Antonio Penteado Mendonça, main partner of the law office Penteado Mendonça e Char Advocacia, is an attorney graduated by USP (University of São Paulo), with specialization in environmental law by DSE, in Germany, and in insurance by FGV – Fundação Getúlio Vargas, in São Paulo.

He is lecturer of FGV and of FIA-FEA-USP, speaker, chronicler, writer – with several books, more than 6.000 chronics and over 2.000 articles about insurance and reinsurance published in the general and in the specialized press -, and has daily programs on Rádio Eldorado and on Band News TV.

He is also General Secretary and former President of the Academia Paulista de Letras (Literature Academy of São Paulo), Member of the Board of AIDA/Brasil – Association Internationale des Droit des Assurances, Vice-President of the Council of the Academia Nacional de Seguros e Previdência (National Academy of Insurances and Pension Funds), Member of the Board and Legal Director of ABGR (Brazilian Risk Management Association), Director of CCESP (Trade Center of São Paulo State), Member of the Mediation and Arbitration Chambers of FIESP (Industries Federation of São Paulo State), of FCESP (Trade Center of São Paulo State) and of IASP [Lawyers Institut of São Paulo].

And in the third sector (social) he is Provedor (President) of the Santa Casa de Misericórdia de São Paulo (biggest charity hospital of Brazil) and former vice President of the board of CIEE (Integration Center of Company and School).