Saud Advogados

Leading Partner: Salim Saud

Partner: Caroline Rosa

Number of Associates: 8

Languages: Portuguese, English, French and Spanish

Firm Overview

Saud Advogados is recognised for its strong expertise in anti-corruption enforcement, compliance, litigation and arbitration, as well as general business matters. Based in Rio de Janeiro and active throughout Brazil and South America, the firm’s practitioners offer more than 20 years of experience in investigations, enforcement actions and compliance advisory work.

The team has significant cross-border capabilities, with all members bilingual in Portuguese and English and additional fluency in Spanish, French and Italian. All lawyers are qualified to practise in Brazil, and some also hold qualifications in foreign jurisdictions. The firm is known for its ability to handle both domestic and international matters with a high standard of excellence.

Saud Advogados combines experience across the private and public sectors, allowing the team to understand clients’ business needs and deliver practical, effective and sophisticated solutions. The firm advises on matters ranging from routine transactions to highly complex and groundbreaking mandates.

International Work

Through its strategic cooperation with Hughes Hubbard & Reed LLP — a leading international firm based in New York and recognised by The American Lawyer as among “the top firms among the nation’s legal elite” — Saud Advogados provides clients with seamless access to global expertise and resources.

Hughes Hubbard handles matters across multiple continents and jurisdictions, supported by lawyers from over twenty countries who collectively speak more than two dozen languages. The firm has offices in New York, Washington, D.C., Los Angeles, Miami, Jersey City, Kansas City, Paris and Tokyo, complementing its cooperation with Saud Advogados in Brazil.

Main Areas of Practice

Anti-Corruption Compliance & Internal Investigations:

Saud Advogados has a highly experienced investigations and compliance team advising national and international clients across Latin America, including Brazil, Argentina and Colombia. The firm conducts internal investigations and provides guidance on anti-corruption, regulatory risk, compliance frameworks and remediation.

Data Protection:

The firm advises on national and international data protection requirements, with deep expertise in Brazil’s General Data Protection Law (LGPD). Services include risk and impact assessments, policy reviews and the enhancement of data governance frameworks for clients in various industries.

Key Clients

Saud Advogados represents national and multinational companies across sectors such as oil and gas, construction, energy, tobacco, luxury goods, consumer products/cosmetics, healthcare, infrastructure, entertainment, aviation and biomedical technology.