João Henrique De Matteis

• Legal partner (Legal Business Partner) for the Marketing areas (market access, CRM, loyalty/loyalty programs, marketing communication/branding, advertising materials, commercial regulations/promotions, events/travels, sponsorships, business intelligence), Commercial (distribution, supply, purchase and sale, agreements and various negotiations, NDAs and MOUs), Commercial Operations (purchase orders, billing, SAC), Assets (national/international supply of products/active ingredients for the composition of the portfolio), Syngenta Digital (software, digital agriculture) and Biologicals (biocontrol, biostimulants and inoculants) and Business Development (strategic partnerships at local and global level for the development of new businesses); • Responsible for drafting, negotiating and managing the main commercial and market access contracts with customers, suppliers and partners (distribution, supply, licensing and commercial agreements), as well as the company's main commercial campaigns and promotions (regulations, policies and the like); • Acting as project leader for the implementation of the OneTrust tool (the most used technological platform worldwide for privacy programs) in Syngenta's Brazilian territory, a global project that seeks to improve the governance and operationalization of the requirements of the General Data Protection Law (LGPD), managing the entire lifecycle of personal data processing, from collection to termination and deletion; • Manager of a team of lawyers and interns.

• Responsible for the contractual management of the Brazilian Territory, focusing on the constant search for improvements, process simplification, risk and legal exposure reduction of the company, control and report of established KPIs and SLAs, as well as contracts system maintenance and trainings related to the company’s Contract Policy; • PMO responsible for implementing the contract electronic signature process for the Latin America region, with a robust and multi-language internal communication plan; • PMO responsible for the migration and implementation of a multi-language contract management software in Brazil, LAS (Latin America South) and LAN (Latin America North) Territories in 2019 (Elaw software), workflow design and approval levels, creation, formatting and standardization of contractual templates, as well as training of approximately 400 (four hundred) end-users located in different countries across the region; • Experience in the management of civil, criminal and environmental litigation cases - receipt of citations, referral to external law firms, negotiation of fee proposals, definition of case’s defense strategies, review and approval of the documents, management of outside counsels, provisioning and management of lawsuits portfolio with the submission of quarterly reports for litigation managers and for the headquarters in Portuguese/English.

• Experience in supporting Production & Supply areas (engineering, machinery, maintenance, field production – soybean and corn, tolling, logistics, warehousing), Research & Development (field trials – crop products and OGM, partnerships), marketing (go to market, CRM, loyalty programs, market communication/branding, publicity agencies/offices, travels and fairs, sponsorships), commercial (distribution, supply, purchases, commercial deals and settlements, NDAs and MOUs), commercial operations (legal support for call center), CREFM (Corporate, Real Estate, Facilities and Fleet Management) and Procurement (Direct and Indirect purchases); • Delivered the implementation of a contract management software in Brazil territory on 2014 (Thomson Reuters software), workflow design and approval levels, creation of standard contractual templates, end-user training (around 200 users were trained) and update of the company's Contract Policy; • Highly experienced in drafting, review and negotiation of national and international contracts; • Internal legal advices; • Interaction with internal clients, suppliers and external lawyers; • Jurisprudential, legal and doctrinal research; • Management of administrative proceedings, infringement notices and police inquiries; • Reply to letters and notifications sent by public and private entities; • Collaboration in Compliance and due diligence programs.

• Jurisprudential, legal and doctrinal research; Lawsuits proceedings follow-up; Lawsuits publication and deadline’s check; Draft of lawsuits documents.

• Jurisprudential, legal and doctrinal research; Lawsuits and administrative proceedings follow-up; Participation in audiences and meetings; Contracts drafting.

Pós-Graduado em Direito dos Contratos pela Fundação Getúlio Vargas - FGV SP (Início: 2017 / Conclusão: 2019)