TozziniFreire

Compliance &, Investigation

Partner

Karla Lini Maeji is a partner in the Compliance & Investigation practice at TozziniFreire with extensive experience acting as counsel for foreign listed companies doing business in Brazil, focusing her practice on internal investigations, and regulatory and criminal enforcement. She conducted numerous cross-border investigations especially on corruption, fraud and procurement irregularities reporting to Audit Committees, interacting with external auditors and having a keen eye for handling matters that may affect the company in different areas of law and jurisdictions. She has consistent experience strategically representing clients before multiple authorities, both in the context of leniency agreements and defense.  Karla also regularly advises corporate clients on a broad range of compliance matters for having a deep understanding of her clients’ business and potential impacts on the company. In addition, she worked for a global law firm, in London, in a secondment program.

English

CCEP (Certified Compliance and Ethics Professional) by SCCE (Society of Corporate Compliance and Ethics).

Guest professor in the Compliance postgraduate couse at FGV-RJ (Fundação Getúlio Vargas - RJ).

M. from the Law School of Columbia University School of Law, New York, USA, 2013.

Graduate of the Law School of Universidade Presbiteriana Mackenzie, 2008.