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LEONARDO FREITAS
Leonardo Freitas is the founder and Managing Business Partner at HAYMAN-WOODWARD, a holding group of a variety of companies, including business development and consulting, immigration services, Family office services, Tax advisory,  banking and wealth management, aviation, foodservice and others. The group operates in many industry segments and have offices around the world, including offices in the United States, Asia, Europe and Latin America.

Mr. Freitas is an entrepreneur with over twenty-five years of experience in government relations, international trade and business development in the United States, as well as emerging markets, with a focus on Latin America and Asia.

He served as senior business development executive for companies such as Philips Electronics, Tandberg, AT&T and Cisco Systems

Leonardo became a certified trainer in the Facial Action Coding System (FACS)a technique developed by psychiatrist and behavioral scientist[Dr. Paul Ekman. He furthered his studies in Behavioral Sciences at the University of Melbourne. Mr. Freitas ability to identify and interpret body language, have been used to assist Latin American organizations and companies in the increasingly important area of manpower profiling and at several local and federal law enforcement agencies.

He attended the Berklee College of Music (Boston – USA), majoring in Music Production and Sound Engineering, and did an internship at Polygram Records (now Universal Music) as a post- production studio manager.

In 1996 Mr. Freitas founded TradeSmart, which has later developed into the HAYMAN-WOODWARD group of companies.

Mr. Freitas is not a licensed attorney, but a non-attorney professional in the areas of immigration, taxation and business consulting.

COMPANIES OF THE HOLDING GROUP:

HAYMAN-WOODWARD CORP Holding Group

HAYMAN-WOODWARD PLLC Law Firm (D.C. based)

HAYMAN-WOODWARD Aviation

HAYMAN-WOODWARD Family Office and Wealth Management

HAYMAN-WOODWARD Bank USA

Banco HAYMAN-WOODWARD BR

HAYMAN-WOODWARD Villas

HAYMAN-WOODWARD Accounting Services

NOT YOUR TYPICAL COMPANY Talent Agency

HIGHSTONE CONSTRUCTION Company

FAMOUS BRIGADEIRO Company

AMERICAN TOP TEAM Coral Gables