Ms Gabriela Estefania Paredes Arcentales > Machado Meyer Sendacz e Opice Advogados > São Paulo, Brazil > Lawyer Profile
Machado Meyer Sendacz e Opice Advogados Offices
R. JOAQUIM FLORIANO
1052 – SÃO PAULO
SP 04534004
Brazil
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Ms Gabriela Estefania Paredes Arcentales
Work Department
COMPLIANCE E INVESTIGAÇÕES / PENAL EMPRESARIAL
Position
Lawyer
Career
Specialist in criminal procedure law and in criminal business law, especially in complex cases involving operations of the Brazilian Federal Police, criminal cases, and cross border investigations. Arcentales provides legal assistance in criminal cases and investigations involving white-collar crimes, in the analysis of the exposure to crimes, in the conduction of internal investigations, and in the development of compliance practices. She has experience in the provision of assistance to Brazilian and international clients on criminal issues, assisting in the negotiation of leniency agreements with Brazilian authorities, coordinating internal investigations, and following-up police investigations and criminal cases.
Her experience encompasses cases involving tax, environmental, and bankruptcy crimes, crimes against the financial system, money laundering, insider trading, illicit payments to suppliers, accounting fraud, and sexual harassment. She engaged with several sectors, such as food, automotive, banking, energy, pharmaceutical products, civil construction, services, and retail.
Memberships
- Brazilian Bar Association
- Brazilian Institute for Criminal Sciences
- Pro Bono Institute
- Effective member of the Special Committee on Compliance of OAB-SP
- Member of the ad hoc editorial board of Revista Fórum de Ciências Criminais since 2014
- Volunteer lawyer at Innocence Project Brasil since 2018
- Participant in Bluhm Legal Clinic, USA, Sep./18 – May/19
- Author of the article “Ne bis in idem e investigações simultâneas no processo penal brasileiro”, published in Revista Fórum de Ciências Criminais, Vol. 9, June/18
- Author of the article “Breves notas sobre o assistente técnico pericial no processo penal brasileiro”, published in Revista da Faculdade de Direito da UERJ – RFD, no. 33, May 2018
- Author of the article “Caso Espinoza v. Perú (Corte Interamericana de Direitos Humanos) – Legislação antiterrorista e suspensão de garantias: possibilidade, limites e violações a direitos humanos”, published in Revista Fórum de Ciências Criminais, Vol. 4,
Lawyer Rankings
Brazil > White-collar crime and investigations
Machado Meyer Sendacz e Opice Advogados is well placed to advise on compliance matters and litigation at both the judicial and administrative levels involving white-collar crime. On the non-contentious front, the team is regularly called upon by companies – most notably those operating in the oil and gas, banking, logistics, pharmaceutical and technology sectors – to provide legal opinions on criminal mandates, leniency agreements and internal corporate investigations, among other issues. Criminal investigations involving potential violations of anti-corruption, anti-money laundering, tax and environmental law are key areas of activity for the group, which is led by Juliana Sá de Miranda, a well-known compliance specialist with a strong white-collar crime background. Gabriela Estefania Paredes Arcentales, a key contact for clients from the automotive, banking, energy, construction and retail segments, ‘is committed to clients and has a strong knowledge of criminal banking’.
Brazil > Compliance
Machado Meyer Sendacz e Opice Advogados is noted for its ‘assertiveness, experience and broad knowledge of legal issues’, including compliance and white-collar crime. The team often advises on compliance programmes and crisis management, and stands out for its experience in internal investigations and government enforcement. Clients from the financial, technology, real estate, chemicals and mining sectors, among others, regularly instruct the team in the assessment of anti-corruption risks in the context of high-profile capital markets and M&A deals. Juliana Sá de Miranda has a ‘deep understanding of compliance‘, covering non-contentious and litigation matters. Associates Gabriela Silveira Viana and Gabriela Estefania Paredes Arcentales often advise on integrity due diligence and risk assessments. Former co-head Marcos Paulo Veríssimo left the firm in April 2023.
Lawyer Rankings
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- Banking and finance
- Corporate and M&A: High-end
- Energy and natural resources > Electricity (and renewable energy)
- Labour and employment
- City focus - Brasilia > Litigation
- TMT: Telecoms
- Projects and infrastructure
- Public law
- Restructuring and insolvency
- Tax > Tax advisory
- Tax > Tax litigation
- Transport: Aviation
Firm Rankings
- Capital markets
- Competition and antitrust
- Dispute Resolution: Litigation
- Environment
- Energy and natural resources > Hydrocarbons
- Insurance
- Real estate
- Wealth and succession planning
- City focus - Belo Horizonte > Commercial, corporate and M&A
- Compliance
- Dispute Resolution: Arbitration
- Energy and natural resources > Mining
- TMT: Tech, innovation and digital business
- Venture capital
- Life sciences
- White-collar crime and investigations
- TMT: Telecoms
- TMT: Cybersecurity and data privacy
- City focus - Brasilia > Tax