Flávia Leardini has been advising national and international clients for almost 20 years on advisory and litigation matters involving economic and corporate criminal law. Her experience encompasses highly complex cases, particularly those related to tax crimes, corruption, capital market offenses, and money laundering. She also has international experience gained through an internship in Washington, D.C. (USA), at a firm specializing in transnational criminal litigation and corporate investigations, where she contributed to the defense of Brazilian and foreign individuals and legal entities before the United States Department of Justice. She holds a Bachelor of Laws degree from Mackenzie Presbyterian University; a postgraduate degree in Economic and European Criminal Law from the University of Coimbra, Portugal; a postgraduate degree in Criminal Law from the Higher School of the Public Prosecutor’s Office of the State of São Paulo; and is a specialist in tax fraud and money laundering from the University of Castilla-La Mancha, Spain. Flávia is recommended in important international legal guides such as Chambers Brazil and Legal 500. She is also referenced in the national guide Análise Advocacia Mulher.
// Academic education
Specialized degree in Tax Fraud and Money Laundering from Universidad de Castilla-La Mancha, Espanha, 2015.
Postgraduated degree in Criminal Law form Escola Superior do Ministério Público do Estado de São Paulo, 2009.
Postgraduated degree in Economic and European Criminal Law from IBCCRIM and Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal, 2008.
Graduated from the Law School of Universidade Presbiteriana Mackenzie, 2006.
// Recognition
Flávia is recommended by Chambers Brazil and Legal 500. She is also referenced in the national guide Análise Advocacia Mulher and recognized by GIR as one of the ’40 under 40’ investigation specialists in the world in 2024.
// Additional Activities
- Vice president of OAB/SP (4ª Turma Disciplinar do Tribunal de Ética e Disciplina), 2025-2026).
- Diretor of IASP, (Assuntos Institucionais do Instituto dos Advogados de São Paulo), 2025-2028).
- Member of IBA Business Crime and Criminal Law Committee (speaker in the editions 2024 and 2025 from Transnational Crime Conference).
- Member of Brazil chapter from Women"s White Collar Defense Association WWCDA.
- Researcher at with a focus on Tax Crimes and Tax Reform at Escola de Direito da Fundação Getúlio Vargas (FGV/SP).