Master and PhD in Criminal Procedural Law at Universidade de São Paulo (USP), as well as a specialist in Economic Criminal Law at FGV's São Paulo Law School (GVLaw).
Daniel has extensive experience and is highly specialized in matters related to tax crimes. He has worked on numerous recent cases involving the most recent issues in this field, such as the discussion of the criminalization of the non-payment of ICMS, undue tax credits, as well as various types of fraud committed against tax laws.
In recent years, he has gained unique experience in conducting corporate internal investigations for companies, having led the office's team in several cases of relevant significance.
He is the author of several scientific articles on Criminal and Procedural Law, and a member of the Instituto Brasileiro de Ciências Criminais (IBCCrim) and of the Instituto de Defesa do Direito de Defesa (IDDD).
Helena Lobo da Costa
Tenured professor, lecturer and PhD in Criminal Law from the Universidade de São Paulo (USP).
Helena has extensive experience in highly complex cases, having worked on major operations involving financial crimes, tax crimes, money laundering, and corruption. She has also specialized, based on her doctoral thesis, in cases of environmental criminal law. She perfectly combines deep academic knowledge with agility to provide practical solutions to criminal problems.
She was a researcher at the University of Frankfurt and at the Max Planck Institute for Foreign and International Criminal Law. She is the author of the books "Human Dignity and Theories of Positive General Prevention" and "Environmental Criminal Protection," as well as several legal articles. She is also a counselor at the Instituto Brasileiro de Ciências Criminais (IBCCrim) and a member of the Instituto de Defesa do Direito de Defesa (IDDD).
Marina Coelho Araújo
PhD in Criminal Law from the Universidade de São Paulo (USP), and a specialist in Economic Criminal Law from the University of Coimbra. She was president of the Instituto Brasileiro de Ciências Criminais (IBCCrim) in 2021/2022.
Marina has extensive experience in litigation, having worked for more than 20 years on major operations in Brazil. She was also part of a team that structured the litigation strategy for a large national financial institution, which provided her with experience in national and agile litigation, with the necessary technology.
In addition, for the past ten years, she has been involved in the development and implementation of compliance programs in Brazilian companies, leading the office team in all stages of these processes, from diagnosis to employee training.
Currently, she serves as a counselor at the Institute of Lawyers of São Paulo (IASP) and also as a counselor on the Commission of Prerogatives of OAB-SP. She is a member of the Institute for Defense of the Right to Defense (IDDD), serving as coordinator of one of the groups in the Juri Project.
As a professor at INSPER, she was also a researcher at the University of Munich from 2003 to 2004 and at New York University (NYU) in 2012.
Daniel Gerstler
Master's student in Criminal Law at the Universidade de São Paulo (USP) and a specialist in Economic Criminal Law at the FGV Law School of São Paulo (GVLaw).
Daniel is the author of several articles published in the Revista dos Tribunais and the Revista do Instituto Brasileiro de Ciências Criminais (IBCCrim), he is also a columnist in the journalistic periodical of the Brazil-Israel Institute and coordinator of the American Jewish Committee in Brazil.
He attended the course at the German School of Criminal Sciences through the Center for the Study of Criminal Law and Criminal Procedure in Latin America at the University of Göttingen, Germany. He is a member of the Instituto de Defesa do Direito de Defesa (IDDD).
Associates
Gabriela
Pizzol
Lawyer. Bachelor of Laws
at the Universidade de São Paulo (USP). Member
of the Instituto Brasileiro de Ciências Criminais (IBCCrim) and of the Instituto de Defesa do Direito de Defesa (IDDD).
Lawyer. Bachelor of Laws from PUC-SP. Postgraduate degree in Economic Criminal Law from Fundação Getúlio Vargas (GVLaw). Member of the Instituto Brasileiro de Ciências Criminais (IBCCrim).
Lawyer. Bachelor of Laws
at the Universidade de São Paulo (USP). Member of the Instituto Brasileiro de Ciências Criminais (IBCCrim) and the Instituto de Defesa do Direito de Defesa (IDDD).
Lawyer. Bachelor of Laws from Mackenzie and post-graduated in Criminal Law and Criminology at PUC-RS. Attended an extension course at PUC-SP/COGEAE on criminal procedure in corporate crimes.
Lawyer. Bachelor of Laws
at the Universidade de São Paulo (USP). Member of the Instituto Brasileiro de Ciências Criminais (IBCCrim) and the Instituto de Defesa do Direito de Defesa (IDDD).
