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Rogério Taffarello
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Rogério has extensive experience in criminal investigations and corporate litigation, having worked intensively to defend local and foreign individuals and corporate clients in many of Brazil’s major criminal investigations and proceedings over the last two decades. The Latin American Regional Forum Liaison Officer at the International Bar Association (IBA) Criminal Law Committee and a former director of the Brazilian Institute for Criminal Sciences (IBCCRIM), Rogério served three terms on the São Paulo State Bar Association’s (OAB-SP) Attorney Privilege Council, and one term on its Criminal Procedural Law Committee.
Rogério was previously a researcher at the University of São Paulo (USP) Law School’s Department of Criminal Law and Criminology, a visiting fellow at the University of Bologna (Italy), and a member of the Commission on Legislative Matters at the Institute in Defense of the Right to Defense (IDDD).
Rogério is a professor in the postgraduate criminal law program at the São Paulo School of the Judiciary of the São Paulo State Court of Justice (EPM-TJSP), a former professor in the economic criminal law postgraduate program at Fundação Getulio Vargas (FGV-SP), and a guest professor in undergraduate and postgraduate criminal and procedural law courses at various Brazilian institutions. He previously served as an editorial advisor for the Revista Brasileira de Ciências Criminais (Brazilian Journal of Criminal Sciences) and the Revista de Estudos Criminais (Criminal Studies Journal) – Brazil’s two main Criminal Law publications – and has authored several works on criminal and procedural law in Brazil and abroad, with a focus on economic crimes.
Regarded as “a world-class white-collar defense lawyer” by The Legal 500, Rogério has been ranked among Brazil’s leading criminal lawyers by major Brazilian and international publications for many years, including Chambers and Partners, Lexology Index, Latin Lawyer and Análise Advocacia.
Education
Visiting Researcher – Università di Bologna, Italy;
Bachelor of Laws – Universidade de São Paulo (USP);
Master of Criminal Law – Universidade de São Paulo (USP);
Postgraduate Degree in Economic and European Criminal Law – Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal;
Specialization in Tax Fraud and Money Laundering – Universidad Castilla-La Mancha, Spain;
Specialization in Criminal Law – Universidad de Salamanca, Spain.
Recognitions
Chambers Brazil – Dispute Resolution: White-Collar Crime (2021 – 2026);
Latin Lawyer 250 – White-Collar Crime and Investigations: Leading Individual (2022 – 2024); Anti-Corruption Investigations and Compliance (2025 – 2026);
Legal 500 – White-Collar Crime and Investigations: Leading Partners (2022 –2026);
Análise Advocacia – White-Collar (2017 – 2026) São Paulo (2012 – 2026) and Banks (2018, 2023 – 2026);
Lexology Index Brazil – Business Crime Defense & Investigations (2018 – 2025), Business Crime Defense: Individuals (2023), Thought Leaders Brazil: Business Crime Defense & Investigations (2024 – 2025);
Lexology Index Global – Business Crime Defense: Corporates (2018 – 2025), Business Crime Defense: Individuals (2018 – 2023), Global Elite Thought Leaders: Business Crime Defense (2024 – 2025) Investigations (2025);
Best Lawyers – Corporate Criminal Law (2020-2026).
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Practice leaders at law firms are reminding clients that FCPA violations have a five-year statute of limitations, which means criminal liability could extend beyond the current U.S. administration.
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Brazil Sees Diminishing Dividends From ‘Car Wash’ Probe
Compliance efforts in Brazil have taken another step backward after the country’s Supreme Court recently overturned high-profile convictions related to the sweeping “Car Wash” corruption probe.
Investigations that began a decade ago into the multibillion-dollar kickback scheme reverberated throughout Latin America, taking down top executives and even former presidents, while creating a compliance culture practically from scratch.
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Brazil’s Supreme Court rules Moro was biased in Lula bribery trial
Brazil’s top court has ruled that former Operation Car Wash judge Sérgio Moro was biased when overseeing an investigation that led to the bribery conviction of former president Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva.
Click here and read the article published in the Global Investigations Review (GIR), with the participation of our partner Rogério Taffarello.
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