Vilardi

The firm

Vilardi Advogados celebrated their 30th anniversary in 2021 — thirty years of serious and responsible legal practice, led by a team of widely specialized professionals with recognized experience in criminal law, standing up for people’s most precious asset after life itself: freedom. We treat each and every lawsuit with the utmost care and dedication.

Understanding the current legal scenario in Brazil has become a prerequisite for practicing high-level criminal law. We have earned a reputation for success in economic criminal law by actively working on prominent cases, and we have become a reference in serving national and foreign executives and companies.

Our goal is to provide the best defense based on current legislation. To do this, we look for alternative solutions that ensure the most favorable result possible for our clients, either through litigation or settlement.

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Practice areas

Litigation and Consulting
We provide personalized counseling in the fields of criminal law and economic criminal law, as consultants or litigators, in all instances and courts. To meet the specific needs of each client, we defend those being investigated or who have been accused in criminal proceedings, from the initial phase and until the matter is unappealable, as well as in criminal enforcement. We also provide assistance to victims, preparing requests for opening police investigations, filing criminal complaints, and taking other necessary measures. In addition, we often write legal opinions on criminal matters.
Crisis Management
After the introduction of the Anti-corruption Law in 2013, criminal problems involving executives began to cause larger repercussions for companies, as their activities could be hindered because of the severe penalties stipulated by the law. With the launch of Operation Car Wash, companies began to turn to the authorities to ask for plea bargains to avoid the effects of the Laws of Improbity and Anti-corruption. Since then, we have represented companies, coordinating and aligning their interests and the defense of their executives. We have become known for our efficiency in identifying and assessing risks, conducting internal investigations, and providing legal counsel, as well as for our direct involvement in the negotiation and formalization of agreements, in particular leniency agreements. This has allowed companies to continue their commercial activities. We helped manage numerous crises in large companies, particularly by providing counsel to boards of directors.
Internal Investigations
To create a strategy for our clients, it is sometimes necessary to conduct internal investigations, either to detect possible fraud and misappropriation of funds, or to uncover illicit actions by executives during their management. Using this framework, we began to carry out internal investigations, finding facts to outline a specific and delimited scope, analyzing relevant documents — assisted by forensic technology companies, when necessary —, and conducting occasional interviews and other procedures. This all leads to a final report with conclusions and recommendation of the appropriate legal measures.
Recognition
2021 – 2022

2007 – 2021

Our team
Celso Sanchez Vilardi
Renata Horovitz Kalim
Luciano Quintanilha de Almeida
Adriana Pazini de Barros de Lima
Nara Silva de Almeida
Domitila Köhler
Alexandre de Oliveira Ribeiro Filho
Pedro Mortari Bonatto

Priscila Garcia Stagni

Eduardo Ferreira da Silva
Rodrigo Vilardi Werneck
Julia Octaviani Duarte Lourenço

Maria Victoria Eugenio Salmeron

Juan Lopes Amaral Rocha

Isabela Sandeville Stavale Joaquim

Publications
In the “Publications” section, you will find articles (organized chronologically) by the Vilardi team that the press has published on Criminal Law and implications of various legal matters for the Brazilian society.

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Celso Sanchez Vilardi

Undergraduated in Law from Pontifícia Universidade Católica de São Paulo – PUC/SP (1990). Master in Criminal Procedural Law by the same University. Specialist in Process General Theory, Coordinator and currently Professor of the Graduate Course in Economic Criminal Law at the Getúlio Vargas Foundation Law School of São Paulo – FGV/Law. Author of several published articles on Economic Criminal Law, besides being coauthor of the work “Current Aspects of the Law of the Financial and Capital Market”, Dialética, 1999. Technical Consultant on Comparative Law of the Inter-American Banking Qualification Board – JICAB and “Visiting Expert” of the European Banking Qualification Board of Paris.

Since 2009, the member Celso Sanchez Vilardi has been included in the First Category (Band 1) of Chambers and Partners: Latin America. According to those interviewed by the guide, Celso is a modern and up-to-date lawyer who has been active in cases of great repercussion in the country. The guide also mentions: “He is well prepared to face the challenges inherent to this new wave of Brazilian criminal law., besides being distinguished by his knowledge in Criminal Procedure and Economic Law.

Celso Sanchez Vilardi is among the most respected Criminal Lawyers in the country since 2007.

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Renata Horovitz Kalim

Undergraduated by School of Law of Universidade Presbiteriana Mackenzie in 1998. Specialist in Economical and European Criminal Law by University of Coimbra, Portugal (2001). Continued Education in Criminal Economic Law by School of Law Fundação Getúlio Vargas in 2002. Member of the Brazilian Institute for Criminal Sciences – IBCCrim. Member of the Defense Institute of the Defense Law – IDDD. Has remarkable experience in cases related to import and export. Renata Horovitz Kalim is among the most respected Criminal Lawyers in the country.

In 2019 and 2020, Renata was named one of the most respected lawyers in the country by the Análise Advocacia 500 yearbook, responsible for the biggest and most relevant survey in the Brazilian legal market. In 2022, she was named to the first places in the Análise Advocacia Mulher ranking in the specialized areas of Criminal Law and Technology.

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Luciano Quintanilha de Almeida

Undergraduated from the Law College of Universidade Paulista (2000). Specialist in Economic and European Criminal Law by the Brazilian Institute of Criminal Sciences – IBCCrim in partnership with the Institute of Economic and European Criminal Law – IDPEE, Law College, University of Coimbra, Portugal (2008). Member of the Brazilian Institute of Criminal Sciences – IBCCrim.

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Adriana Pazini de Barros de Lima

Undergraduated in Law from Pontifícia Universidade Católica de São Paulo – PUC/SP (2003). Graduated in Economic Criminal Law from the Getúlio Vargas Foundation Law School of São Paulo – FGV/Law (2008). Member of the Brazilian Institute of Criminal Sciences – IBCCrim.

Adriana Pazini de Barros is among the most respected Criminal Lawyers in the country. In 2019, Adriana was named one of the most respected lawyers in the country by the Análise Advocacia 500 yearbook, responsible for the biggest and most relevant survey in the Brazilian legal market. In 2022, it was nominated for first place in the Análise Advocacia Mulher ranking in the specialized areas of Criminal and Health Law.

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Nara Silva de Almeida

Undergraduated in Law from Pontifícia Universidade Católica de São Paulo – PUC/SP (2008). She monitors the Graduate Course in Economic Criminal Law at the Getúlio Vargas Foundation Law School of São Paulo – FGV/Law (2009/2010). Specialist in Economic and European Criminal Law by the Brazilian Institute of Criminal Sciences – IBCCrim in partnership with the Institute of Economic and European Criminal Law – IDPEE, Law College, University of Coimbra, Portugal (2012). She has considerable experience in cases involving environmental crimes.

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Domitila Köhler

Undergraduated in Law from Pontifícia Universidade Católica de São Paulo – PUC/SP (2002). Continuing Education in Economic Criminal Law at the Law School of the Getúlio Vargas Foundation of São Paulo (2003). She monitors the Graduate Course in Economic Criminal Law at the Getúlio Vargas Foundation Law School of São Paulo – FGV/Law (2011/2012). She attended a course of specialization in General Theory of Crime by the Brazilian Institute of Criminal Sciences – IBCcrim in partnership with the Institute of Economic and European Criminal Law – IDPEE, Law College, University of Coimbra, Portugal (2013). Associate and member of the Strategic Litigation Group of the Institute of Defense of the Right of Defense – IDDD.

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Alexandre de Oliveira Ribeiro Filho

Undergraduated in Law at the Armando Álvares Penteado Foundation – FAAP (2004). Graduated in Economic Criminal Law from the Getúlio Vargas Foundation Law School of São Paulo – FGV/Law (2008). Specialist in Economic and European Criminal Law by the Brazilian Institute of Criminal Sciences – IBCCrim in partnership with the Institute of Economic and European Criminal Law – IDPEE, Law College, University of Coimbra, Portugal (2009). LLM in International Law and Criminal Justice from the University of East London – UEL (2011). He was a member of the Criminal Law Commission of the São Paulo Section of the Brazilian Bar Association. Participated in the German School of Criminal Sciences – CEDPAL of the Georg-August Universität Göttingen (2018). Member of the Institute of Defense of the Right of Defense – IDDD.

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Pedro Mortari Bonatto

Undergraduated in Law by Faculdades Metropolitanas Unidas in 2010. Specialist in Economical and European Criminal Law by University of Coimbra, Portugal

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Priscila Moura Garcia

Undergraduated in Law from Pontifícia Universidade Católica de São Paulo – PUC/SP (2012). She attended a course of specialization in General Theory of Crime by the Brazilian Institute of Criminal Sciences – IBCcrim in partnership with the Institute of Economic and European Criminal Law – IDPEE, Law College, University of Coimbra, Portugal (2013). She graduated in Economic Criminal Law at the Getúlio Vargas Foundation Law School of São Paulo – FGV/Law (2016). She attended an Anti-Corruption Compliance course at LEC – Legal, Ethics & Compliance (2019).

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Eduardo Ferreira da Silva

Undergraduated in Law from the Law College of Curitiba (2009). Graduate in Economic Criminal Law from Getúlio Vargas Foundation Law School – FGV/Law. He attended a specialization course in Criminal Procedure of the Brazilian Institute of Criminal Sciences – IBCCrim in partnership with the Institute of Economic and European Criminal Law – IDPEE, Law College, University of Coimbra, Portugal. He attended a specialization course in Criminal Law and Criminology at ICPC – Criminology and Criminal Policy Institute. Master’s degree in Economic Criminal Law by the Getúlio Vargas Foundation Law School of São Paulo – FGV/Law. Co-author of the book “Exercise of Law and Money Laundering”, coordinated by Heloisa Estellita and published in 2016 by Editora FGV. Member of the Brazilian Institute of Criminal Sciences – IBCCrim.

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Rodrigo Vilardi Werneck

Undergraduated in Law at the Armando Álvares Penteado Foundation – FAAP (2015). Specialist in Criminal Procedure by the Brazilian Institute of Criminal Sciences – IBCCrim in partnership with the Institute of Economic and European Criminal Law – IDPEE, Law College, University of Coimbra, Portugal (2018). Graduated in Economic Criminal Law at the Getúlio Vargas Foundation Law School of São Paulo – FGV/Law.

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Julia Octaviani Duarte Lourenço

Undergraduated in Law by Universidade Presbiteriana Mackenzie [Mackenzie Presbiterian University] (2015). She took the specialization course in Criminal Procedure in Instituto Brasileiro de Ciências Criminais [Brazilian Institute of Criminal Sciences] – IBCcrim in a partnership with Instituto de Direito Penal Económico e Europeu [Economic and European Criminal Law Institute] – IDPEE, of Faculdade de Direito da Universidade de Coimbra [Law School of the University of Coimbra], Portugal (2017). Post-graduation student in Compliance at Escola de Direito da Fundação Getúlio Vargas [Law School of Getúlio Vargas Foundation] of São Paulo – FGV/Law. She took the Program Risk University Senior Level of Executive Capacitation in Corporate Governance, Risk Management and Compliance of KPMG Consultoria (2019) and the Internal Compliances Investigations Course at LEC – Legal, Ethics & Compliance (2019).

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Maria Victoria Eugenio Salmeron

Maria holds a Law degree from Centro Universitário Salesiano de São Paulo – Unisal/Lorena (2017). She specialized in Criminal Law and Criminal Procedural Law at the Pontifícia Universidade Católica de São Paulo – PUC/SP (2021).

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