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AN EDITOR
Even Hemingway had an editor. Why don't you?
GENERAL EDITING
AND TRANSLATION
I edit, copyedit, proofread, revise, rewrite and improve copy in English.
I translate into English from Dutch, French, Spanish and Portuguese.
LEGAL EDITING
I have legal training and practice experience, so I also edit, draft and review legal documents, client-facing materials and communications products for law firms and other organizations.
CREATIVE WRITING, BRANDING AND
COMMUNICATIONS
PROJECTS
Yes, I am available to work on large and small writing, branding, marketing and communications projects.
Please, do not hesitate to get in touch.
ABOUT GUSTAVO VIEIRA
What's Friendly Advice then?
It's the name of my Dutch ZZP business.
Are you Dutch, Canadian, BRAZILIAN or what?
I'm not Dutch. I'm Canadian and Brazilian and I live in Utrecht. I have a very Portuguese name because of my Brazilian background.
Are you a lawyer, an editor, a translator OR A COMMUNICATIONS PROFESSIONAL?
All of the above. I have worked as editor, copyeditor, proofreader, reporter and producer in some of Canada's main newsrooms. As an independent professional, I do editing, writing, translation and other communications services for businesses, law firms, NGOs, government agencies and other organizations in Canada, the U.S. and the Netherlands. I also teach journalism part-time at Fontys University of Applied Sciences.
Previously, as a lawyer, I worked at a traditional intellectual property boutique in Rio, as a legal intern and clerk at the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit in Washington, D.C., at the World Trade Organization in Geneva, as an independent IP consultant in Switzerland and in-house at a TV production company in Toronto.
I have a master's degree in journalism from Ryerson University in Toronto, a master of laws from the George Washington University in Washington, D.C. and a bachelor of laws from the State University of Rio de Janeiro. I've also attended the Hague Academy of International Law.
Here's my LinkedIn page, if you're interested. You can also ask me for a full CV.
PREVIOUS WORK
Here are some of the clients I have worked with.
More recently in the Netherlands:
Holland Herald - KLM's inflight magazine
KNVB - Dutch football association
Previously in Canada and the United States:
CBC - Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
Toronto 2015 Pan Am/Parapan Am Games
Findlaw, part of Thomson Reuters
LEGAL EXPERIENCE
As a lawyer, in international media and intellectual property law, I have worked in various roles in Brazil, the United States, Canada and Switzerland, always in at least two languages.
Cineflix - Business and Legal Coordinator (2007–2009)
Momsen, Leonardos & Cia. - Associate (2001-2006), Intern (1999–2001)
World Trade Organization - Legal Intern (2004)
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit - Legal Intern (2004)
Contact
Send me an email to gustavo@friendly-advice.nl or call me at +31(0)655922552.