Leading Adviser Awards 2020

138 Acquisition International - Leading Adviser 2020 Acquisition International - Issue 12 2020 21 Sep20646 Leading Corporate Criminal Law Firm in Brazil David Rechulski, Advogados is a Brazilian criminal law firm specialized in corporate criminal law and criminal compliance. Focused on complex criminal defense/litigation and crisis management, founding partner David Rechulski has over 30 years of experience in corporate criminal law and has been awarded by Brazil’s most traditional and important legal publication as one of the country’s leading criminal lawyers for 15 consecutive years, being ranked 1st in the last seven editions. We put together a profile of David Rechulski and his outstanding firm. avid Rechulski, Advogados is a renowned criminal law firm founded in 2004 and based in Sao Paulo. With experience in sensitive and complex defense/litigation in corporate criminal law, the firm has been assisting major national and multinational companies and their top executives to develop tailor-made solutions to their legal needs. David Rechulski, Advogados handles all aspects of corporate criminal law and represent clients in cases related to: • Corporate Fraud (prevention and investigation) • Crimes against Consumer Markets (market abuses) • Crimes against Public Administration (corruption, bid rigging and public contract frauds) • Digital Fraud and Electronic Crimes • Economic Crimes (cartels) • Environmental Crimes • Fraud and Financial Crimes (tax evasion, insider trading and money laundering) • Intellectual Property Crimes • Labor Crimes (workplace accidents and fatalities) The firm is well known for providing strategic corporate crisis management in Brazil’s most important legal cases. David Rechulski, Advogados also provides services in criminal compliance such as: • Enhancement of compliance programs under criminal law perspective • Development of protective measures to mitigate risks of legal exposure to high-ranking executives and board of directors • Corporate criminal risk assessment and improvement of internal controls • Improvement of policies, procedures and codes of conduct • Internal investigations and fraud prevention • Asset recovery due to corporate fraud Its practice encompasses several industry sectors, such as mining, telecom, banking, pulp and paper, construction, energy, fertilizer, oil and gas, chemical, infrastructure, steel, food, automotive, machinery, HR consulting, health care and asset management. The firm is led by founding partner David Rechulski, who has over 30 years of experience in the corporate criminal area. Rechulski is known for developing tailor-made solutions to his clients demands and to his personal involvement in every case. D Rechulski’s personal contact with his clients, the responsibility and attention with which he deals case by case, the strategic approach, ethics and focus on the positive outcomes are sources of a constant improvement in reaching solutions to the most diverse conflicts relevant to the criminal and corporate criminal area. David Rechulski is listed in Brazil’s most traditional and important legal publication as one of the country’s leading criminal lawyers for 15 consecutive years, being ranked 1st in the last seven editions. David Rechulski, Advogados has also been awarded as Brazil’s leading criminal law firm for many consecutive years. David Rechulski has been recognized by Forbes Magazine as one of the first professionals in Brazil to advice in corporate compliance in the early 2000s and was part of the First International Compliance Mission of the American Chamber of Commerce for Brazil in New York and Washington. David Rechulski +55 11 3740-2550 [email protected] www.dreadv.com.br/en ding Specialist Criminal Lawyer of the Year, Brazil