Most companies that sell to a municipality don’t fear “investigation” in the abstract. They fear the day a letter arrives from the Public Prosecutor’s Office or an Audit Court request…

Contrary to common perception, environmental crimes are not limited to large-scale deforestation or extensive environmental damage. Brazilian Law No. 9,605/1998, known as the Environmental Crimes Act, also criminalizes the destruction,…

When people talk about criminal risk in real estate investments, the conversation often gets stuck on banks, funds and high-profile corruption scandals. In practice, however, any structure that attracts significant…

With the increase in medical and aesthetic procedures, understanding when a physician may be held criminally liable is essential for professionals, patients, and legal practitioners. Criminal liability for medical malpractice…

When a company enters a crisis – due to a whistleblower report, a press story, a visit from a regulator or the beginning of an official investigation – the instinctive…

Inépcia da denúncia Criminal prosecution in tax matters, especially when it involves corporate entities, often exposes a constant tension between the repression of fiscal offenses and the observance of fundamental…

A data incident and cybercrime scenario is rarely “just an IT problem”. When databases are leaked, credentials are misused, systems are locked by ransomware or strategic information is diverted, a…

Plea bargaining cooperation, provided for in the Organized Crime Act (Law No. 12,850/2013), has become one of the central instruments of negotiated criminal justice in Brazil. Used in complex investigations,…

The debate on outsourcing and criminal risk at the top is no longer an academic exercise. It has become a very concrete issue for boards, executive committees and governance bodies.…