Profile

Caio Leonardo Bessa Rodrigues is a lawyer at Mattos Muriel Kestener Advogados, based in Brasília office, Brazil.

Overview

Career
Mattos Muriel Kestener Advogados (associate, 2006 to date);
Presidency of the Republic (legal advisor staff member, 2005 – 206);
Pinheiro Neto Advogados (trainee/associate, 1985 - 2002).

Practice
Regulatory affairs and government relations, public policies, legislative process; administrative, economic, constitutional and environmental law.

Professional Associations
ABRIG – Brazilian Association of Government Relations Professionals.

Other activities
Federal Council of the Brazilian Bar Association – Member of the National Legislation Committee;
AMCHAM Brasília – President of the Legal Task Force on Advocacy;
Former member of the legal staff of the Presidency of the Republic of Brazil;
ABRIG - Brazilian Association of Government Relations Professionals - Director;

Publications
Tribunal de Contas da União: comparative institutional profile and analysis of the auditing of construction grants in Brazil - Ubiratan Mattos and others, Brasília, Ed. HD Editorial, 2009, 246pp.;
Several articles on legislative issues.

Colleges Attended

• University of São Paulo (Law Degree) , 1989
• London School of Economics - Chevening Scholar - Londres (Graduate studies on regulation) , 1999
• São Paulo School of Government, 1993

Languages Spoken

• English
• French
• Spanish
• Italian
• Portuguese