Mr Salim Jorge Saud Neto > Saud Advogados > Rio de Janeiro, Brazil > Lawyer Profile
Saud Advogados Offices
AVENIDA RIO BRANCO 1
RIO DE JANEIRO
Brazil
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Mr Salim Jorge Saud Neto
Work Department
Compliance
Position
Partner
Career
Salim Saud is recognized as one of the leading professionals in the field with 20 years of experience in large law firms throughout the Americas, including Rio de Janeiro, São Paulo, New York, and Houston. Salim has worked in major corruption and compliance cases, including some of the largest corruption scandals in History. Mr. Saud has engaged in the negotiation of leniency agreements, being responsible for the first – and so far the only – global settlement involving Brazilian and US authorities, conducted internal investigations, assisted clients in connection with Congressional Investigations, developed and implemented compliance programs and advised clients on general compliance matters. Mr. Saud litigation and dispute resolution experience includes acting in different arbitrations and litigation cases and he has advised in complex multijurisdictional corporate and M&A transactions.
Salim Saud has also assisted companies in the context of data protection law, in particular for compliance with the European Union GDPR and Brazilian LGPD.
Salim Saud is also a lecturer on several topics relating to compliance, including some of the main seminars and conferences in Brazil and around the world. He also leads and is a professor of the compliance LLM program of the prestigious university Fundação Getúlio Vargas (FGV) and teaches Arbitration and Compliance at the post-graduate courses of the Brazilian Bar, Rio de Janeiro Section.
Previously, Salim was a partner and the leader of the anticorruption practice of Mayer Brown LLP in Latin America, and an associate with Squire Sanders & Dempsey LLP (now Squire Patton Bogs).
Languages
Portuguese, English, Spanish and French
Memberships
Ordem dos Advogados do Brasil – Rio de Janeiro
Ordem dos Advogados do Brasil – São Paulo
The New York State Bar Association
US District Court for the Southern District of New York
Education
Columbia University, LLM; Harlan Fiske Stone Scholar
Parker School Certificate of Achievement in International and Comparative Law, Director Columbia Latin America Business and Law Association
Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro, Bachelor of Law (JD equivalent)
Yale University (Law Seminar, 1999)
Lawyer Rankings
Brazil > Compliance
(Leading partners)Described as ‘nothing short of exceptional‘, compliance boutique Saud Advogados is regularly tasked with anti-corruption compliance enforcement and investigations before governmental authorities and multilateral agencies. It also regularly assists clients with the design and implementation of compliance programmes. At the helm of the practice, Salim Jorge Saud Neto, a reference in the field of anti-corruption compliance and enforcement, is especially adept at handling matters of a transactional and multijurisdictional nature. Caroline Rosa complements the practice with her extensive experience in investigations, leniency agreements and administrative proceedings, while Luis Gustavo Vagos regularly conducts compliance due diligence exercises. At associate level, Ana Carolina Chaves and Patricia Zebulum are highlighted for their expertise in the oil and gas segment. Antonio Pimentel left the firm in September 2023.