Sejana Crosara is the founder of Crosara Law and a licensed lawyer in the states of Florida, Massachusetts and New York, in the United States of America. She has experience in civil law jurisdictions, especially in Brazil, in tax law, contract law, insurance, consumer rights and protection, labor law, complex labor disputes, and negotiation of collective bargaining  agreements. She has extensive experience in investment structuring and Due Diligence. Her experience in contract law includes dealing with multinational companies and financial institutions.

Sejana graduated in Law from the University of Miami, having received the Juris Doctor degree (2017-2019) and the LLM - Latin Legum Magister degree in International Law (2018), with honors. She received the Cali Award, Excellence for the Future Award in the Study of Unions and Bargaining Collective Agreements (2018), premium awarded to the highest-ranking student in each law school class. Sejana's experience as Business Director of a Vehicle Dealership Group in the State of Goiás, Brazil, involves negotiations with major European car manufacturers, including FIAT, Volvo and Peugeot.

She is a former senior in-house attorney with over 13 years of experience practicing transactional law, labor disputes and complex collective  bargaining agreements. She led a team of lawyers and law interns for a firm of more than 450 employees. Negotiating was part of her everyday life.

In addition to her experience as a lawyer, Sejana Crosara is also a business administrator. She completed her master’s degree in Business Management at Fundação Getúlio Vargas (2002) and a Bachelor's Degree in Business Administration at the Pontificia Universidade Católica de Goiás (1991). Her entrepreneurial mindset combined with her experience on both sides of a transaction, as a lawyer and as a business manager, were important in a multitude of complex negotiation processes.

One of Sejana's main focuses as the Company's Administrative and Business Director was an organizational development program. This program was critical for the company to achieve greater effectiveness, improve leadership, and develop the company's intelligence strength. Sejana led a series of projects that resulted in her winning the award and certification by Best Place to Work (2012). She instituted a Corporate University Program that helped the organization fulfill its mission of training professionals and retaining talent. Sejana also implemented social responsibility policies and guidelines in the company, seeking the well-being of society, associated with the growth of the organization itself.

LICENSES

New York 2022
Florida Bar, 2020
Massachusetts Bar, 2021
Brazilian Bar Association Goiás Section, 1998

EDUCATION
Juris Doctor, University of Miami School of Law, 2019
LLM in International Law, University of Miami School of Law, 2018
MBA in Business Management, 2002
LLB, Pontifical Catholic University of Goiás, 1998
Bachelor's in Business Administration, 1991


ASSOCIATIONS 

ABA – American Bar Association, member
AILA - American Immigration Lawyers Association, member
Florida Bar, member
Massachusetts Bar, member
Brazilian Bar Association, member
Regional Administration Council - Goiás Section, member

AWARDS

Cali Award, Excellence for Future Award in the study of Union Organizations and Collective Bargaining (2018)
Best Place to Work (2012)

LANGUAGES

Native Portuguese
Fluent English
Spanish, professional
italian, intermediate
French, beginner