The firm’s practice in this area is broad, encompassing what is traditionally known as Classical Criminal Law (crimes against the person, individual liberty, and property, among others), as well as Economic Criminal Law (tax offenses, crimes against the economy, and money laundering). The firm provides both advisory and litigation services, representing clients under investigation in police inquiries and other investigative proceedings, as well as defendants in criminal actions. It also represents the interests of individuals and legal entities who are victims of crimes.

The firm acts at both the state and federal levels, before all levels of the Judiciary, including the Superior Tribunal de Justiça (STJ) and the Supremo Tribunal Federal (STF).

Among other matters, the firm’s practice includes representation in cases involving:

• Crimes against life (Jury Court proceedings);
• Crimes against the person (bodily injury, offenses against honor);
• Offenses against honor (insult, defamation, slander);
• Crimes against property (embezzlement, fraud, receiving stolen goods);
• Crimes against intellectual property;
• Crimes against the organization of labor;
• Crimes against sexual dignity;
• Crimes against public faith;
• Crimes against public administration;
• Offenses related to public procurement and administrative contracts;
• Tax offenses;
• Crimes against consumer relations;
• Crimes against the economic order and the capital markets;
• Money laundering offenses;
• Crimes against the national financial system;
• Drug-related offenses;
• Bankruptcy-related crimes;
• Environmental crimes;
• Traffic-related offenses;
• International cooperation in criminal matters (extraditions and direct cooperation requests).