Salim Jorge Saud Neto

Practice Areas

Compliance

Career

Salim Saud Neto is recognized as one of the leading professionals in the field with over 20 years of experience in large law firms throughout the Americas, including Rio de Janeiro, São Paulo, New York, and Houston. Salim has worked in major corruption and compliance cases, including some of the largest corruption scandals in History, and he has engaged in the negotiation of leniency agreements, being responsible for the first – and so far, the only – global settlement involving Brazilian and US authorities, conducted internal investigations, assisted clients in connection with Congressional Investigations, developed and implemented compliance programs and advised clients on general compliance matters.

Salim is also a lecturer on several topics relating to compliance in Brazil and abroad, and teaches anti-corruption compliance at the prestigious universities Fundação Getúlio Vargas (FGV-RJ) and University of the State of Rio de Janeiro (UERJ). He served as a professor at Ibmec-Rio de Janeiro University and, at the invitation of the Brazilian Bar, teached Compliance and Successor Liability in M&A at the post-graduate course of the Brazilian Bar, Rio de Janeiro Section.

Previously, Salim was a partner and the leader of the anticorruption practice of Mayer Brown LLP in Latin America, and an associate with Squire Sanders & Dempsey LLP (now Squire Patton Bogs).

Professional Memberships

Ordem dos Advogados do Brasil - Rio de Janeiro

Ordem dos Advogados do Brasil - São Paulo

The New York State Bar Association

US District Court for the Southern District of New York

Languages Spoken

English, Spanish and Portuguese

Education