Tauil & Chequer Advogados

Michel Sancovski is co-head of the Global Investigations & White Collar Defense practice.

Michel serves clients on corporate compliance, internal investigations, and government enforcement. He advises clients in accounting for local and foreign laws, coordinating highly complex major investigations, developing, reviewing, and implementing compliance programs and assisting with anti-corruption due diligences in third parties and in the context of M&A transactions and IPOs.

Michel also has experience in government enforcement, particularly in the defense of administrative and judicial cases originating from the application of several anti-corruption laws. He works for clients by negotiating settlements and cooperation with regulators and authorities in Brazil and in the US. He has experience in cross-border cases in Latin America, mainly in Mexico, Colombia, and Argentina.

Michel advises clients in many sectors, including Agribusiness, Energy, Infrastructure and Telecommunication.

Portuguese, English and Spanish

Guest professor at IBGC (Brazilian Institute of Corporate Governance), Rio de Janeiro, Brasilia, Curitiba, and São Paulo. Director, Officer, Co-chair of the Anti-Corruption and Compliance committee at IBRADEMP (Brazilian Institute of Corporate Law), São Paulo Ambassador of ComplianceLab-Mack, Universidade Presbiteriana Mackenzie Law School, São Paulo. Member, Permanent Commission on Studies about Compliance, Instituto dos Advogados de São Paulo – IASP (Sao Paulo Lawyers Institute), São Paulo. Berkeley Law Ambassador in Brazil, São Paulo. Member of the Brazilian Bar Association, São Paulo.

University of California, Berkeley School of Law, LLM, Master of Laws Degree with the Business Law Certificate Fundação Getúlio Vargas (FGV/SP), Post-graduate law-specialization diploma Universidade Presbiteriana Mackenzie, Bachelor of Law (JD equivalent)