Cristiane Matos
Senior Vice President - Liquidations and Fiduciary Services, BVI
Areas of Expertise
Cristiane is acting as liquidator and providing fiduciary services to a range of BVI entities, including private companies, limited partnerships, funds and trusts, to ensure they will be handled in accordance with local regulations and guidelines. She has authored articles about BVI trusts and participated in numerous industry events and panels representing the jurisdiction and addressing a variety of topics related to BVI structures and best governance practices.
Cristiane is a qualified Brazilian lawyer with 20 years of experience. She has worked as Head and Senior Manager at the BVI offices of large financial services providers, focusing mostly on directorship and trusteeship to offshore structures. Her work was often of a multi-jurisdictional scope and involved developing new lines of business across her previous firm’s Latin American practice. Prior to this, she worked as a consulting and litigation lawyer across an array of practice areas in Brazil, including intellectual property, unfair competition, civil and criminal law.
Member of the Society of Trust and Estate Practitioners
Member of the Brazilian Bar Association of the State of Sao Paulo
Education
University of Londrina, Brazil, Bachelor of Laws, 1999
Fundacao Getulio Vargas – FGV / GVLaw, Brazil, Post-graduation in Intellectual Property, 2008
The Chartered Governance Institute, Offshore Business Environment Module, 2009
The Society of Trust and Estate Practitioners, Diploma in Trustee Investment and Financial Appraisal, 2014
The Society of Trust and Estate Practitioners, Certificate in Foundations, 2019
The Society of Trust and Estate Practitioners, Diploma in Trustee Accounting and Administration
The Society of Trust and Estate Practitioners, Diploma in Trust Creation: Law and Practice
The Society of Trust and Estate Practitioners, Diploma in Company Law and Practice
The Society of Trust and Estate Practitioners, Foundation Certificate in International Trust Management
Languages
Portuguese
Spanish