Rogerio Taffarello

Corporate Investigations; White Collar Crime;

Rogério has vast experience in corporate criminal litigation, having worked intensively to defend local and foreign individuals and companies in many of the main criminal investigations and proceedings in Brazil over the last 20 years. He is currently a member of the São Paulo State Bar Association’s (OAB-SP) Attorney Privilege Council, as well as a former member of its Criminal Procedural Law Committee.

A former researcher at the University of São Paulo Law School’s Department of Criminal Law and Criminology, Rogério was also a visiting fellow at the University of Bologna (Italy), a director of the Brazilian Institute for Criminal Sciences (IBCCRIM) and a member of the Commission on Legislative Matters at the Institute in Defense of the Right to Defense (IDDD).

Rogério is a guest professor for undergraduate and postgraduate criminal and procedural law courses at different Brazilian institutions. He previously worked as an editorial advisor for the Revista Brasileira de Ciências Criminais (Brazilian Journal of Criminal Sciences) and the Revista de Estudos Criminais (Criminal Studies Journal) – Brazil’s two main publications for Criminal Law – and has authored several other publications on criminal and procedural law, with a focus on economic crimes.

Rogério has been referred to by The Legal 500 as “a world-class white-collar defense lawyer”, and has been ranked among Brazil’s leading white-collar lawyers for many years by institutions including Chambers and Partners, Who’s Who Legal, The Legal 500, Leaders League, Latin Lawyer and Análise Advocacia.

Universidade de São Paulo (USP)

Bachelor of Laws

Università di Bologna, Italy

Visiting Researcher

Universidade de São Paulo (USP)

Master of Criminal Law

Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal

Postgraduate Degree in Economic and European Criminal Law

Universidad Castilla-La Mancha, Spain

Specialization in Tax Fraud and Money Laundering

Universidad de Salamanca, Spain

Specialization in Criminal Law