Rodolfo de Lima Gropen
- Attorney-at-law, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais , graduate student at Universidade Mackenzie and Pontifícia Universidade Católica – São Paulo ;
- Specialist in Tax Law, with intense activity in Belo Horizonte, São Paulo, Rio de Janeiro and Brasília courts;
- Professor of Tax Law in graduate courses at Pontifícia Universidade Católica de Minas Gerais ;
- Professor of Tax Law at the Escola Superior de Advocacia da Ordem dos Advogados do Brasil since 1998;
- He was Coordinator of Escola Superior de Advocacia da OAB/MG ;
- Partner, founder and former Secretary Director of Associação Brasileira de Direito Tributário – ABDT ;
- Partner and founder, together with Professor Mangabeira Unger (Harvard University), of the Instituto Desenvolvimento com Justiça – IDJ , an institution aimed at the elaboration of alternatives for Brazil;
- Member of the Editorial Board of Revista da Associação Brasileira de Direito Tributári oand member of the Editorial Board of Revista Internacional de Direito Tributário ;
- Consultant to the Instituto de Pesquisa Econômica Aplicada – IPEA , linked to the Presidential Office’s Secretaria de Assuntos Estratégicos ;
- Executive Director of the Instituto de Justiça Tributária , headquartered in Rio de Janeiro;
- Member of the Conselho de Desenvolvimento Econômico e Social do Estado de Minas Gerais ;
- Co-author of the Tax Reform Bill presented by former presidency candidate Ciro Gomes (2002 presidential elections).
- Mr. Gropen published several papers on tax matters that appeared in books and specialized magazines.
- He won many prizes, including the Inconfidência Medal , the Santos Dumont Medal, the Presidente Juscelino Kubitschek Medal and the Mérito Legislativo Especial da Assembléia Legislativa do Estado de Minas Gerais medal.