Covington Expands Brazil Policy Capabilities with Diego Bonomo

Covington Expands Brazil Policy Capabilities with Diego Bonomo

March 13, 2023

LONDON—Diego Bonomo has joined Covington’s Public Policy Practice as a Senior Advisor in London.

Diego, a non-lawyer, has more than 20 years of Brazil regulatory, trade, and foreign affairs experience at leading business associations, think tanks, companies, and academic institutions. Diego also served in the Brazilian federal government.

Before joining the firm, Diego was Team Leader of the Brazil Trade Facilitation Program at Palladium and Executive Manager for International Affairs at Brazil’s National Confederation of Industry (Confederação Nacional da Indústria, CNI). Diego also previously served as Senior Director of the International Division at the U.S. Chamber of Commerce; Senior Director for Policy of the Brazil-U.S. Business Council; Executive Director of the Brazil Industries Coalition (BIC), the leading Brazilian business coalition in the United States; and General Coordinator of Foreign and Trade Affairs at the Federation of Industries of the State of São Paulo (Federação das Indústrias do Estado de São Paulo, FIESP). He also served in the Office of the President of Brazil as advisor to the Minister of Long-Term Planning.

“Diego has a stellar reputation navigating the always-dynamic Brazilian regulatory, political, and economic landscape and will be an important addition to Covington’s burgeoning roster of public policy advisors,” said Sebastian Vos, co-chair of Covington’s Public Policy Practice. “As the new Lula administration looks to implement its agenda, Diego’s knowledge of the inner-workings of Brazil’s government and policymaking will benefit our clients, both based in the United States and internationally, who are closely tracking the evolution of the new government and the country’s economy.”

Diego added, “I look forward to working alongside government and public policy lawyers and advisors who are internationally well known and have effectively and successfully counseled businesses on the best way forward in ever-changing geo-political conditions. I am confident that my experience will complement Covington’s already robust public policy capabilities.”

Diego holds a bachelor’s and master’s degree in international relations from the Pontifical Catholic University of São Paulo.

Covington’s Latin American Public Policy group offers strategic advice, advocacy, and risk assessment services to clients with investments and operations in Latin America.