industry. Atheneum is a global knowledge broker, which connects leading investment funds, consulting firms, and corporations with the world’s most renowned experts to empower our clients’ business decisions.

GVT - Global Village TelecomChief Legal Officer

Aug. 2012 - Jun. 2015Curitiba, Paraná · On-siteLeadership of activities, guidelines, and legal strategies focused on preserving the company's interests, performing the direct management of 6 people, including the director of strategic litigation, contracts manager, consumer litigation manager, tax manager, labor coordinator, and corporate manager, and the management of 19 indirect people. Highlights: Participation in the process of sale of GVT's corporate control to Telefonica, with the organization of a virtual data room, presentation of the information related to the legal department and tax liabilities to investors and financial institutions. Negotiation for the acquisition and installation of submarine cable in consortium with other companies of different nationalities; Negotiations with states treasury departments for adhesion to tax agreements specific to the sector. Restructuring of the legal department, making it possible to increase efficiency and controls in the area. Reduction of consumer and labor liabilities by involving the various departments of the company to reduce the main offenders.

TIM BrasilSenior Executive Legal Manager

Mar. 2010 - Jul. 2012Rio de Janeiro · On-siteManagement of strategic affairs and litigation, including regulatory and consulting in environmental, criminal, and consumer law, leading a team of 76 people, reporting to the chief legal officer. Highlights: Development and implementation of the project to restructure the legal department with the creation of centers of excellence, achieving savings of 10% in payroll, quality improvement, and internal controls. Elaboration and implementation of procedures for licensing, including environmental licensing, at base stations.

CLARO S/ACorporate Legal Manager

Dec. 2008 - Mar. 2010São Paulo · On-siteManagement of strategic affairs, civil, criminal and environmental litigation, and management of the department’s budget, managing 32 people reporting to the chief legal officer. Highlights: Renegotiation of the main contracts in the area, generating savings of 10%.

TIM BrasilCorporate Legal Manager – Strategic Affairs

Jul. 2005 - Nov. 2008Rio de Janeiro, Brasil · On-siteManagement of strategic matters related to competition and regulatory law, strategic and consumer litigation, including legal advice on environmental, criminal and consumer law, directly managing 5 people and reporting to the chief legal officer. Highlights: Reduction of consumer liabilities by implementing a project to reduce the main offenders. Development and implementation of controls to comply with the Sarbanes-Oxley Act.

TIM BrasilCorporate Legal Manager – Contracts

Oct. 2003 - Jun. 2005Rio de Janeiro, Brasil · On-siteManagement of the department's contracts, performing negotiation, analysis, and drafting of several contracts, including financing contracts with public and private agencies, turn-key and non-turn-key contracts, performing the direct management of 4 people and reporting to the chief legal officer. Highlights: Negotiation of a total amount of R$ 4 billion in financing contracts with BNDES and BNB and intentional development agencies. Negotiation with the main hardware and software suppliers for the acquisition of the necessary equipment for the construction of TIM's GSM telecommunications network throughout the country, total value negotiated of R$ 6 billion.

TIM BrasilLegal Manager – TIM Rio Norte

Oct. 2001 - Oct. 2003Rio de Janeiro, Brasil · On-siteImplementation of the regional legal management, comprising the states of Rio de Janeiro, Espírito Santo, Amazonas, Amapá, Maranhão, Pará, and Roraima, performing the direct management of 4 people and reporting to the president. Highlights: Implementation of the legal department during the Company's Start-Up, conducting lease negotiations for stores and kiosks.

Star OneLegal Manager

May. 2001 - Oct. 2001Rio de Janeiro · On-siteDirecting the operations, guidelines, and legal strategies with a focus on preserving and defending the interests of the company and its affiliates in Argentina, Chile and Venezuela, reporting to the CEO. Highlights: Provided legal support to the launch of satellite internet services. Negotiated strategic partnerships in Brazil and other countries in Latin America with suppliers and other satellite companies. Revised RFP conditions to hire a launch agency.

Intelig TelecomSenior Corporate Lawyer

Oct. 1999 - Apr. 2001Rio de Janeiro · On-siteExpertise in all areas of law, including analysis of advertising pieces, drafting and analysis of contracts for the provision of telecommunications services, acquisition of equipment and software, partnerships and construction, as well as the registration of brands and company domains in Brazil and abroad. Highlights: Legal and regulatory support during company´s Start-Up.

IridiumLegal Affairs Manager

Jan. 1997 - Oct. 1999Rio de Janeiro · On-siteDirecting the operations, guidelines, and legal strategies with a focus on preserving and defending the interests of the company and of its affiliated companies in Brazil and other Latin America countries and the Caribbean, reporting to the CEO. Highlights: Setting up, implementation and maintenance of the Iridium SudAmerica group enterprises located in Brazil, Argentina, Chile, Colombia, Peru, Venezuela, Trinidad & Tobago, Dominican Republic, Paraguay and Ecuador; Collective bargaining negotiations with the union representatives of the Brazilian labour; Implementation and planning of the flow of income and expenses (tax planning), aimed at optimizing the tax assessments of the companies located in the countries mentioned above; and Analysis and drafting of the main agreements and procedures relative to the distribution and rendering of Iridium services.

Petroleo IpirangaLegal Coordinator

Jul. 1993 - Dec. 1996Rio de Janeiro · On-siteManaging the operations, guidelines, and legal strategies with a focus on preserving and defending the interests of the branch of the company in the States of Rio de Janeiro, Minas Gerais, Goiás, Espírito Santo and Tocantins. Highlights: Coordination of approximately 300 lawsuits of the Branch; Retaining external law firms to follow up the above mentioned lawsuits; Analysis and drafting of all the agreements of the Eastern Region branch; and Analysis and drafting, while still a lawyer for Atlantic, of all the juridical documents of the convenience stores franchising system.

Evaldo Ramos - Advogados AssociadosLawyer

Apr. 1988 - Jun. 1993Rio de Janeiro · On-siteLegal consultant in several juridical areas; Representation of the clients’ interests in administrative and juridical suits in the civil, commercial and tax areas; and Drafting several types of agreements and documents for companies.