Alexandre Knopfholz

Practice Areas

Criminal Law / White-Collar Crime, and Criminal Procedural Law.

Career

Member of the Firm since February 2000, entirely dedicated to Criminal Law / White-Collar Crime, and Criminal Procedural Law.

Professor of Criminal Procedure in the undergraduate and graduate courses at Centro Universitário Curitiba (UNICURITIBA), Universidade Positivo (UP), and the Brazilian Academy of Constitutional Law (ABDConst).

LL.M. / Master in Business Law and Citizenship from Curitiba Universitary Centre – UNICURITIBA in 2012;

Specialist in Criminal Law from Cândido Mendes School of Law – UCAM in 2005;

LL.B. / Graduated in Law from the School of Law of Curitiba Universitary Centre – UNICURITIBA in 2002.

Won the “Milton Vianna” and “Gold Medal” awards in Public Law, Private Law, Propaedeutics of Law, and Legal Practice.

Professional Memberships

Founding member of the Paraná Institute of Criminal Studies (IPEC).

Founding member of the Brazilian Institute of Economic Criminal Law (IBDPE).

Member of the IBA's Business Crime Committee, Brazilian Group of the International Association of Criminal Law (AIDP), and Paraná's Institute of Lawyers.

Member of the Brazilian Bar Association (OAB/PR, OAB/SC, OAB/DF).

Publications

Author of “A denúncia genérica nos crimes econômicos” (The generic denunciation of economic crimes), published by Editora Núria Fabris in 2013.

Author of “Limites ao âmbito de atuação das Comissões Parlamentares de Inquérito” (Limits to the scope of action of Parliamentary Inquiry Commissions), published by Editora Iglu in 2013.

Also authored several published articles and book chapters on criminal law matters.