About
Alfredo Scaff Filho
Attorney, jurist, consultant, and professor, with a career that spans government, private practice, and public debate.
Profile
Bridging the public and private sectors.
Alfredo Scaff Filho is an attorney (registered with the OAB/SP, the São Paulo section of the Brazilian Bar Association, under number 169.548), jurist, and consultant whose career spans public law, institutional and government relations, arbitration, and strategic consulting. He earned his law degree at the Pontifical Catholic University of Campinas.
Before turning to institutional law practice, he served the state in positions of responsibility: judge on the Tax and Fees Court of the State of São Paulo, police chief, legal manager at CETESB (the state environmental agency), and adviser in the Deputy Secretariat of the governor’s Casa Civil, or chief of staff’s office. He chaired the land expropriation commission for the southern section of the Mário Covas Beltway and served as chief executive of the Municipal Development Agency of Campo Grande, in Mato Grosso do Sul.
He specialized in arbitration at PUC-SP and in negotiation and leadership at Harvard Law School, where he also took Negotiating International Business Deals. He taught for ten years at Universidade Paulista (administrative, constitutional, civil, and criminal procedure law) and for twelve years in the OAB/SP bar exam prep course. He has also taught at the Escola Superior de Advocacia and in the graduate program at FAAP.
Today he is president of the Independent Bar Movement and of Scaff Consulting, sits on the Superior Legal Council of Fecomercio-SP, serves as vice president of international relations at the São Paulo Commercial Association, and heads the International Desk at CEMAAC in Miami. He previously served as president of the Brazil America Council in Florida, which encourages dialogue between business and political leaders in Brazil and the United States.
He is a frequent guest on political and legal analysis programs, including Faroeste à Brasileira and Oeste Sem Filtro, from Revista Oeste, and Linha Direta com a Justiça, on Rádio Bandeirantes. He is the author of Bill 1123/2022, which proposes direct elections for the Federal Council of the OAB.
Education
- Bachelor of Laws (LL.B.)Pontifical Catholic University of Campinas
- Negotiation and LeadershipHarvard Law School, USA
- Negotiating International Business DealsHarvard Law School, USA
- ArbitrationPUC-SP
- Business EnglishNew England School of English, Boston
International
- Former presidentBrazil America Council (BAC), in Florida — dialogue between business and political leaders in Brazil and the US
- Head of International Desk and arbitratorCEMAAC — Miami, USA
Bills he has authored
- Bill 1123/2022
Direct elections for the OAB Federal Council, with every lawyer allowed to vote, including those behind on their dues.
- Bill 1513/2021
Would require a lawyer to help draft and sign the founding documents of condominiums.
Current roles
- PresidentIndependent Bar Movement (MAI)
- PresidentScaff Consulting — business and legal consulting
- Head of International Desk and arbitratorCEMAAC — Miami, USA
- Vice President, International RelationsSão Paulo Commercial Association (ACSP)
- Member of the Superior Legal Council; council memberFecomercio-SP
- Associate attorneyFCQ Advocacia
Public administration
- JudgeTax and Fees Court of the State of São Paulo — 2001 to 2005
- Chair, Land Expropriation CommissionMário Covas Beltway, South Section — DERSA
- Chief executive officerMunicipal Development Agency of Campo Grande, MS
- AdviserDeputy Secretariat of the Casa Civil (governor’s chief of staff office), State of São Paulo
- Legal managerCETESB (São Paulo State environmental agency)
- Police chiefDECAP — São Paulo State Department of Public Safety
- Chair, Standing Procurement CommitteeCDHU
Teaching
- University professor, for 10 yearsUniversidade Paulista (UNIP)
- Instructor, for 12 yearsOAB/SP bar exam prep course
- Professor of Possessory LawEscola Superior de Advocacia (ESA)
- Graduate-level professor“Gerente de Cidades” (City Manager) course — FAAP
Brazilian Bar Association (OAB)
- FounderThe “OAB Pra Você” movement
- Candidate for president of OAB-SP2021, about 10,000 votes; 2024, about 16,000 votes
- Full memberInstitutional Relations Commission, OAB-SP
- Vice chairPress Law Study Commission, OAB-SP
Invitations and press
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