Paula Figueiredo

Founder of Figueiredo.law, specialized in Advisory Business Law, with over 15 years of practice; Co-founder of Modacad, a B2B startup for clothing producers (inside view of entrepreneurship). Founder and President of the Committee on Law for Startups, Brazilian Bar Association, Minas Gerais Section: organizer of several events on Law and Technology, Law for Startups, Legal Practicing and New Technologies and more, including Global Legal Hackathon for the second time (and assisting Brazilian host cities with Clara Radicetti from AB2L) – andGrowl Leader for Brazil in 2019. Drafting, proposing and negotiation of bills to address technological issues and innovation and technology support and enhancement before our Municipality (Belo Horizonte), State (Minas Gerais) and Municipalities on our state and others; Ambassador of World Legal Summit, Latin America; Co-founder of Centro DTIBR, a non-profit association formed by law professionals, Law Professors and graduates for higher studies and research on Law and Technology. Lecturer. Teacher* at the first long-term post-graduation course in Belo Horizonte on Law and Technology. Invited teacher at the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro State, Law School. Founder and teacher of free courses (Lawyers roles and near tendencies) and incompany courses (innovation sprints and internal process design with agile methodologies and lawtech tools). Mentor and Judge in several acceleration programs, such as Founder Institute. She’s Tech, Women in Blockchain, Elas in Tech participant, alongside with more initiatives to enhance participation of women in technology and gender balance in entrepreneurship.