Quarterly - The Brazilian-American Chamber of Commerce

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Brazilian-American Chamber of Commerce, Inc.
Volume 1 Number 2 2009
Quarterly
Chamber Honors the Memory of Its Founder
V
icente Juliano Bonnard, President Emeritus
Business Programs” at Cornell University, a
of the Brazilian-American Chamber of
founding member of the “Business Institute for
Commerce, Inc., passed away on June 2,
Brazilian Studies” at Pace University and a founding
2009, at the North Shore Hospital. He was 82.
Mr. Bonnard was a founding member of the
member of the “Business Institute” at San Diego
State University.
Brazilian-American Chamber of Commerce in New
Throughout his honorable career Mr. Bonnard
York in 1969. His contributions to the growth and
received numerous medals and decorations from
development of the Chamber, and to the creation of
governmental, academic, and private entities,
stronger business relations between Brazil and the
including: Order of Merit “Santos Dumont”-Bronze
United States in general, were far reaching and will be
and Silver, Brazilian Air Force, 1963 and 1964;
deeply missed. In 1970 Mr. Bonnard instituted the
Peacemaker Medal –Brazilian Army, 1963; Order of
“Man of the Year” award, now known as the “Person of
Merit (Air Force) –Cavalier, 1963; Marshall Candido
the Year” award, to honor two innovative and forward-
Mariano da Silva Rondon Medal, 1967; Peace
thinking leaders (one from Brazil and one from the
Medal, United Nations, Silver 1975, 1977;
U.S.) who have made extraordinary contributions to
the forging of closer ties between the two nations. He
served as Chairman of its Organizational Committee until his passing.
From 1948 to 1967 Mr. Bonnard was Head of the Brazilian Aeronautical
Commission’s New York Office. During this period he also performed logistical
services for the Brazilian Army, Navy and Legislature, and provided assistance
for the Military Delegates to the Brazilian Permanent Mission to the United
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In this Issue
Nations and for the Brazilian Delegation to the International Civil Aviation
Events in Review...................................................4
Commission (ICAO) in Canada. Mr. Bonnard also served as Representative of
Membership Drive Campaign.....................................6
the (Brazilian) National Research Council (CNPq) in 1964.
New Member List..................................................7
From 1960 to 1967 he was accredited to USIS and to the UN as
representative and correspondent for the Rio de Janeiro newspapers
“O Dia” and “A Noticia”. Mr. Bonnard was the founder and President of Persan
Corporation from 1967-1972; of Eximbras-Persan Trading Corporation from
1972-1994; and of VJ Air Corporation from 1982-1994.
He was also a founding member of the “Brazilian Institute for Education and
2009 Person of the Year.............................................8
2009 Brazil Summit...........................................12-13
Breakfast Seminars and
Other Events...................................................14-22
PRESIDENT EMERITUS
DIRECTORS
In Memorian: Vicente J. Bonnard
Charles Achoa, Jr.
OFFICERS
President
John D. Landers
Delta National Bank & Trust Company
Vice President
Renata Neeser
White & Case LLP
Second Vice President
Theodore M. Helms
Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. - Petrobras
Treasurer
James J. Quinn
Law/CPA Offices of James J. Quinn
Secretary
José Luiz Godoy
Multiplas International, Inc.
Credit Suisse
Richard S. Aldrich, Jr.
Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher
& Flom LLP
Leandro Martins Alves
Banco do Brasil
S. Wade Angus
Jones Day
Paul S. Aufrichtig
McCarthy Fingar LLP
Celso V. Barison
Cutrale North America
Celso V. Barison, Jr.
Metropolis Wine Merchants
Lino Otto Bohn
International Business Consultant
Assistant Secretary
Gregory Maskel
In Memorian: Vicente J. Bonnard
VJ Air Corporation
ADVISORY COUNCIL
Valmor A. Bratz
Jardim Botanico Partners
Honorary Chairman:
H.E. Osmar Chohfi
Consul General of Brazil in New York
Members:
José Roberto David de Azevedo
Access International Properties, LLC
Gabriel R. Safdié
Safdié Investments Services Corp.
Francisco R. Gros
OGX Petróleo e Gás Participações S.A.
Tony E. Sayegh
Saymar Stone Inc.
Márcio M. Moreira
McCann Worldgroup
Carlos Leoni Siqueira
Leoni Siqueira Advogados
Jayme F. Bulcão
BCP Securities LLC
Paul A. Burkhardt
Citrus Products, Inc.
Arthur E. Byrnes
Deltec Asset Management LLC
Cassio A. Calil
JPMorgan
Stephen M. Cunningham
Deutsche Bank
Thomas J. DeCoene
Itaú Securities Inc.
Roberto De Paula
Royal Consulting, Inc.
Theodore M. Helms
Petróleo Brasileiro S.A. Petrobras
Alexandre L. Ibrahim
NYSE Euronext
Guillermo E. Jasson
Marun Jazbik Filho
Itochu International, Inc.
John D. Landers
Delta National Bank & Trust Company
Francis E. Larkin
Aliança Lines, Inc.
Paulo Leme
Goldman Sachs and Co.
Ricardo de Figueiredo Lima
Univercidade –
Centro Universitário da Cidade
Kellie A. Meiman
McLarty Associates
Sergio Millerman
SM Consultant
Simoni Morato
Safra National Bank of New York
Roberto Medeiros Paula
Banco Bradesco S.A.
Paulo S. Pereira
Sérgio C. Pereira
Cacique International U.S.A. Inc.
Lucio Pimenta
Eduardo Pupo
PricewaterhouseCoopers, LLP
Natalia Quesada
American Airlines
Therese J. Rabieh
WestLB AG, New York Branch
Mark W. Gross
Standard Chartered Bank
William R. Rhodes
Citigroup, Inc.
Carlos Alberto Vieira
Aracruz Celulose S.A.
Luiz Romano Rocha
Banco Votorantim Securities, Inc.
José Sampol
TAM Airlines
Alexander Severino
Citigroup, Inc.
Hamilton C. da Silva
American International Group – AIG
Hunter C. Smith
Bunge Limited
Angelo A. Stabile
Bras Consult Ltd.
Renato M. Tichauer
Tremond Alloys & Metals Corp.
Paulo Vieira da Cunha
Tandem Global Partners
Executive Director
Sueli Bonaparte
PATRON MEMBERS
Banco Bradesco S.A.
Banco do Brasil
Petróleo Brasileiro S.A.– Petrobras
SPONSOR MEMBERS
American International Group – AIG
Banco da Amazônia S.A.
Banco Itaú S.A.
Banco Votorantim
Bunge Limited
Cacique International U.S.A., Inc
Citigroup Global Markets, Inc.
Citrus Products, Inc.
Credit Suisse
Deutsche Bank
Itaú Securities, Inc.
JPMorgan
Shearman & Sterling LLP
Unibanco – União de Bancos
Brasileiros S.A.
Vale
Credits • Executive Editor: Sueli Bonaparte • Production Coordinator: Andrea Soares Berrios • Editor: Janine Hirt
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Order of Merit of the Armed Forces –Officer, 1992; Order of Merit (Air
Force), Commander, 1993; Order of the National Congress, Commander,
1997; Order of Rio Branco, Commander 1997, Grand Officer 2002; Order
of Merit (Military) Officer 1998, Commander 2005; and Order of Merit
(Naval) Officer 2007.
Mr. Bonnard is survived by his children Debora, Patricia, VJ and
Mark Bonnard.
I n P ortuguese
“Bonnard é um ícone que viverá enquanto vivermos, em nosso alma, em nosso
coracao. Ve-lo cair é como se Nova York se desprendesse de mais uma de
suas imorredoras imagens da nossa geracao, como o letreiro luminoso do
Panam Building sobre a Park North.”
– Júlio César Gomes dos Santos, Ambassador of Brazil
“A incansável dedicação do senhor Bonnard à Câmara de Comércio Brasil-
Remembering a Legend
Estados Unidos e seu exemplo de empreendedorismo certamente continuarão
Selected messages received from public and private sector’s leaders paying
homage to the Chamber’s founder.
a inspirar o êxito das atividades da Câmara na promoção das relações
econômicas e comerciais entre os dois países”
– Maria Luiza Ribeiro Viotti,
Permanent Representative of Brazil to the United Nations
I n E nglish
“It is with deep sorrow that I have learned the news of the passing of Mr. Vicente
“Seu exemplo servirá de inspiração constante à Câmara no seu empenho, a
Bonnard, who was a founding member of the Brazilian-American Chamber
que Bonnard tanto se dedicou, de estreitar cada vez mais as relações entre
of Commerce. Since 1968, during his tenure at the Chamber, Mr. Bonnard
Brasil e Estados Unidos, em contexto de paz, justiça, desenvolvimento
personally oversaw the unprecedented expansion of the BACC into the
sustentável e crescimento cultural e humano.”
major player it has become today, registering over five hundred and twenty
corporations among its members. He was also instrumental, during these last
four decades, in furthering the commercial relations between Brazil and the
United States. Working tirelessly and with admirable vigor and dedication Mr.
Bonnard was the beneficiary of innumerable awards and decorations which he
so richly deserved. His legacy will remain as an example and an inspiration for
the Chamber and its members.”
– Osmar Chohfi, Ambassador, Consul General of Brazil in New York.
– Marcílio Moreira, Former Minister of Finance
“Sua forte personalidade ia muito muito bem com sua cortesia, sua
generosidade e com seu grande coração, gerando uma mescla do que de
melhor a vida pode produzir em termos de cavalheirismo e fidalguia. A
Brazilian-American Chamber of Commerce teve nele sempre seu maior
incentivador e seu mais dedicado servidor. A instituição do prêmio ‘Person
of the Year’, hoje ponto de referência nas relações entre Brasil e Estados
Unidos, decorreu de iniciativa sua. Quis o destino que fosse a preparação
“I was deeply saddened by the news of Mr. Vicente Bonnard’s passing away.
da última edição desse evento tambem seu último projeto, executado por ele
He was a man of great insight and personality, and his death is a great loss
com a dedicação, o brilho o sucesso de sempre. Como São Paulo, ele poderá
for all of us. I will always recall the meticulous attention he devoted to the
tambem dizer ao dobrar essa última esquina, haver vivido intensamente e
organization of the Person of the Year Awards, and his unflinching commitment
lutado e vencido o bom combate.”
to strengthening Brazil-U.S. economic and trade relations.”
– Antonio de Aguiar Patriota, Ambassador of Brazil
– Marcelo Jardim, Ambassador of Brazil
“Sua lembrança estará sempre gravade na memória daqueles que tiveram o
“I am very sorry to know of the passing of our good friend Vicente Bonnard,
privilégio de desfrutar da sua agradável companhia. Temperamento afável,
that for so many years carried the banner of a stronger relationship between
franco e com personalidade ímpar, constituiu-se em presença marcante junto
Brazil and the United States. His contribution and leadership in this field will
aos militares e a seus familiares. Peço-lhe transmitir aos integrantes da
be deeply remembered and missed.”
Câmara de Comércio e amigos comuns, o quanto somos gratos por tudo que
– Ernane Galvês, Consultor Econômico da Presidência,
Confederação Nacional do Comércio de Bens, Serviços e Turismo.
fizeram pela família militar, inspirados pelo nosso mais digno ‘Comandante’”.
– General Manoel Luis Castro
Quarterly Report .3
2009
2009 Events In Review
Breakfast Seminar on Managing the Crisis:
Brazilian and U.S. Cross-Border
Tax Considerations
Trade and Business Investment Committee
Dewey & LeBoeuf LLP, New York City
March 25, 2009
An outstanding panel of speakers including Julio Castro, Partner, Dewey
& LeBoeuf LLP; Luiz Felipe Centeno Ferraz, Partner, Demarest e Almeida
Advogados; and Lavinia Junqueira, Tax Director, Unibanco shared their expert
perspectives on new tax developments with Chamber members and friends
during this informative program. The panel provided an overview of cross-
border tax issues faced by Brazilian and U.S. companies as a result of the
financial crisis, and also offered insight into tax challenges and opportunities
during the economic crisis, including use and acceleration of losses, use of
tax attributed to acquired companies and tax implications of debt work-outs.
The crisis’ effect on transfer pricing issues was also discussed.
Business Networking Reception
Membership Committee
Jack Vartanian, New York City
March 31, 2009
Breakfast Seminar with Mário Mesquita,
Deputy Governor of Economic Policy,
Central Bank of Brazil
Banking and Capital Markets Committee
White & Case LLP, New York City
April 16, 2009
This timely event, which occurred only one day after Brazil reduced its 2009
primary budget surplus, drew almost 100 business leaders eager to hear Mr.
Mesquita discuss Brazil’s economic outlook during this challenging time.
During his inspiring presentation, Mr. Mesquita stressed that Brazil’s decision
to cut its primary budget surplus goal should be seen as a government
attempt to limit damage to the economy during the global recession. He
also emphasized that the monetary easing campaign started by the Central
Bank in January was already having a positive effect on economic activity,
with household consumption expected to rise 1.6% in 2009 on the back of
improving labor markets.
Take-a-Break Luncheon
Business Networking Reception
Membership Committee
Circus Restaurant, New York City
April 17, 2009
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Membership Committee
Victor Hugo, New York City
April 29, 2009
Breakfast Seminar on The Global Crisis
and the Brazilian Real: Strengths and
Vulnerabilities
Banking and Capital Markets Committee
The Bank of New York Mellon, New York City
May 5, 2009
Today the outlook for the real and all major currencies is especially uncertain,
and yet currency forecasts remain central to investment decisions. This event
brought together two of the foremost global currency experts to look at the
causes of the collapse in the Brazilian currency. Daniel Tenengauzer, Head
of Global Currency Strategy, Bank of America Securities - Merrill Lynch,
and Michael Woolfolk, Chief Currency Strategist, Bank of New York Mellon,
provided their perspectives in a discussion moderated by Paulo Vieira da
Cunha, Principal, Tandem Global Partners.
Breakfast Seminar on Clean Ethanol:
Growth Amidst Crisis
The Trade & Business Investment Committee
New York City
May 7, 2009
An outstanding panel of expert speakers convened for this exciting Chamber
event on the growing ethanol market in Brazil. Plinio Nastari, President,
Datagro; Dr. Leonard Bichara Rocha, Economist, International Sugar
Organization, Consultoria; and Alexandre Figiolino, Director, Banco Itaú BBA
S.A. discussed the credit crunch’s impact on the Brazilian sugarcane industry,
and provided an invaluable outlook on the market’s future.
Breakfast Seminar on
Creditors’ Rights in Brazil after PEC 12
Banking and Capital Markets Committee
Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP
May 14, 2009
This Chamber program provided an overview of precatórios and the
constitutional amendment PEC 12 which was passed by the Brazilian
senate on April 1, 2009. Waldemar Jezler, President, Libra Capital LLC
moderated the expert panel of speakers which included Flavio J.S. Brando,
President, Special Precatório Commission, Brazilian Bar Association,
and Vice President, Precatório Commission, National Brazilian Bar
Association; and José Vírgilio Lopes Enei, Partner, Machado Meyer
Sendacz e Opice Advogados.
Breakfast Seminar on The State of Trust
in Brazil, the U.S. and Beyond
The Trade & Business Investment Committee
Shearman & Sterling LLP
May 19, 2009
This inspiring event focused on the findings of the 2009 Edelman Trust
Barometer, a 20-country survey of key opinion leaders about trust and credibility.
The panel of speakers included 3 top executives from the global public relations
firm Edelman: Gail Becker, President, Western Region and Chairman, Canada
& Latin America; Russel Dubner, President of the New York office; and Ronald
Mincheff, Managing Director for Brazil. Survey findings included the fact that,
in spite of challenging times, Brazil maintains one of the highest levels of trust
in business, compared to other countries surveyed.
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The Membership Drive Campaign is in Full Swing!
We are counting on your participation in the 2009
information of your referrals and she will personally
Membership Drive Campaign to help us recruit more
reach out to them. If your referral joins our Chamber,
members in your sector.
you will receive one complimentary ticket to a Chamber
Please contact Janine Hirt, Membership Coordinator,
breakfast of your choice!
at [email protected] with the contact
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Brazil Ahead
Colliers ABR
Daiwa Securities America
Ferreira Dentist
Fabio Perrone Campos Mello referred:
Frontier Capital Partners
Grayling Global
Richard S. Aldrich, Jr. referred:
Imagination (USA) Inc.
Hemisphere 2 Entertainment LLC
Multiterminais
Lucio Pimenta referred:
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Tostes & Coimbra Advogados Associados
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2009 Person of the Year Awards Dinner
.1b
.1a
.1c
The Waldorf-Astoria Hotel
May 21
1a: G
eorge Soros and the honoree José Sergio Gabrielli de Azevedo
1b: M
inistro Nelsom Jobim, the honoree Amb. Clifford M. Sobel
and John D. Landers
1c: The DAIS
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2009 Person of the Year Awards Dinner
.2a
.2b
.2c
.2d
2a: Joseph McGuire, Susan McGuire, John D. Landers,
Sandra Landers, Alyson Landers and
William M. Landers
2b: Celso V. Barison, Miriam Barison, Lucio Pimenta
and Vicente J. Bonnard
2c: Alessandra Fischer, Maria do Rosário Fischer, José
Sergio Gabrielli, Maria Tereza Braga,
guest and Francisco Malzoni
2d: Amb.Osmar Chohfi, Amb. Maria Luiza Ribeiro Viotti,
Eric J. Friedman and Richard S. Aldrich, Jr.
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2009 Person of the Year Awards Dinner
.3a
.3c
.3b
.3d
3a: F rancisco Malzoni, Maria do Rosário Fischer,
Alessandra Fischer and Lucio Pimenta
3b:Tony Bonaparte, Sueli Bonaparte and John D. Landers
3C: V icente J. Bonnard, Rosana Cutrale and
José Luiz Cutrale
3d. C
armen Vieira, Carlos Alberto Vieira and
Vicente J. Bonnard
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2009 Person of the Year Awards Dinner
.4a
.4c
.4b
.4d
4a: Erico Hessel, Renata Neeser and Father Amarilho Checon
4b: Maria Helena Pimenta, Ruthe Phillips, Maria Teresa
Carneiro, Saboor AbdulJaami and Ika Brakha
4c: Vicente J. Bonnard and Emily Oka
4d: Marcus Mello and Debora Bonnard
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2009 Brazil Summit
The Pierre Hotel
April 27
5a: J ohn D. Landers, Sueli Bonaparte, Celso V. Barison,
Valmor Bratz and Lucio Pimenta
5b: R ichard Watson, Kellie Meiman, Paulo Roberto de Godoy
Pereira and Alessandro Teixeira
5c: P aulo Vieira da Cunha, Vicente J. Bonnard, Minister
Guido Mantega and John D. Landers
.5a
.5b
.5c
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2009 Brazil Summit
.6a
.6b
.6c
.6d
6a: C
elso V. Barison, Sergio Millerman, Vicente J. Bonnard, Minister
Paulo Bernardo Silva, Ambassador Osmar Chohfi and
Paulo Nogueira Batista Jr.
6b: A mbassador Osmar Chohfi and Ricardo de Figueiredo Lima
6c: M
árcia Nejaim, Élvio Dantas Pinto Filho e Ricardo Santana
6d: W
illiam M. Landers, Thomas J. DeCoene and John D. Landers
6e: Lucio Pimenta and Francis E. Larkin
.6e
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Lino O. Bohn and Vicente J. Bonnard Honored
with the “Medalha de Mérito Marechal Castello Branco”
.7a
.7b
.7c
.7d
Brazilian Mission to the United Nations
April 7
7a: L ino O. Bohn, Admiral Kleber Luciano de Assis and
Vicente J. Bonnard
7b: Georgina and Lino O. Bohn, and Vicente J. Bonnard
7c: Vicente J. Bonnard and Lucio Pimenta
7d: The honorees Lino O. Bohn and Vicente J. Bonnard
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Breakfast Seminar on Managing the Crisis:
Brazilian and U.S. Cross-Border Tax Considerations
Offices of Dewey & LeBoeuf LLP
March 25, 2009
8a: F rancis Larkin, Gordon Warnke, Lavinia Junqueira,
Julio A. de Castro and Luiz Felipe Ferraz
8b: Eric Van Aalst and Emery Ventura
8c: Priscilla Bevilacqua, Myryam O. Hyman and Waldemar Jezler
8d: Janine Hirt and Mariano Manente
8e: H
elena Guimarães and Maria Fernanda de Almeida Prado e Silva
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Breakfast Seminar with Mário Mesquita,
Deputy Governor of Economic Policy, Central Bank of Brazil
Offices of White & Case LLP
April 16
9a: Mário Mesquita
9b: Flávia Dezotti-Hallake, Daniel Duval and Luis Nobrega
9c: L uiz Romano Rocha, Eliana Pintor, Beatriz Rodrigues
and Nei Antonio Cristofolini
9d: The fully-packed seminar room
9e: Ken Stein and Stuart Levenberg
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Breakfast Seminar on Creditors’ Rights in Brazil after PEC 12
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.10b
.10c
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Offices of Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP
May 14
10a: Jorge Mercado, Flavio J.S. Brando, Waldemar Jezler,
José Virgílio Lopes Enei and Paulo Vieira da Cunha
10b: José Virgílio Lopes Enei, Beatriz Franco and
Melvina Lecaros
10c: Flavio J.S. Brando, Eduardo Gouvêa and Renata Jara
10d: Rafael V. Vicente de Carvalho, Fernando Szterling,
Patricia Nakahara and Marcello Hallake
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Breakfast Seminar on the Global Crisis and the Brazilian Real:
Strengths and Vulnerabilities
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Offices of The Bank of New York Mellon
May 5
11a: R ené Boettcher, Michael Woolfolk, Paulo Vieira da
Cunha and Daniel Tenengauzer
11b: Natalia Quesada and Sueli Bonaparte
11c: Karen Peetz, René Boettcher and Nuno da Silva
11d: Carolina Griggs and Marcelo Carvalho
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Breakfast Seminar on Clean Ethanol:
Growth Amidst Crisis
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Offices of K&L Gates
May 7
12a: M
arc Veilleux, Plinio Nastari, Sueli Bonaparte, Leonardo
Bichara Rocha, Francis Larkin and Alexandre Figliolino
12b: P linio Nastari, Bruce Wolfson, Marc Veilleux and
Howard L. Margulis
12c: J erry Owen, Eliana Pintor, Debbie Bobovnikova and
F. Guilherme Nastari
12d: Maurella van der Ree and Robert Murray
12e: Richard Garcia and George Tsagaris
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Luncheon with Ambassadors Osmar Chohfi and Guilherme Leite Ribeiro
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Racquet and Tennis Club
May 13
13a: C
elso V. Barison, Ambassador Guilherme Leite Ribeiro,
Sergio Millerman, Angelo A. Stabile, Lucio Pimenta and
Vicente J. Bonnard
13b. S ergio Millerman, Ricardo de Figueiredo Lima and
Angelo A. Stabile
13c: A mbassador Osmar Chohfi, Vicente J. Bonnard and
Ambassador Guilherme Leite Ribeiro
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Breakfast Seminar on The State of Trust in Brazil, the U.S. and Beyond
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Offices of Shearman & Sterling LLP
May 19, 2009
14a: Russel Dubner, Antonia Stolper and Francis Larkin
14b: Waldemar Jezler and Gail Becker
14c: Gaston Terrones-Dimant, Judith Flynn-Echeverria and
Sueli Bonaparte
14d: Paul Marx and Elzio Zebinato
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Col. Elias Martins Filho Takes Over the Brazilian Presidential Guard Batallion.
Director Lucio Pimenta Represented the Chamber in the Ceremony.
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January 23
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armen Vieira, Simoni Martins, Carlos Alberto Vieira,
Col. Elias Martins Filho, Maria Helena and
Lucio Pimenta
15b: C
ol. Elias Martins Filho hands over the Battalion’s Flag
to the outgoing commander, Col. José Eduardo Pereira
15c: C
armen Vieira, Carlos Alberto Vieira and
Col. Elias Martins Filho
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Upcoming Events Calendar 2009
July 15Breakfast Seminar on
“Brazil: Midyear Economic and
Investment Outlook”
Debevoise & Plimpton LLP
New York City
July 17Coffee with the
Chamber President
Brazilian-American Chamber of
Commerce, Inc.
New York City
July 30Meet the CEO of Embraer
Aircraft Holdings
Fulbright & Jaworski LLP
New York City
September 152009 Brazil
Real Estate Conference
White & Case LLP
New York City
October 15Brazil Alternative Energy
Conference
Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher
& Flom LLP
New York City
December 4
Annual Holiday Gala Dinner Dance
The New York Palace
New York City
September 8Reception: Independence Day
of Brazil
The Racquet & Tennis Club
New York City
If you are interested in sponsoring an event, contact the Chamber Executive Director Sueli Bonaparte
at [email protected] for additional information
For an updated calendar of upcoming events, visit the Chamber’s website at www.brazilcham.com
509 Madison Avenue, Suite 304, New York, NY 10022 • USA • Tel: (212) 751-4691 • Fax (212 751-7692 • [email protected] • www.brazilcham.com