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Dispute Resolution: White-Collar Crime - Brazil
What the Team is Known For
Avelar Advogados is a dispute resolution boutique with expertise in various white-collar matters, such as fraud, money laundering and crimes against the financial system. Its client portfolio includes high-profile companies from the health, financial, aviation and telecommunications industries.
Strengths
One of the reasons we selected Avelar Advogados to work with us was precisely their expertise in handling sensitive white-collar crime cases, which they do without compromising the quality and refinement of their work.
Avelar Advogados' white-collar crime department understands that legal decisions are not made in isolation and that each decision can directly impact reputation, results, and business continuity. This strategic vision is reflected in the way they handle cases and propose solutions.
Their technical expertise, critical eye and ability to develop solid solutions were fundamental to the success of the white-collar crime cases they handled for us. Avelar Advogados' lawyers are highly skilled, committed and trustworthy.
Work Highlights
Avelar Advogados defended Hempcare’s partners during investigations conducted as part of Operation Ragnarok, initiated by the Superior Court of Justice to investigate crimes of fraud, corruption and money laundering.
Notable practitioners
Leonardo Avelar's dispute resolution practice covers a number of white-collar issues, such as financial and corporate crimes, as well as environmental and digital misdemeanours.
A helpful, available and responsive white-collar crime lawyer with a collaborative and strategic approach to work, Leonardo Avelar handles sensitive cases with confidence and thoroughness. He also displays a solid commercial acumen, understanding our business and aligning his actions with our institutional objectives.
Leonardo Avelar is of the best white-collar crime lawyers I've ever had the opportunity to work with.
With his refined white-collar crime legal work, Leonardo Avelar's vast and in-depth knowledge of criminal procedure is evident. Whenever we hold meetings with him and our executives, he translates sensitive issues into a language easily understood by everyone.