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Dispute Resolution: White-Collar Crime - Brazil
What the Team is Known For
Madruga BTW provides assistance in white-collar crime matters, including cases with related civil and administrative liability. Its work may involve carrying out internal investigations and cooperation with authorities in Brazil and abroad. Strengths demonstrated by the firm include its handling of multijurisdictional cases in sectors such as banking, retail and technology.
Strengths
Madruga BTW work on each white-collar case they take on in a meticulous and surgical manner, focusing on the details. They also have a level of technical expertise that greatly assists us when we deal with sensitive matters.
Madruga BTW's strength lies in the seniority and experience of its white-collar crime lawyers, whose work usually revolves around cases involving the relationship between individuals and the State, where the stakes are generally very high.
Work Highlights
Madruga BTW represented José Carlos Oliveira (former CEO of Bank of New York Mellon in Brazil and former CEO of Bridge Trust) in seven criminal actions in Rio de Janeiro, Brasília, and São Paulo - some of which are conducted by a Federal Prosecution task force created to prosecute crimes against the financial system related to the pension fund Postalis.
Notable practitioners
Antenor Madruga is a legend in the white-collar crime legal field. A thoroughly great lawyer.
Antenor Madruga is a great white-collar crime lawyer. He has both academic and professional expertise.
His seniority in the white-collar crime legal arena is noteworthy. Antenor Madruga knows how both the Judiciary and the market work. He really gets the reality of my company.
Up-and-coming Carlos Wehrs is a white-collar crime lawyer, retained by clients to represent them in wide range of matters, including crimes against the financial system and money laundering, embezzlement, tax fraud, and misappropriation of public funds.
Carlos Wehrs is intelligent, communicates very well and has a keen sense of urgency.