Graduated in Law from Universidade Paulista (2000), with a specialization in Business Labor Law from Centro de Extensão Universitária (2004) and in Global Advocacy and International Lobbying from George Washington University, USA (2019), Raul began his career at the multinational Rhodia as an intern in the legal department.

Following this experience, he practiced law for seven years at Rocha e Barcellos Advogados, a renowned São Paulo-based law firm specializing in Business Law, with a focus on Labor Law for major pharmaceutical and chemical companies.

At the end of 2007, he was invited by a multinational specialized recruitment firm to join the team that started up the Legal division in Brazil. Raul was part of the development, structuring, and consolidation of the division and was responsible for managing several projects in the main areas of law, assisting national and multinational companies, financial institutions, and law firms in recruiting professionals in the Brazilian legal market.

As the division leader and having gained recognition in the legal market, he expanded his expertise to also recruit for the Compliance (2009) and Government Affairs (2011) markets, two highly specific and complex areas in the country.

As a founding partner of VITTORE, Raul is responsible for maintaining direct relationships with all our clients, leading important projects in leadership roles within Legal, Compliance & Data Privacy, and Corporate Affairs & ESG. He also actively participates in congresses, events, roundtables, workshops, and lectures to contribute to the development and professionalization of these markets.

He is also the creator of the Compliance ON TOP Yearbook (the largest showcase of Compliance and Data Privacy professionals in the country) and the ORIGEM Yearbook (covering the leading professionals in Institutional and Governmental Relations (RIG) in Latin America, aiming to provide transparency in lobbying activities).

Raul Cury Neto is fluent in English, a language he enhanced during the year he lived in the United States while furthering his studies at Arcadia University (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania).