Levy & Salomão Advogados advises clients on the design, implementation, and monitoring of corporate policies aimed at preventing and addressing misconduct that may affect the company, including corruption, money laundering, prohibited financial transactions, cartels, various forms of fraud, and moral and sexual harassment. The firm also assists clients in conducting internal investigations and in defending administrative and judicial proceedings involving corporate integrity matters. The team includes former members of the Federal Government, regulatory and self regulatory authorities, and partners with multidisciplinary backgrounds and solid experience in domestic and foreign legislation and international best practices in this field.
The firm’s work includes:
- Assessing corporate practices and policies to verify compliance with applicable laws, regulations, and best practices, including the Brazilian Anti-Corruption Law, the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA), the UK Bribery Act, the Brazilian Competition Law, the White Collar Crimes Law, the Anti Money Laundering Law, and the General Data Protection Law;
- Designing, implementing, and monitoring internal controls, compliance programs, anti-money laundering programs, and internal investigation policies;
- Training employees and senior management on compliance matters;
- Developing procedures to be followed in public procurement processes;
- Advising on campaign finance laws;
- Conducting and advising on internal corporate investigations to identify potential misconduct, including corruption, money laundering, prohibited financial transactions, cartels, fraud, and moral and sexual harassment;
- Advising on operations involving all types of personal data processing activities, including collection, storage, processing, use, deletion, modification, and transfer;
- Defending clients in proceedings before administrative authorities and in public civil actions for administrative misconduct;
- Challenging judicially sanctions arising from violations of anti corruption laws, public procurement rules, and related integrity regulations;
- Negotiating cooperation agreements, including leniency agreements, settlement agreements, supervisory administrative resolutions, and judicial settlements in anti corruption and integrity matters;
- Advising on enrollment in the “Empresa Pró Ética” registry maintained by the Office of the Comptroller General.
