About
Ruy Andrade is a lawyer and partner at Ruy Andrade Advocacia Empresarial specializing in business law, corporate law, and contracts, with particular focus on the oil and gas, healthcare, and retail sectors. He serves as a board member at Petrobahia and teaches corporate law at Faculdade Baiana de Direito, where he coordinates the LLM program in business law, as well as courses in negotiation, mediation, and arbitration at other institutions. Andrade holds a master's degree in business law from FGV and has completed specialized training in negotiation, corporate governance, mergers and acquisitions, and business management from Harvard, the London School of Economics, Northwestern University, and Fundação Dom Cabral.
Experience
- Ruy Andrade Advocacia EmpresarialAdvogado/Lawyercurrent2014 — presentGreater Salvador
- Instituto de Arbitragem da BahiaFounding Membercurrent2020 — present
- Faculdade Baiana de DireitoCorporate Law Professorcurrent2012 — presentGreater Salvador
- Faculdade Baiana de DireitoCorporate Law Professorcurrent2012 — presentSalvador, Bahia, Brazil
- Faculdade Baiana de DireitoCoordinator of the LLM in Business Law2019 — 2023Greater Salvador
- OAB BahiaMember of the Arbitration Comitteecurrent2019 — presentSalvador, Bahia
- Petrobahia S.A.Member at Board of Directorscurrent2017 — presentGreater Salvador
- OAB/BAChairman of the Entrepreneurship and Startup Law Committee2022 — 2024Salvador, Bahia, Brazil
- UNIFACS/Laureate International UniversitiesNegotiation, Mediation and Arbitration Professor2013 — 2022Salvador/BA
- ESAD - Escola Superior de Advocacia Orlando Gomes (OAB/BA)Law Professor2012 — 2022
- Sindicombustíveis - Gas Stations UnionLegal Director2014 — 2018Bahia
- OAB/BA - Ordem dos Advogados do Brasil, Seccional Bahia (Bahia BAR Association)Mediation, Conciliation and Arbitration Comitee Member2013 — 2016Bahia, Brasil
- Adonias Advocacia e Consultoria Jurídica (Law Firm)Lawyer Trainee2007 — 2009
- Squaw Valley Ski ResortCostumer Service2007 — 2008
- Postos Gameleira (Gas Stations)Management Supervisor2005 — 2006
Education
- IBGC - Instituto Brasileiro de Governança CorporativaBoard Members Programme2023 — 2033
- Tondo Consultoria e EducaçãoConsultant Training, Family Business2020
- FGV - Fundação Getulio VargasMaster's degree, Business Law2017 — 2020
- Northwestern UniversityMergers and Acquisitions2017
- The London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE)Corporate Law and Corporate Governance2016
- FGV - Fundação Getulio VargasMaster (Not Concluded), Law2010 — 2012
- Harvard Law SchoolNegotiation2010
- Harvard Law SchoolNegotiation2010
- High Potential TrainingExecutive Experience2009
- Faculdade Ruy BarbosaB.L./J.D., Law2005 — 2009
Skills & more
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TeachingMediationArbitrationInternational LawAdministrative LawConsumer LawLegal AdviceTax LawLegal ResearchLegal AssistanceAttorneysLanguages English
- Certificação para Conselheiro de Administração Experiente (CCA Experiente IBGC) — IBGC - Instituto Brasileiro de Governança Corporativa
- CCA+ | Conselheiro de Administração Experiente — IBGC - Instituto Brasileiro de Governança Corporativa
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