Criminal law in Brazil
Davi Tangerino is a criminal lawyer and Founding partner of Davi Tangerino Advogados. He has extensive experience in corporate criminal law. His practice involves representing and advising individuals and companies in administrative and judicial proceedings, as well as in negotiations. His clients include companies operating in various sectors, such as technology, oil and gas and banking. His experience includes having been coordinator of the criminal area of a renowned full-service law firm in Brazil for some years and advisor to a minister of the Federal Supreme Court (STF). Davi is a member of the Brazilian Institute of Criminal Sciences (IBCCrim), of the Institute of Lawyers of Brazil (IAB) and of the German-Brazilian Jurists Association (DBJV). He is a professor of criminal law in the undergraduate and postgraduate courses at the Rio de Janeiro State University (UERJ) and was a professor in the undergraduate course at the Getúlio Vargas Foundation Law School in São Paulo (FGV Direito SP). He is the author of several books and articles, in Brazil and abroad, and a frequent source for the Brazilian and foreign press on criminal law and related topics. He can be contacted via email at: davi.tangerino@davitangerinoadv.com.brIn the third episode of our English series our guest on the podcast is Davi Tangerino. Mr. Tangerino is a criminal lawyer from Brazil and founder of Davi Tangerino Advogados. After a brief introduction of himself he speaks with Dr. Rosinus about the criminal law in Brazil.
He first talks to Dr Rosinus about the Brazilian legal system. Mr Tangerino explains what similarities and differences there are in the law and legal system between Brazil and Germany.
They also speak about corporate criminal law. Mr Tangerino explains the status quo in Brazil and how it is currently developing. In particular, they go into the well-known „Operation Lava Jato“ complex as well as other publicly known cases.
They discuss other overlaps between German and Brazilian corporate criminal law. Finally, Mr Tangerino gives many interesting insights into the developments of legal advice in Brazil.