Mattos Filho

White Collar Crime; Corporate Investigations

Partner

Rogério has vast experience in corporate criminal litigation, having worked intensively to defend local and foreign individuals and companies in many of the main criminal investigations and proceedings in Brazil over the last 20 years.

Rogério is a guest professor for undergraduate and postgraduate criminal and procedural law courses at different Brazilian institutions. He previously worked as an editorial advisor for the Revista Brasileira de Ciências Criminais (Brazilian Journal of Criminal Sciences) and the Revista de Estudos Criminais (Criminal Studies Journal) – Brazil’s two main publications for Criminal Law – and has authored several other publications on criminal and procedural law, with a focus on economic crimes.

Rogério has been referred to by The Legal 500 as “a world-class white-collar defense lawyer”, and has been ranked among Brazil’s leading white-collar lawyers for many years by institutions including Chambers and Partners, Who’s Who Legal, The Legal 500, Leaders League, Latin Lawyer and Análise Advocacia.

Portuguese, English and Italian

He is currently a member of the São Paulo State Bar Association’s (OAB-SP) Attorney Privilege Council, as well as a former member of its Criminal Procedural Law Committee.

A former researcher at the University of São Paulo Law School’s Department of Criminal Law and Criminology, Rogério was also a visiting fellow at the University of Bologna (Italy), a director of the Brazilian Institute for Criminal Sciences (IBCCRIM) and a member of the Commission on Legislative Matters at the Institute in Defense of the Right to Defense (IDDD).

Visiting Researcher – Università di Bologna, Italy;

Bachelor of Laws – Universidade de São Paulo (USP);

Master of Criminal Law – Universidade de São Paulo (USP);

Postgraduate Degree in Economic and European Criminal Law – Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal;

Specialization in Tax Fraud and Money Laundering – Universidad Castilla-La Mancha, Spain;

Specialization in Criminal Law – Universidad de Salamanca, Spain.