Partner at BFSA, Karla advises and counsels companies and associations in  international economic law, with an emphasis on international trade issues, international contracts, investments, and other matters related to foreign trade.

Throughout her career, she has been involved in a wide variety of business and legal issues, both in Brazil and in foreign jurisdictions.

Her work as a lawyer has been recognized as Who's Who in International Trade (2022).

With an extensive professional trajectory, Karla has experience in matters such as: leading multidisciplinary teams; taking part in management committees and councils of public-private entities and groups; supervising and issuing strategic opinions in studies; analyzing and defending clients on issues related to international trade and investments, international law and governmental relations.

She graduated from the Universidade Estadual de Londrina (UEL), holds a masters’ degree in International Relations from the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy and a Ph.D. in International Trade Law from the Faculdade de Direito da Universidade de São Paulo (USP).

A scholar of international law and international trade, she is a law professor at ESPM, was a researcher and director of the Instituto de Direito do Comércio Internacional e Desenvolvimento - IDCID, linked to USP, a Fundação Ford scholar, and more recently a researcher at the Centro Brasileiro de Relações Internacionais - CEBRI. She has published several articles and book chapters.

Partner at BFSA, Fernanda Sayeg advises and represents companies and entities in the areas of International Trade Law, Customs Law, and Economic and Competition Law.

She has worked in large Brazilian law firms representing Brazilian and foreign clients in trade defense investigations, either before the Brazilian government or abroad, in matters related to import taxes, international contracts, and customs law. She also has extensive experience in administrative proceedings and concentration acts in the Conselho Administrativo de Defesa Econômica (CADE).

She holds a Bachelor's Degree in Law, a Master's Degree in International Law, and a Ph.D. in International Law from the Universidade de São Paulo (USP), and a specialist in international trade and investments from the Facultad de Derecho - Universidad de Buenos Aires (UBA). She took part in the Complementary Training and Research Program on International Trade at the Brazilian Delegation to the World Trade Organization (WTO) and other Economic Organizations in Geneva.

She was a researcher and director of the Instituto de Direito do Comércio Internacional e Desenvolvimento - IDCID, linked to USP. She is currently a professor in MBA and post-graduate courses, with emphasis on international trade law, customs law, and taxation. She is also the author of several academic articles and book chapters.

Her work as a lawyer has been recognized in publications such as Who's Who, Chambers and Partners, Análise 500, and by the Brazilian government, which appointed her as a panelist at the Dispute Settlement Body of the World Trade Organization (WTO) (2017 to 2020).

Bernardo Ribeiro is a lawyer. Graduated from the Faculty of Law of Ribeirão Preto (FDRP) of the University of São Paulo. He has professional experience in the area of ​​international trade, having participated in Commercial Defense and Customs Law cases. As a researcher, he primarily investigates the relationships between international trade and the digital economy. Contributed to the UN's Online repository of contributions to the Policy Hackathon on Model Provisions for Trade in Times of Crisis and Pandemic. He was president of the Ribeirão Preto International Law Studies Center (NEDIRP), where he organized events, study groups and publications.

Letícia Batista is a law intern. He is a student at the Faculty of Law of Ribeirão Preto (USP) pursuing a double degree from the Università degli studio di Camerino (Unicam), in Italy.

Marcelo graduated in Business Administration and Management from the School of Economics and Business at the Universidad Nacional de General San Martin (UNSAM). He was an official at the Unfair Competition Directorate at the Ministry of Industry, Trade, and Pyme, integrating the EU-MERCOSUR Technical Negotiations Group and the Doha Round (WTO). He has acted in several trade remedies’ cases in Argentina, in Brazil and in other countries. He also advises companies in investment issues in Argentina.

Marcos has a degree in economics from UFRJ and a master's in economics (emphasis on applied econometrics) from UFRGS. He has more than 20 years of experience in the areas of antitrust, trade defense, and regulation. He worked as coordinator and general coordinator at the Secretariat of Economic Monitoring of the Finance Ministry (SEAE/MF). He was Project Manager at Placon between 2007 and 2009, and associate and partner at FA Consultoria Econômica between 2008 and 2016. Since then, he works at M&A Consultoria Econômica, of which he is a partner. Specialist in the areas of Trade Remedies, Antitrust, Regulation and Quantitative Methods. He has acted in trade remedies’ cases in the following sectors: chemical, textile, footwear, cutlery, steel, and others.