On March 27, 2026, Justice Cristiano Zanin, of the Brazilian Supreme Court, annulled Anthony Garotinho's conviction of nearly 14 years in prison for electoral corruption, criminal association, document suppression, and…

In Brazil, Law No. 12,850/2013 — often referred to in English as the Organized Crime Act — gave prosecutors and police powerful tools to investigate complex criminal schemes. That expansion…

In recent articles by the Lucchesi Advocacia team, written by Professor Guilherme Lucchesi and attorney Igor Arthur Rayzel, the authors explored the logic of spillover and the impacts of Law…

In recent articles published on the Lucchesi Advocacia blog and on the legal portal Migalhas, Professor Guilherme Lucchesi has drawn attention to an important phenomenon in contemporary criminal law: what…

In Brazilian criminal law, an organized crime investigation carries a side effect that most foreign executives and investors never see coming: it changes the speed and severity of everything that…

You’re in the middle of a normal workday when someone shows up at the door saying they need to “check a few things.” Or a short email lands with a…

The response to the charges in criminal proceedings is one of the most relevant stages of criminal defense, as it represents the first opportunity for the accused to formally challenge…

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,…