Lawyer, Mediator and Consultant specialized in Strategic Management of Legal and Governance, as well as in Alternative Dispute Resolution, he has a solid professional experience of more than 20 years, with a wide professional and executive career in prestigious multinationals operating in Latin America, reaching positions from Trainee to Legal & Compliance Director, Vice-President, President and Board Member
Walter was one of the pioneers in Brazil on the study of Mediation and other alternative dispute resolution methods (and Conflict Management), since his post-graduate course in California (EUA, 2000), when he was qualified as a Mediator, Arbitrator and Negotiator, as well as his Masters degree in Oxford (England, 2003/4), when his dissertation was a precursor of the need of a holistic and multidisciplinar approach of the alternative conflict resolution methods to effectively resolve national and international disputes
He has led important corporate governance and integrity works and turnarounds in many organizations, implementing regional Ethics and Compliance programs, supervising and performing international investigations, becoming a reference about these topics in Latin America, particularly in Fighting Corporate Corruption in Brazil
Walter was recognized as the General Counsel of the Year in Latin America and one of the top 5 General Counsel of the world, by Latin America Counsel Awards and Global Counsel Awards from the Association of Corporate Counsel and International Law Office
Co-founder and CEO of EVOLVERS – Governance and Integrity
Co-founder and Partner of Olivetti & Regina – Attorneys at Law
Co-founder and Board Member of the Brazilian Association of Law and Management (ABDA)
Board Advisor of Transborder Integrity Initiative
Board Member of many organizations, family businesses, startups, third sector and social impact organizations
Postgraduate Professor of Compliance and Governance at Fundação Getulio Vargas FGV, since 2016
Postgraduate Professor of Governance and Compliance Economic Analysis at UNICAMP, since 2017
Postgraduate Professor of Corporate Governance at Instituto New Law, since 2019
Postgraduate Professor of Law, Economics and Business at CEU Law School, from 2004 to 2018
Graduated in Law and Social Sciences at PUC-Campinas
Master (with Merit) in International Law by OXFORD Brookes University
Postgraduate programs in:
Conflict Management by University of California Riverside UCR
International Conflict Resolution by United Nations
Organizational Leadership by Northwestern University’s KELLOG School of Management
Design Thinking for Leadership by Massachussets Institute of Technology MIT
Strategic Management and Entrepreneurship by WHARTON, MIT and HARVARD