+55 11 3151-4511 – Avenida São Luis, 50 – conjunto 172-D – Edifício Itália – 01046-000 – São Paulo – SP – Brasil

About us

The firm was established as a result of its founding partner's vast experience, accumulated over more than 20 years of criminal law practice, delivering a unique, artisanal approach that is committed to the demands of each client. Our activity is grounded in the most updated debates in Brazil and around the world regarding crisis management and the handling of criminal cases in order to ensure optimal results.

Among other posts, Hugo Leonardo was president of the Institute for the Defence of the Right to Defence and served as National Councillor for Criminal and Penitentiary Policy, a body of the Ministry of Justice, having participated in major operations in Brazil and abroad, as well as in key legislative debates.

PRACTICE AREAS

Our firm handles major conflicts primarily focused on the criminal area. It assists natural and legal persons in legal proceedings, police enquiries, defensive investigations, parliamentary commissions of enquiry, compliance, internal investigations and corporate and government crisis management, with the purpose of minimising reputational damage and the incidence of repressive sanctions in various spheres.

The great complexity of economic relations has also demanded special attentiveness within the processes of buying and selling companies, mergers and corporate reorganisations, as well as contracts with public authorities, always with an eye to preventing litigation and diluting criminal risk.

Social
Responsibility

Everyone at Hugo Leonardo Advogados believes that criminal law practice can be used as a tool for social change. Therefore, they are enthusiastic about initiatives that contribute to improve access to justice and to defend the presumption of innocence.

Precisely for this reason, since the founding of the firm, they have been working in pro bono cases, in the defense of economically vulnerable people, and in projects of the Instituto de Defesa do Direito de Defesa (IDDD), a civil society organization that works to strengthen the right of defense, of which the firm is a maintainer.

Moreover, the firm is a supporter of Sitawi – Finanças dos Bem, an organization committed to developing financial solutions for social impact.