INTRODUCTION

"PAULO AMADOR DA CUNHA BUENO - LAWYERS" attends with differentiated pattern all demands of criminal nature - judicial or advisory –acting with experience and success in the various aspects related to the current model of sponsorship and advisory on criminal law related matters.

The office responds to the many requests in which modern criminal advocacy is demanded, sponsoring, in an intransigent way, the defense of interests and the rights of its clients - as investigated, accused or victims - in Police Inquiries, Criminal Investigation Procedures and criminal actions which are processed in the courts of first instance, Courts of Justice, Federal Regional Courts, as well as in the Superior Court of Justice and Supreme Federal Court.

Aligned with the current model, where criminal law acquired a broader scope, “PAULO AMADOR DA CUNHA BUENO –LAWYERS” also works on preventive consultancy, definition of risk matrices, elaboration and preparation of legal opinions, criminal compliance, criminal due diligence, and negotiation of award-winning collaboration and leniencyagreements.

The demands’ profiles supported by the office - whether contentious or advisory - goes from attending strictly personal and individual situations, to those in which criminal matters are situated in the business dynamics’ scenario.

In this regard, the office has a strong expertise and experience in the management of criminal matters contextualized on corporate environments, a combination that, especially in the last two decades, has gained significant recurrence, leading, even, to sensitive legal transformations, with the extension and strengthening of legislation to the so-called Economic Crimes (Consumer Protection Code, Tax Crimes Law, Economic Order and Consume Relations, Money Laundering Law, Environmental Crimes Law, Criminal Organizations Law, Bankruptcy and Companies Recuperation Law etc.) and other types of crimes that are almost always linked to legal entities and their administrators.

In this broad legal scenario, the office is a reference in individuals, agents and public authorities, parliamentarians and national and foreign companies’ defense.

In its history, "PAULO AMADOR DA CUNHA BUENO - LAWYERS" brings the legacy of renowned criminalists who, since the nineteenth century, have played a leading role in the legal area of criminal sciences, both in academic doctrine and in forensic practice.

This family inheritance includes Counselor ThomazAlves, commentator of the Criminal Code of the Empire of 1830, the outstanding lawyers from São Paulo, Dr. Amador da Cunha Bueno (1856-1943) and Dr. Amador da Cunha BuenoJúnior (1892-1983) and Dr. Amador da Cunha BuenoNetto (1929-2014) - Former judge of the Court of Justice of the State of São Paulo, where he held the Presidency of the Criminal Law Section, the Vice-Presidency and the Presidency of that Court –, that integrated the office society serving as a lawyer and senior consultant for over a decade.

Currently, the office is headed by Professor Doctor Paulo Amador ThomazAlves da Cunha Bueno, a militant lawyer of the criminal area and university professor, in undergraduate and postgraduate courses, for over two decades, author of several works and articles specialized in topics of Criminal Law, holder of an extensive curriculum that includes the most important academic qualifications in some of the most renowned universities in Brazil and abroad, as well as vast experience in Boards of Directors of public companies.

The office team is comprised of only highly qualified professionals experienced in the forensic litigation activity, with teaching experience and with long expertise in the patronage and advising to the clients’ interests, which guarantees the necessary aptitude for the differentiated attendance and successful action.

The office also has correspondents in the other States of the Federation and also abroad, guaranteeing the necessary structure for support in other locations.

This structure and expertise guaranteed "PAULO AMADOR DA CUNHA BUENO - LAWYERS", consolidated recognition in the national legal scenario, having been elected by the magazine "AnáliseAdvocacia" as one of the most admired offices in Brazil.