Area of Expertise

The work of Marta Leão Advogados is focused on criminal litigation. We generally assume responsibility for criminal cases during the preliminary stages of police investigation and/or administrative proceedings conducted by public prosecution offices, and even in administrative proceedings with regulatory agencies where the matter involved can have criminal repercussions.

 

The growing need for preventive policies to assure compliance with the increasingly complex body of criminal laws means we also work in areas outside litigation. We seek to provide the legal assurance that companies need to manage their business, without the risk of any criminal complications.

As an example, our typical range of work encompasses the following areas:

  • Crimes against the public administration, including procurement
  • Crimes against the National Financial System
  • Crimes against the economic order (antitrust, unfair competition, etc.)
  • Tax and pension system crimes
  • Crimes of money laundering or concealment of assets
  • Investigations pay legislative committees
  • Crimes against the capital market
  • Crimes against consumer relations
  • Computer crimes
  • Crimes against life
  • Crimes against honor
  • Crimes against property
  • Bankruptcy crimes
  • Crimes against industrial property
  • Environmental crimes
  • Electoral crimes
  • Anticorruption laws

We also represent clients in administrative penalty proceedings, such as those conducted by the Central Bank, Securities Commission, Judiciary Council, professional councils in general and Court of Ethics and Discipline of the Brazilian Bar Association, among others.