Career
Pedro Simões is a partner at Veirano Advogados and integrates the White-Collar Defense and Compliance & Investigations practices. With over 10 years of outstanding corporate criminal law and compliance work, he brings deep experience in economic criminal law, defending the interests of Brazilian and foreign companies in cases involving capital markets offenses, crimes against the public administration, tax crimes and environmental crimes. Pedro is highly specialized in money laundering prevention, defending clients before Brazilian entities, such as COAF (Council for Financial Activities Control), CVM/BSM (Securities and Exchange Commission/B3 Market Supervision) and BACEN (Central Bank of Brazil).
In the compliance arena, Pedro advises on structuring integrity and compliance programs, encompassing topics such as money laundering prevention, corruption and private fraud prevention and personal data management.
He coordinated some of the most significant internal investigations resulting from “Operation Car Wash”, taking part in domestic and international investigations and due diligences in the oil and gas, education, life sciences, luxury market, art market and civil construction industries, among others.
Having worked at renowned Brazilian law firms and ZELA Consulting, specializing in money laundering prevention and asset recovery, Pedro is a member of the Brazilian Institute of Criminal Sciences (IBCCRIM), author of books on corporate criminal law, author of the blog AML Brazil - Anti-Money Laundering in Brazil and reviewer for Revista Brasileira de Ciências Criminais and the Brazilian Law Journal.
Professional Memberships
Brazilian Bar Association (OAB) – São Paulo;
Member of Instituto Brasileiro de Ciências Criminais;
Reviewer for Revista Brasileira de Ciências Criminais and the Brazilian Law Journal.
