Caio Pádua

Legal Manager & Legal Ops Lead at Kuehne+Nagel

São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil

About

Dynamic corporate counsel with +10 years driving legal and business success across logistics, supply chain, consumer goods, and e-commerce industries. Proven track record as in-house counsel and at top-tier law firms. Versatile Legal Expertise: Demonstrated success in contracts and commercial transactions, dispute resolution, real estate, insurance, environmental law, and regulatory compliance, consistently achieving favorable outcomes for high-stakes initiatives. Innovation & Efficiency Leader: Passionate about leveraging technology to optimize legal processes, streamline operations, and enhance departmental efficiency Strategic Business Partner: Combines deep legal acumen with a business-oriented mindset, fostering growth and mitigating risks in fast-paced environments.

Experience

  • Kuehne+Nagel (São Paulo, Brazil)
    • Legal Manager & Legal Operations Lead - Brazil
      Feb 2026 - Present · 6 mos

    • Legal Manager
      Jan 2022 - Mar 2026 · 4 yrs 3 mos

      Business partner for Contract Logistics Business Unit - warehousing/fulfillment centers operations, road transport/field distribution/domestic air freight and Procurement. Responsible for driving Innovation & Tech initiatives in legal dept. Contracts, legal operations, corporate and dispute resolution (court and administrative proceedings, arbitration) environmental, real estate, regulatory, antitrust and insurance.

  • Legal Manager at KPMG Brasil
    Jun 2021 - Jan 2022 · 8 mos

    Contracts Legal Manager at KPMG’s in-house legal (OGC) - Business partner for Audit/Assurance, Tax and Advisory engagement teams. Key roles: - Contracting processes management; - Consultancy to Audit/Assurance, Tax and Advisory engagement teams; - Negotiation of strategic agreements with local and international clients.

  • Unilever (2 yrs 11 mos)
    • Legal Manager - Supply Chain
      Apr 2019 - Jun 2021 · 2 yrs 3 mos

      Legal business partner for Supply Chain & Procurement, Finance, IT, Real Estate, Factories and Distribution Centres. Consultancy / Dispute resolution. Key roles: • Legal contract management and contracting processes; • Major Supply Chain projects and contracts (CAPEX, Logistics, IT, Renewable Energy and Sustainability), being legal business partner for the largest CAPEX projects in Latin America in 2019, 2020 and 2021. • Renewable energy, sustainability and circular economy / reverse logistics projects; • Environmental • Real Estate

    • Legal Counsel (Secondee) - Corporate & Transactions
      Aug 2018 - Apr 2019 · 9 mos

  • Associate at CMT - Carvalho, Machado e Timm Advogados
    Aug 2018 - Apr 2019 · 9 mos

  • Associate at Grebler Advogados
    Feb 2017 - Jul 2018 · 1 yr 6 mos

    Dispute Resolution/Arbitration; Corporate Law, Contracts.