Bio

Ricardo Caiado Lima advises individuals and corporations in white-collar matters, compliance and corporate investigations. He has extensive experience in corporate criminal litigation, especially in cases related to crimes against the tax order, the environment, the National Finance System, the Public Administration and the fair competition. Ricardo has also acted in several projects that required legal advice on Brazilian criminal legislation by means of the elaboration of memoranda, legal opinions and revision of corporate policies to prevent money laundering and terrorism financing. In compliance, he drafts memoranda and legal opinions on compliance risks, conducting corporate investigations in the context of leniency agreement programs signed between companies and law enforcement agencies, drafting, reviewing and updating corporate policies and procedures and conducting compliance audits in M&A projects.