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Alexandre Dalmasso

Partner

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Alex Dalmasso is a Partner at Licks Attorneys and serves as one of our leaders at our Sao Paulo office. As the head of our Compliance team, Mr. Dalmasso collaborates with other practice areas on legal issues impacting corporations in Brazil. Before joining the firm, he gained experience in legal and compliance and has over 25 years of experience in the pharmaceutical industry with international companies such as GlaxoSmithKline, Bristol-Myers Squibb, Astellas, and Biogen.

During his career, Mr. Dalmasso has been involved in significant endeavors, including two mergers, the sale of 21 products, several distribution and license agreements, negotiating with the Brazilian government the sale of the Farmanguinhos website, and the establishment of a robust compliance culture. Under the supervision of an American judge within a deferred prosecution agreement, he successfully implemented a wide range of compliance tools. He has also engaged in discussions regarding Productive Development Partnerships (PDP), implementation of a global compliance culture, compliance investigations and forensics covering a wide variety of non-compliant actions such as corruption, fraud, conflicts of interests and harassment, risk assessments, compliance monitoring, compliance handbook for emerging markets, data protection (LGPD) compliance project and enhancement of a new brand of ethics and compliance department.

Furthermore, in recognition of his expertise and contributions, Mr. Dalmasso was elected as one of the most admired compliance officers in Brazil in 2018 according to a survey conducted by LEC (Legal, Ethics & Compliance Community). He serves as an adjunct professor, imparting his knowledge of Compliance and Legal Basis in Healthcare at ESPM in Sao Paulo-SP, as well as teaching Compliance at IBS/FGV in Belo Horizonte-MG. Additionally, Mr. Dalmasso has been a distinguished speaker at over 50 legal and life sciences Continuing Legal Education (CLE) seminars and programs.

+ Languages
  • Portuguese
  • English
  • French
  • Spanish
  • Italian
+ Practice Areas
  • Compliance
  • Criminal & Compliance
  • Counseling and Transactional
  • Contracts
  • Life Sciences
  • Food & Drug Law
  • Regulatory Law
  • Government Contracts & Public Procurements
  • Criminal Law
  • Antitrust
+ Representative Cases
  • Two complex mergers, in which a toll manufacturing agreement had to be made by and between the parties, considering that one of the parties had a joint venture with another company and the main plant was under construction; and the second one including four different legal entities, with relevant labour, tax and environmental issues to be solved, divestment of 21 products, a wide number of license, distribution and subdistribution agreements, a recurrent number of regulatory issues under consultation, transfer of technology and PDPs negotiations with different authorities and additional administrative and legal measures to guarantee to mitigate risks;
  • Solid performance to implement a Compliance culture in the Brazilian affiliate of a company under a deferred prosecution agreement;
  • Creation of a compliance program in a start-up company in Brazil, covering a set of key policies and procedures, training and communications schedules, anticorruption programs, compliance monitoring, risk assessment design and implementation, compliance investigations, due diligence of third party representatives, data privacy mapping and transparency system implementation.
+ Professional Highlights
  • Leaders League – Data Protection (2024, 2023, 2022, 2021);
  • Análise Advocacia – Most Admired – Pharmaceutical (2019);
  • Análise Advocacia – Most Admired – Compliance (2019);
  • Análise Advocacia 500 - ‘most admired’, Brazil (2019);
+ Representative Experience
+ Affiliations
  • Admitted to the Brazilian Bar Association – Rio de Janeiro
+ Education
  • Latam Compliance Certification, Seton Hall, Buenos Aires (2017);
  • Specialization in Labor Law, Robortella Course, Sao Paulo (2008);
  • Specialization in Constitutional Law, Law Updating and Study Center, Rio de Janeiro (2004);
  • Specialization in Politics & Strategy, Graduated Association of War Superior School, Rio de Janeiro (2001);
  • M.B.A. in Entrepreneurial Law, Getulio Vargas Foundation, Rio de Janeiro (1997);
  • Specialization in Constitutional Law, Salgado de Oliveira University, Niteroi (1994);
  • Accountability (5th semester), Fluminense Federal University, Niteroi (1993);
  • Law Graduate Program, Fluminense Federal University, Niteroi (1990);
  • Diplomatic Career Preparation, Arnaldo Rigueira Course, Rio de Janeiro (1986).
+ Publications
+ Speaking Engagements and Others
+ Articles