Nelson Slosbergas was born on March 27, 1958, in São Paulo, Brazil. São Paulo is the largest city in Brazil and a leading center of commerce and finance.
He lists Spanish and Portuguese among his languages, and his profile also indicates English proficiency. His legal education took place in Florida, where he later practiced law after being admitted to the Florida bar in 1983.
Slosbergas studied at the University of Florida in Gainesville, where he received a Bachelor of Arts with Honors in 1980. Founded in 1853, the university became the state's flagship public institution and a land-grant university.
He then attended the University of Miami School of Law in Coral Gables, receiving a Juris Doctor cum laude in 1983. Founded in 1925, the University of Miami is a private research university. During 1982 and 1983 he served as special features editor of the Lawyer of the Americas, International Law Review, an international law journal published in connection with his legal studies.
He later pursued a Master of Laws in taxation at the University of Miami, the program he was completing in its final semester according to his firm biography.
Slosbergas has been a partner of Noronha Advogados, a law firm founded in 1978 with a tradition in international law. The firm has its head office in São Paulo and has also established offices in Argentina, China, Portugal, the United Kingdom and the United States.
He practices in Miami as a member of Nelson Slosbergas, P.A., which presents itself as an international firm dedicated to real estate, corporate and tax practice. He also works as a partner of Weiss Serota Helfman Cole + Bierman, P.L., a full-service Florida law firm that describes itself as having four offices in the state. His firm biography describes more than 40 years of experience in real estate, corporate, tax, transactional work, contracts and corporate services.
He is credited as the author of Doing Business in the United States, associated with the Florida Review during 1987 and 1988.
Slosbergas belongs to legal associations in Florida, the United States and the international business community. The Florida Bar is the official bar association for lawyers practicing in Florida, and its International Law Section focuses on cross-border legal practice. He chaired the section's Committee for Foreign Legal Consultancy Rule from 1989 to 1992.
The American Bar Association is the national voluntary professional association of American lawyers. FIABCI, the International Real Estate Federation, brings together real estate professionals across many countries, and he served as secretary of its Miami branch in 1989 and 1990.
The Brazilian-American Chamber of Commerce promotes business exchange between Brazil and the United States. He served as its president in 1990 and as a director of its advisory council from 1989.
The Florida Bar , United States
1983 - present
American Bar Association , United States
Chairman of the Committee for Foreign Legal Consultancy Rule
Florida Bar International Law Section , United States
1989 - 1992
Secretary
FIABCI Miami Branch , United States
1989 - 1990
President in 1990; director of the Advisory Council
Brazilian-American Chamber of Commerce
1989 - present
