Firm Overview

Carla Rahal Benedetti – Criminal Defense (“CRB”) was founded in 2007 with expertise in Corporate Criminal Law, which includes all areas of legal practice, from tax to environmental law;

Although recently established, CRB lawyers have solid formation and experience in the area of practice, gained on preeminent law firms and legal department of leading companies;

Carla Rahal Benedetti is the founding member of CRB;

Before founding her own firm, she worked as lawyer and head of criminal law department of highly respected law firms specialized in criminal law and capital market;

She was also a founding member of a bar review preparatory course called Rahal, Chiarella e Dias Instituto Jurídico – RCD Cursos, where, throughout 10 years, she was the pedagogical coordinator and teacher-coordinator of Criminal and Criminal Procedure laws;

As a teacher of criminal law and criminal procedure for 13 years, she has given lectures about Brazilian and international criminal law systems;

Carla Rahal Benedetti has a master degree in criminal law granted by Pontifícia Universidade Católica de São Paulo – PUC/SP, being nowadays enrolled as a graduate student in a PhD program at PUC/SP. She is graduated in Law by Faculdades Metropolitanas Unidas – FMU, in 1988;

She is the author of Direito Penal – Parte Geral, which has reached its 5th edition, and of the book called Livro de Ensino Jurídico do Curso RCD, 1st and 2nd editions. Both published by the Quartier Latin;

CRB staff provides a wide range of legal services with professional excellence;

CRB’s structure and services were carefully devised to offer individual relationship with each and every one of its clients, with guarantee of permanent interaction between client and partner in charge of the case;

CRB provides legal advice to individuals and corporations, domestic or foreign, being enable to meet the needs of its clients, from a small businesses to corporations;

 

Criminal Defense

CRB’s expertise encompasses advising and litigation. The firm has focused on white-collar offenses, such as money laundering, bankruptcy fraud, consumer protection, crimes against Brazilian Financial System, against capital market, economic order, tax fraud, corporate crimes, crimes against intellectual property, defamatory libel, environmental law violations, government fraud and computer and internet fraud. CRB’s legal services also provide legal assistance in areas with specific technical knowledge: oil&gas, energy, aviation, sports and their respectively Regulatory Commissions;

CRB’s consultancy services seek to protect and promote the client’s interest, suggesting business strategic changes, advising about the risks and advantages involved. CRB’s lawyers work as a team, counting on professionals specialized in several legal areas, such as tax, corporate and labor law;

CRB also gives legal assistance in due diligences, asset purchases, mergers & acquisitions and other corporate procedures whenever a contingency of criminal liability may be a potential problem;

CRB is also backed-up by non-legal professionals for specific matters, as happens frequently in the environmental crimes. These technical support personnel provide assistance in their respective area, making significant contribution to the viability of the cases;

CRB criminal defense is duly organized to provide legal assistance across the country, being also prepared to render legal services to individuals or businesses involving international law.

 

Environmental Law

CRB has a broad experience handling cases in the field of environmental law. Our lawyers are qualified and duly trained to work together with technical consultants, assisting the client in environment licensing procedures, environmental due diligences, environmental liabilities, among others. These legal services are considerable when analyzing the viability of mergers & acquisitions;

In order to point out the CRB expertise in the practice of environmental law, we can mention the significant number of public civil actions and judicial inquiries concerning environmental damage, negotiations of compliance terms before local authorities, Department of Justice and State Attorney’s Office. In addition, CRB advises clients on carbon credit transactions and projects of implementation of biodiesel and biogas plants.