Fernando Benjamin Bueno

Partner in Demarest's Corporate Investigations practice area, focused on International Trade and Government Relations practices, Fernando Benjamin Bueno concentrates his practice in representing industries in investigations of trade defense measures (antidumping, subsidies and safeguards). He is the current Director of the International Trade Committee at the Brazilian Institute for Competition, Consumer and International Trade Studies (IBRAC) and member of the International Trade Committee of the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC). Fernando holds a bachelor and post-graduate degree in Law from Universidade Presbiteriana Mackenzie and a specialization in the areas of International Trade and Government Relations through the “Mastering in Trade Policy” program at Harvard Kennedy School (USA) and Academy of WTO Law & Policy, from Georgetown's Institute of International Economic Law (USA). Fernando has also worked at the Brazilian Embassy in Washington (USA) and the Brazilian Mission at the WTO in Geneva (Switzerland). In addition to trade defense investigations, he also has experience in negotiations of free trade agreements, negotiations and disputes on barriers (technical, sanitary, among others) to international trade and other trade policy matters related to the World Trade Organization (WTO) and other international entities.