Corporate crimes cast a shadow over the entire life of companies, affecting their organization and operation and the distribution of their goods and services throughout the marketplace.

Brazilian criminal law affects almost all business activities. Labor and consumer relations, as well as tax and financial issues, are also subject to significant criminal statutes. The looming presence of criminal law over business activities translates into the growing exposure of businesses, managers and employees to criminal prosecution.

At the same time, globalization and technological progress have increased corporate sophistication and organization levels. Modern and often complex business structures call for a debate on the need for stricter Corporate Criminal Law, especially in cases involving: Corporate fraud; Tax evasion and financial crimes;  Consumer crimes; Environmental crimes; Antitrust crimes; Corruption; Crimes involving government tenders and contracts;  Cyber crimes; Money laundering and terror funding; Crimes against intellectual property and copyright; Bankruptcy and crimes related to court-supervised reorganization.

The CMA Corporate Criminal Law team is attuned to those new challenges and boasts extensive experience in providing advice on and in solving complex corporate criminal issues. Our services are multidisciplinary and always supported by other CMA practices relevant to the matter at hand.

Our professionals are able to advise clients and to support their litigation constantly focusing on the prevention and resolution of current or future disputes. Our services include:

• Preparing legal opinions on criminal risks associated with the client’s specific circumstances;
• Implementing money laundering and terror funding prevention programs (PLD/FT);
• Participating in M&A audits to identify and mitigate criminal risks;
• Preparing protocols for, providing training in relation to and supporting clients during search and seizure proceedings, government inspections and visits;
• Representing clients in government investigations and criminal proceedings, both when the client is the corporate crime victim or the suspected perpetrator
• Representing clients before Police Forces, Prosecution Offices, the Judiciary and control entities;
• Negotiating with prosecution offices agreements to turn state’s evidence.