Trench Rossi Watanabe

Compliance and Investigations

Partner

Felipe Ferenzini is a partner at Trench Rossi Watanabe since 2018 of the Compliance and Investigations Group.

He has vast experience in the Compliance area, with focus on structuring and leading complex internal investigations, implementation of Compliance, Risk and Governance programs (risk assessment, internal policies, remediation mechanisms, trainings). Felipe also has a relevant background in Administrative Law and related sanctions regime. He also worked at the London and Mexico offices of Baker McKenzie in connection with compliance and infrastructure matters.

Felipe has robust experience in advising foreign and Brazilian companies regarding compliance laws (Anticorruption Laws, money laundering and regulatory compliance – pharma, oil and gas, banking, among others) and dealing with relevant stakeholders (authorities, regulators, internal and external auditors, Board of Directors, regulatory agencies, independent oversight committees).

Portuguese and English

He graduated from the Pontifícia Universidade Católica de São Paulo with a degree in Law and from Fundação Getúlio Vargas – GVLaw FGV with a specialization in Regulatory Economic Law.

Former lecturer of Post Grad course in Compliance at IBMEC-RJ.

He is author/co-author of several books/articles, such as: "The Practitioner’s Guide to Global Investigations", Brazilian Chapter, by GIR; and "Risk and Compliance Management", Brazilian Chapter, by Lexology.