Machado Meyer Sendacz e Opice Advogados

Compliance, investigations and corporate governance, White-collar and investigations, Gamming and betting, Human rights and business, ESG and impact businesses, Crisis management, Venture capital and startups

Partner

With a strong track record in both the public and private sector, Raphael has over 15 years of experience in integrity and corporate governance. His expertise covers a wide range of activities, but with a particular focus on complex investigations, integrity and human rights compliance programs, anti-corruption and anti-money laundering legislation, as well as the management of integrity crises and third-party legal and reputational risks.

In the public sector, he has worked at the Federal Public Prosecutor’s Office, the Comptroller General’s Office of the São Paulo State Administration, as well as chaired the State Committee for Public Transparency and served as Secretary General for the Brazilian Council for Internal Control (Conaci).

In the private sector, Raphael has worked as a partner at one of the world's largest consulting firms, focused on compliance, corporate investigations, and human rights.

His work involves prevention, detection, and response to risks related to integrity, corporate governance, and human rights, advising clients from all sectors in:

Defense in administrative proceedings and processes arising from potential violations of anti-corruption legislation and related laws. Strategic coordination of negotiations with government oversight agencies, particularly leniency agreements. Conducting corporate investigations, especially related to fraud, corruption, harassment, ESG washing, money laundering, terrorism financing, human rights violations, and non-compliance with internal policies from clients. Crisis management related to integrity breaches or human rights violations. Advisory services to top management (board advisory) and consultancy in diagnosing and implementing best practices in corporate governance. Developing and evaluating compliance programs for integrity, anti-money laundering and counter-terrorism financing, and human rights. This includes risk mapping and management, drafting and reviewing internal policies, conducting trainings, designing third-party risk management plans, and establishing formal mechanisms to prevent and address violations. Integrity and human rights due diligence. Developing strategies to mitigate integrity risks in M&A transactions, debt or any other type of deal that may result in negative association of image. Legal consultancy on anti-corruption legislation, AML/CFT (Anti-Money Laundering/Counter-Terrorism Financing), compliance programs, human rights, and business, as well as national and international benchmarks for best practices in corporate governance reporting.

Director of the Compliance Committee of IBRAC (Brazilian Institute for Competition, Consumer and International Trade Studies), member of the Association of Certified Fraud Examiners (ACFE), Association of Certified Anti-Money Laundering Specialists (ACAMS). Admitted to the Brazilian Bar Association and International Bar Association. 

Association of Certified Fraud Examiners (ACFE) – Certified Fraud Examiner (CFE), 2017 Association of Certified Anti-Money Laundering Specialists (ACAMS) – Certified Anti-Money Laundering Specialist (CAMS), 2021 Law School of Universidade de São Paulo (USP) – Master of Law, 2016 Escola Paulista da Magistratura – Postgraduate in Public Law, 2014 Law School of Universidade of Coimbra (Portugal) – Postgraduate in European Community Law, 2010 Law School of Universidade de São Paulo (USP) – Bachelor of Laws, 2009