Mr Giovanni Paolo Falcetta > TozziniFreire Advogados > Sao Paulo, Brazil > Lawyer Profile

Mr Giovanni Paolo Falcetta

(55 11) 5086-5279 gfalcetta@tozzinifreire.com.br

Work Department

Compliance & Investigation, Cybersecurity & Data Privacy, Life Sciences & Healthcare, Education, Crisis Management

Position

Partner

Career

Giovanni advises boards of directors, companies and independent committees on prevention, detection, response and remediation of highly complex matters related to compliance, anti-corruption and corporate crisis. He coordinates internal investigations related to fraud, corruption and violation of internal policies, in constant interaction with various jurisdictions, for domestic and foreign clients. Additionally, he assists clients with complex issues involving simultaneous multiparty interaction with regulators, third parties, disputes and market. He constantly represents clients in the interaction with domestic and foreign government authorities, especially in cooperation and leniency agreements contexts. Giovanni also performs compliance focused on risk analysis and M&A due diligence, implementing/reviewing compliance programs and structuring training plans for specific audiences. Giovanni co-headed the creation of the Latin American Compliance & Investigation League (LACIL), which involves the top Latin America law firms in this practice.

Languages

English, Italian, Spanish

Memberships

• CCEP (Certified Compliance and Ethics Professional) by SCCE (Society of Corporate Compliance and Ethics).
• Co-chair of the Anti-corruption and Compliance Committee of IBRADEMP (Brazilian Institute of Corporate Law).
• Guest professor at the following institutions: IBGC (Brazilian Institute of Corporate Governance) – “Compliance and Corporate Governance” and “Corporate Governance in the healthcare sector” courses; INSPER – “Compliance” and “Compliance management” courses; FGV-RJ (Fundação Getulio Vargas – Rio de Janeiro) – “Compliance” in the LL.M. program; CBEXs (Healthcare executives’ Brazilian school) – “Compliance certification” course.

Education

• Crisis Management & Business Continuity at MIT (Massachusetts Institute of Technology), 2019.
• Best Practices in Corporate Governance at IBGC (Brazilian Institute of Corporate Governance), 2015.
• International Anti-Corruption Summer Academy, Austria, 2014.
• Master’s degree in European Private Law from Università degli Studi di Roma “La Sapienza”, 2006.
• Graduate of the Law School of PUC-SP (Pontifícia Universidade Católica de São Paulo), 2003.