Ricardo Caiado is a partner in Campos Mello Advogados  of the white-collar crimes issues, compliance and corporate investigations practices.

Ricardo advises individuals and corporations in anticorruption compliance, corporate investigations, and white-collar crimes issues.

He has extensive experience in compliance matters by drafting memoranda and legal opinions on compliance risks, conducting corporate investigations in the context of leniency agreement programs signed between companies and law enforcement agencies, drafting, reviewing, and updating corporate policies and procedures and conducting ABC due diligences in M&A projects.

He also advises clients in corporate criminal litigation, especially in cases related to crimes against the Tax Order, the Environment, the National Finance System, the Public Administration, and the fair competition. He has acted in several projects that required legal advice on the Brazilian criminal legislation by means of the elaboration of memoranda, legal opinions and implementation of corporate programs to prevent money laundering and terrorism financing.

Recognitions

• Chambers Brazil – Compliance: 2021 – 2025
• Chambers Global – Compliance: 2022 – 2025
• The Legal 500 (Mentioned
• Compliance: 2021 -2026
• Cybersecurity & Data Privacy: 2021 – 2024
• Lexology Index (previously Who’s Who Legal) – Global Future Leader Partners in Investigations: 2022 and 2024
• Lexology Index (previously Who’s Who Legal) – Thought Leaders Global Elite – Investigations – Under 45: 2024
• Best Lawyers Brazil Corporate Criminal: 2021 – 2025
• Análise Advocacia – Recognized as one of Brazil’s most admired lawyers in Compliance: 2020 – 2025
• Compliance On Top – Recognized as one of Brazil’s most admired lawyers in Compliance: 2020 – 2025

Education

• Masters Business Administration in Compliance and Fraud Risks Management: Fundação Instituto de Administração (FIA), 2019
• Specialization in Compliance: Instituto Ensino e Pesquisa (INSPER), 2016
• Post-graduate Degree in White-Collar and Corporate Crime Law: Faculdade de Direito da Universidade de Coimbra e Instituto Brasileiro de Ciências Criminais (IBCCRIM), 2014
• Post-graduate Degree in Criminal Law and Procedure: Universidade Anhanguera-Uniderp e Instituto Panamericano de Política Criminal, 2012
• B.A. in Law, Universidade Mendes University (UCAM), 2006

Admissions

• São Paulo, Brazil
• Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Memberships

• International Bar Association (IBA)
• Association of Certified Fraud Investigators (ACFE)
• Instituto Brasileiro de Ciências Criminais (IBCCRIM)

Languages

• Portuguese
• English
• Spanish