Lawyer Ordélio Azevedo Sette (OAB/BH 13,726 and SP 138,485), founding partner of Azevedo Sette Advogados, ed away this Monday, May 12, at the age of 84. He was one of the co-founders of CESA - Center for Studies of Law Firms and served as an external consultant to the UN (United Nations), he was also President of the International Chamber of Commerce of Brazil (CIC-BR) and Member of the Advisory Board of the Council of the Americas, headquartered in Washington, DC, and CONSEA – Higher Council for Advanced Studies of FIESP – Federation of Industries of São Paulo, and BIAC – Business Industries Advisory Council of the OECD – Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, headquartered in Paris, . 3a3e1i
In 2023, Ordélio was honored as Life Achievement of the Year by Latin Lawyer, a special award that recognizes only one lawyer in Latin America annually, and uses as criteria the analysis of the senior professionals life history and his relevant contributions to the legal scene, throughout his many years of practice, ing a select list of 8 other lawyers who received the award in previous years, all with remarkable histories and considered references in the legal market.
Ordélio had a degree in Law (Class of 1966) and a PhD in Public and Constitutional Law from the University of Brasília with a Specialization in International Negotiation from the OAS – Organization of American States and in International and Comparative Law from Cornell University, USA (LL.M.). Lawyer with over 50 years of experience in providing legal advice to clients in complex international and commercial negotiations, mergers and acquisitions transactions, t ventures, financing, projects, governance, compliance, and fraud prevention in companies.
The partner founded Azevedo Sette alone in 1967, in a small room in Belo Horizonte, having worked tirelessly in the sustained growth of the firm which today, with 57 years of history, is a national and international reference in the area of Business Law, composed of more than 500 and with its own offices in Belo Horizonte, São Paulo, Brasília, Recife, and Rio de Janeiro.