João Augusto Gameiro > Trench Rossi Watanabe > Porto Alegre, Brazil > Lawyer Profile
Trench Rossi Watanabe Offices

AV. SOLEDADE, 550, ED CARLOS GOMES CENTER
CONJUNTOS 402, 403 E 404 90470-340
PORTO ALEGRE, RS
Brazil
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João Augusto Gameiro

Work Department
Criminal Law
Position
Partner
Career
João Augusto Gameiro became partner of the firm in 2018, when he took over the leadership of the Corporate Criminal Law group. As a defense attorney, he has represented several multinational companies and their shareholders and officers in police investigations, criminal lawsuits, administrative procedures, and congressional investigations on tax evasion, environmental crimes, crimes against consumers, antitrust crimes, anti-corruption, anti-counterfeiting, and money laundering cases.
In addition, Gameiro has advised foreign companies regarding Brazilian criminal and compliance laws, performed due diligence focused on criminal, anti-bribery, and anti-corruption liabilities and conducted internal investigations on corporate frauds, corruption, and anticompetitive practices.
He has also worked as a legal assistant at the General Public Prosecution Office of the State of São Paulo and is a professor of Corporate Criminal Law and Compliance.
Languages
Portuguese and english
Education
Gameiro graduated from Universidade de São Paulo with a degree in Law and from Universidade de Coimbra / Instituto Brasileiro de Ciências Criminais – IBCCrim with a postgraduate course in Corporate Criminal Law. Also holds a master’s degree in Criminal Law from Universidade de São Paulo. Gameiro attended the Intensive Course on Corporate Compliance & Ethics at the School of Professional Studies of the New York University – NYU.
Lawyer Rankings
Brazil > White-collar crime and investigations
The white-collar crime practice at Trench Rossi Watanabe has extensive experience handling investigations concerning tax crimes, IP criminal violations with tax repercussions, public procurement and health market matters. Led by João Augusto Gameiro, the group has represented large multinationals in police investigations, administrative procedures and congressional investigations on tax evasion. At associate level, Tiago Caruso focuses his practice on matters involving crimes against the financial system, public administration, public health, as well as corporate fraud and money laundering cases.
Lawyer Rankings
Top Tier Firm Rankings
Firm Rankings
- Compliance
- Environment
- Intellectual property
- Labour and employment
- City focus - Porto Alegre > Tax
- Tax > Tax advisory
- Tax > Tax litigation
- TMT: Tech, innovation and digital business
- Capital markets
- Competition and antitrust
- Corporate and M&A: High-end
- Dispute Resolution: Arbitration
- Dispute Resolution: Litigation
- Energy and natural resources > Electricity (and renewable energy)
- Energy and natural resources > Hydrocarbons
- International trade
- Life sciences
- Public law
- Venture capital
- Wealth and succession planning
- Projects and infrastructure
- Restructuring and insolvency
- TMT: Cybersecurity and data privacy
- Banking and finance
- White-collar crime and investigations