Brazilian law firm Chinaglia Oliveira launches
A boutique law firm, Chinaglia Oliveira Advogados, specialising in corporate investigation and economic law, has launched in Brazil, founded by two renowned specialists in their fields, Olavo Chinaglia and Clarissa Oliveira.
The newly launched firm aims to become the main Brazilian boutique able to conduct specialised corporate investigations such as white-collar, anti-corruption, cartels, frauds and asset recovery, and to defend clients before administrative and judicial authorities.
With 16 years of experience in a criminal law and solid trial background, Clarissa (pictured) has worked during the last decade in three large Brazilian law firms, advising national and international clients in conducting anti-corruption risk assessments and criminal liabilities mitigation in the context of mergers and acquisitions, project finance and capital markets transactions of multiple jurisdictions.
Clarissa has coordinated a number of internal and independent investigations concerning corruption, cartels, fraud, unfair competition, labor misconducts and has broad experience in negotiations with authorities. Her extensive track record of internal audits includes investigations relating to subpoenas from Brazilian and international authorities.
In recent years she has supported clients to fulfil the requirements of lenience agreements reporting to the Brazilian and US monitors and has conducted shadow investigations by the request of external auditors.
As a criminal defence attorney, she has assisted individuals in some of the most significant investigations and lawsuits, particularly those concerning crimes against the capital markets and financial crimes.
Olavo Chinaglia (pictured, left) has 23 years of experience working as a partner in a large Brazilian law firm, and in a major competition/anti-trust firms in the country.
With solid experience in milestone cartel cases, including those connected to the so-called ‘car wash’ investigation, abuse of dominance probes and merger notifications, affecting several fields of industry. His practice also comprises commercial litigation and contracts, corporate integrity and compliance matters.
Olavo was a commissioner at CADE, the Brazilian anti-trust authority, from 2008-12, and served as the interim president between January and May 2012.
He is also a professor at Ibmec/SP and has written scientific articles and papers on competition and corporate law matters.
