Gustavo Morais is Partner at Dannemann Siemsen since 1999 and member of the executive committee of the firm, Gustavo is an electrical engineer and attorney, with specialisation in Intellectual Property at the Franklin Pierce Law Center (USA).

He is a professor on the Lato Sensu Postgraduate Program at the Getulio Vargas Foundation (FGV) and at the Superior School of Law (ESA) at Brazilian Bar Association (OAB/SP). He has extensive experience in litigation, intellectual property negotiations, patents, industrial designs, technology transfer, trademarks, access to genetic resources, regulatory and life sciences issues in general. He has a diversified international practice, representing a number of global companies. He serves clients from diverse industries including pharmaceuticals, pesticides, automotive, biotechnology, chemical and petrochemical, electronics and technology, food, beverage and tobacco, among others.

Gustavo Morais constantly participates in events on life sciences and technology industries, either as a speaker or moderator and is co-author of the books: - Industrial Secrets versus Access to Information Law: a Contradiction? (2014) - Intellectual Property and the Internet: a Global Guide to Protecting Intellectual Property Online (2014) -
ANDA Litigation: Strategies and Tactics for Pharmaceutical Patent Litigators - Chapter 18 - Pharmaceutical Regulation and Litigation in Foreign Countries (2012).

He has been cited among the most admired professionals in Law since the first edition of the “Análise Advocacia 500” guide. In Chambers and Partners, Global and Latin America editions, he has been classified from 2009 to date. He has been also cited by the Latin American Corporate Counsel Association - LACCA in 2014 and 2016, received the ILO - Client Choice Awards in 2011 and 2012 and also has been cited by Latin Lawyer in the 2009, 2010, 2011 and 2013.