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Carlos Hawker

Business Developer

Presentation & Professional Experience

Carlos Hawker is a Business Development Director at Leaf, Ferreira, de Araujo, LLC focusing on building new business opportunities, managing the firm’s consulting and private client services practice, as well as providing high-touch relationship management to the firm’s institutional clients.

Previously Mr. Hawker was the Managing Director of LCR, responsible for leading business development and institutional channel development in the real estate alternative investments space and EB-5.

Before joining LCR, Mr. Hawker served as an SVP and Executive Director of HSBC’s Commercial Bank in Latin America, being responsible for advising the Commercial Bank’s leadership in Latin America on regulatory, compliance, and risk-related matters, as well as being also a Senior Member of BlackRock’s Americas Corporate Operations team, leading regulatory initiatives and business development within the Americas and Iberia.

Before joining BlackRock, Mr. Hawker served as an Associate Director at World Monitors Inc. in New York (affiliated with Wiggin and Dana LLP Law Firm), advising financial institutions and multinational corporations on risk prevention strategies and responsible business practices in the Americas.

In addition to Mr. Hawker’s background as an executive in financial services and consulting, Mr. Hawker also possesses several years of private law firm experience both as Senior Off Counsel and Partner focusing on corporate and securities law, as well as human rights.

Lastly, Mr. Hawker is the Chairman and Immediate Past President of the British American Business Council in Florida and a Member of the Dean’s Planning Council and Advisory Board in Compliance at Fordham University School of Law.

Academic Education & Specializations

  • Harvard Law School | Program on Negotiation and Leadership | Certificate, 2013
  • Fordham University School of Law | Master of Laws in Banking, Corporate and Finance | LL.M., 2008
  • Universidade Candido Mendes | Law Degree LL.B. 1999 and Master of Laws in Corporate and Tax Law | LL.M, 2005

Professional Accomplishments & Memberships

  • Bar Admissions: Brazil (Rio de Janeiro)