Criminal law in Brazil is focused on individuals, also because criminal responsibility in the Brazilian legal system is personal and subjective. In spite of that, lately we have seen new laws that deal with the criminal responsibility of businesses.
The rule of thumb, however, is personal responsibility, which led criminal law to neglect businesses.

FELIPE AMODEO ADVOGADOS ASSOCIADOS is a firm of attorneys with deep market knowledge, providing support, consulting and assistance to corporate clients exclusively in Criminal Law, tackling daily issues and conflicts based on a business point-of-view.

It is undeniable that today businesses have become targets of consequences that criminal law – increasingly abundant and specialized – causes in the activities of various business segments.
Currently, criminal laws interfere in the work of the press, consumer relations, taxation system, environmental issues, labor relations, copyright, patent and software, and in domestic and international financial transactions.

There is a plethora of legal provisions that establish punishment instruments at the service of the public power to regulate financial, economic and business activities. Regrettably, however, such instruments are not always understood or appropriately applied by its enforcers. In that situation, corporate officers are always exposed to the investigation fury of bureaucratic agencies which, due also to their inexperience in the market, in general see possible legal violations in the most common practices, leading to complicated criminal cases.

That’s when criminal law assistance on a permanent basis, using clear and up-to-date language, perfectly understanding the business and financial environments, becomes valuable.
Preparing managers and employees in advance avoids a number of criminal incidents, but also prepares them to face such incidents better prepared and informed, finding solutions that are less severe, both in personal and financial terms. Permanent criminal legal assistance helps by advising businesses in the form of inquiries and opinions, making businesses operate in a preventive manner to eliminate - often simply by explaining it – criminal occurrences.

To defend the interests and individuals of companies – preserving not only the image, reputation and integrity of people, but also protecting them from offenses – is proven to reduce the incidence of economic and net equity losses.

FELIPE AMODEO ADVOGADOS ASSOCIADOS works in cooperation with teams of investigators and private specialists, making them available to the firm’s clients on a continuous basis, utilizing the most advanced communication and computer resources. Additionally, the firm operates proprietary software to follow lawsuits, linking them to databanks of authorities and logs, issuing periodic reports to keep our clients systematically up to date on the topics of their interest.

The large number of criminal cases in São Paulo handled by our firm has made our attorneys frequently work there too, where they are enrolled with the chapter of the Brazilian Bar Association and enjoy full-fledged operations, as well as in other states.

To provide services nationwide, in addition to traditional links with other firms in Rio de Janeiro, with whom we work in partnership and on a as-needed-basis (wide scope cases, conflicts, etc.), FELIPE AMODEO ADVOGADOS ASSOCIADOS has correspondents in all Brazilian states. Additionally, to supplement and give continuity to the services provided by the firm in Brazil, we also have permanent correspondents in the United States, Canada, Mexico, Central America, Venezuela, Argentina, Uruguay, Germany, Switzerland, England, France, Italy, Spain, Portugal and the Middle East