TozziniFreire hires a new partner in the white-collar crimes practice

TozziniFreire welcomed Flávia Leardini (pictured) as a new partner in the white-collar crimes practice.

This is the firm’s third hire in 2026 and reinforces its expertise in strategic areas such as anti-money laundering, financial and tax crimes, and corporate compliance, fields expected to gain even greater relevance throughout the year.

Flávia Leardini advises domestic and foreign clients in both advisory and litigation matters involving economic and corporate criminal law. Her experience includes highly complex cases, particularly those related to tax crimes, corruption, capital markets infractions, and money laundering. She also has international experience, having completed an internship in Washington, D.C. (USA) at a law firm specialized in transnational criminal litigation and corporate investigations, where she contributed to the defense of Brazilian and foreign individuals and companies before the U.S. Department of Justice.

She holds a Law degree from Universidade Presbiteriana Mackenzie; a postgraduate degree in Economic and European Criminal Law from the University of Coimbra, Portugal; a postgraduate degree in Criminal Law from the Higher School of the Public Prosecutor’s Office of the State of São Paulo; and is a specialist in tax fraud and money laundering from Universidad de Castilla-La Mancha, Spain.