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Compliance and Business Integrity

The enactment of Law 12,846 of 01/08/2013 made it necessary to structure integrity programs (compliance) consistent with international requirements and adapted to Brazilian legislation.

The compliance team ofMAZZUCCO & MELLO LAWYERShas extensive experience in implementing new compliance and corporate integrity programs or adapting existing programs to Brazilian legislation, making the process faster and more cost-effective. We are prepared to meet all demands related to compliance standards.

Our team offers the following services:

  • Preparation, review or adaptation of Codes of Ethics;
  • Preparation, review or adaptation of Codes of Conduct;
  • Preparation, review or adaptation of Procedure Manuals;
  • Preparation, review or adaptation of Risk Matrix;
  • Structuring of Complaints/Ombudsman Channels;
  • Business partner audit;
  • Review of contracts to include specific compliance clauses;
  • Training of employees and agents;
  • Assistance in carrying out internal investigations and applying administrative sanctions;
  • Coordination in the implementation and supervision of anti-corruption programs;
  • Defense, both in the administrative and judicial spheres, of demands related to the Anti-Corruption Law.

Development of Integrity Program: Identification and assessment, for due treatment, of anti-corruption integrity risks. Planning and structuring of Integrity Programs (focus on Anti-Corruption).

  • Structuring of Anti-Corruption Compliance Management System – Development of the Anti-Corruption Integrity Program for an organization with annual revenue of R$1.5 billion, 16,000 employees and operations in 11 Brazilian states. Consulting for identifying and assessing risks, proposing mitigation measures and treating risks according to their criticality. Preparation of a Code of Ethics and Conduct, general guidelines and policies and procedural guides for contacting authorities, hiring personnel, relations with suppliers, conducting internal investigations, reporting channel and structuring the compliance department.
  • Prior to the new anti-corruption law, he worked in a national economic group operating in several countries, creating and executing the largest administrative management program, enabling senior management to obtain objective reports on the development of the economic group's business activities, improving and developing several manuals and policies in the Group, with the aim of mitigating economic, criminal and image risks.
  • Work in a Food and Beverage company with the aim of mitigating risks arising from compliance with additional tax, social security and labor obligations.
  • Adaptation of the corporate documents of the first Financial Market Infrastructure approved by CVM after the publication of Normative Instruction 461, being the first initiative to compete with B3 after the merger of the Financial Market Infrastructure companies.

Proposal of Leniency Agreements in matters of the Anti-Corruption Law before the Public Prosecutor's Office and the Comptroller General's Office.

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