White-Collar Crime, Compliance and Corporate Investigations

Our team has been advising Brazilian and international clients on matters involving corporate crimes for nearly 20 years. In recent years, working with foreign law firms in multiple jurisdictions, we have advised clients in negotiations before state and federal authorities, both nationally and internationally.

We provide preventive and multidisciplinary legal advice based on the peculiarities of the each industry or individual to mitigate reputational risks, developing strategies along with other teams in the firm so that our clients obtain the best solutions in the criminal field in line with their business.

We represent individuals and companies, whether victims or investigated, in complex cases involving business crimes in a variety of economic sectors within police inquiries, investigative and administrative sanctioning procedures, and criminal claims in all instances.

We have extensive experience in corporate investigations involving ethical and legal breaches, such as internal fraud and embezzlement, bid-rigging, corruption, money laundering, insider trading, front-running, workplace accidents, and moral and sexual harassment, among other matters concerning labor issues.

During the last decade we have carried out internal and independent investigations in companies around Latin America, Europe, and the United States, including investigations conducted by international agencies such as the SEC, DOJ, and SFO, reporting to authorities, boards of directors, and external audits.

Our experience covers all phases of the implementation and review of anti-corruption compliance and anti-money laundering programs, including risk assessment involving the business or its third parties, drafting codes of conduct, internal policies, and guidelines, conducting ABC due diligence in M&A and capital market operations, and third-party background checks. For clients who do not have a compliance department, we provide advice directly to the business and legal departments.

We have also conduct tailored training for board members and employees at different hierarchical levels on a variety of topics according to the risks and needs of our clients