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FELIPE M. FRANÇA

Partner

Compliance, Investigations, Technology, AI & Strategic Transactions

(Portuguese, English, Spanish)

+55 11 941 997 063

Professional Experience:

Felipe is a seasoned lawyer with extensive experience in global technology companies such as Microsoft, Nextel, and more recently at "X” (former “Twitter”), where he served as Global Anti-Bribery & Anti-Corruption (ABAC) Compliance Officer and Regional Compliance Officer for Latin America and Canada.

Over the course of his career, Felipe has led regional legal and compliance functions at companies including Software AG and the GE spin-off, GXS, advising on regulatory risk, freedom of expression, high-impact litigation, law enforcement engagement, and complex cross-border transactions. His advisory work combines legal strategy with deep expertise in digital governance and corporate integrity and cross border internal investigations.

Highlights

  • Represented major technology companies in high-profile defenses before Parliamentary Inquiry Commissions (CPIs) and in complex proceedings before the Brazilian Supreme Court.

  • Coordinated complex contractual negotiations for multinational companies, involving technology development and transfer, media buying, and strategic partnerships.

  • Conducted an internal investigation into a widespread corruption scheme involving multiple municipal governments, post-M&A, supporting a complex arbitration dispute.

  • Co-led crisis management efforts involving reputational risk and potential executive detention, while representing global corporations in sensitive enforcement matters in Brazil.

  • Led cross border investigation in several jurisdictions, including China, Turkey, Spain, Mexico and Argentina for multiple technology and automobile companies regarding internal fraud and corruption.

  • Provides ongoing compliance advisory to various multinational clients operating in highly regulated sectors, including pharmaceuticals, oil & gas, water and sanitation sector.

Affiliations and other credentials

  • Transparency International – Brazil
    Lead Researcher: Heads a national working group focused on “Corruption, Corporate Governance and Compliance”

  • Alliance for Integrity
    Volunteer Trainer and The Integrity App Sounding Board Member

  • Certifications

  • CCEP-I – Certified Compliance & Ethics Professional – International (SCCE)

  • FCPA Institute – Led by Mike Khoeler, in Philadelphia, US

  • 5th Annual Anti-Bribery Advanced Bootcamp (led by Hui Chen)

Education

  • LL.M., University of California – Davis

  • Specialization degree in Corporate Labor Law, FGV-SP

  • Specialization degree in Tax Law, LFG

  • J.D. (Law Degree), Pontifical Catholic University of São Paulo – PUC-SP

Selected Publications and Speaking Engagements

  • Interview, BandNews TV & Radio: What is Corruption? (ABC da Notícia)

  • Interview, Papo Antagonista, Has the fight against corruption ended?

  • Co-author, book Compliance: Efetividade de Essência, published by the Brazilian Bar Association (OAB Nacional)

  • Co-author, book Perspective on Brazil's Anticorruption Law, published and part of a Transparency International initiative.

  • co-text editor, Guia de Gestão de Integridade Privada, chapter “Investigations and Remediation”, published by Ethos.

  • Articles on Revista Crusoé (Brazilian magazine):  “Fighting Corruption Doesn’t Harm the Economy” and  “Post-Lava Jato Anti-Corruption Landscape”

  • Article on JOTA (Transparency International column): “Will the FCPA Pause Be Just Darkness?”

  • Speaker, U.S. State Department/ DCN Global,  AI Governance and the use of AI in the fight against corruption (event held in Argentina)

  • Speaker, V Seminario Internacional Anticorrupción, Chilean Comptroller General’s Office – Technology and Conflicts of Interest

  • Speaker, OCEG Webinar: Unpacking the Global Third-Party Due Diligence Regulatory Landscape

  • Speaker, IVEPESP Webinar: Technology and Freedom of Expression as Tools to Fight Corruption

  • Guest professor, Universidad de Aconcagua (Argentina) and Insper (Brazil)

Professional Experience:

Felipe is a seasoned lawyer with extensive experience in global technology companies such as Microsoft, Nextel, and more recently at "X” (former “Twitter”), where he served as Global Anti-Bribery & Anti-Corruption (ABAC) Compliance Officer and Regional Compliance Officer for Latin America and Canada.

Over the course of his career, Felipe has led regional legal and compliance functions at companies including Software AG and the GE spin-off, GXS, advising on regulatory risk, freedom of expression, high-impact litigation, law enforcement engagement, and complex cross-border transactions. His advisory work combines legal strategy with deep expertise in digital governance and corporate integrity and cross border internal investigations.

Highlights

  • Represented major technology companies in high-profile defenses before Parliamentary Inquiry Commissions (CPIs) and in complex proceedings before the Brazilian Supreme Court.

  • Coordinated complex contractual negotiations for multinational companies, involving technology development and transfer, media buying, and strategic partnerships.

  • Conducted an internal investigation into a widespread corruption scheme involving multiple municipal governments, post-M&A, supporting a complex arbitration dispute.

  • Co-led crisis management efforts involving reputational risk and potential executive detention, while representing global corporations in sensitive enforcement matters in Brazil.

  • Led cross border investigation in several jurisdictions, including China, Turkey, Spain, Mexico and Argentina for multiple technology and automobile companies regarding internal fraud and corruption.

  • Provides ongoing compliance advisory to various multinational clients operating in highly regulated sectors, including pharmaceuticals, oil & gas, water and sanitation sector.

Education

  • LL.M., University of California – Davis

  • Specialization degree in Corporate Labor Law, FGV-SP

  • Specialization degree in Tax Law, LFG

  • J.D. (Law Degree), Pontifical Catholic University of São Paulo – PUC-SP

Selected Publications and Speaking Engagements

  • Interview, BandNews TV & Radio: What is Corruption? (ABC da Notícia)

  • Interview, Papo Antagonista, Has the fight against corruption ended?

  • Co-author, book Compliance: Efetividade de Essência, published by the Brazilian Bar Association (OAB Nacional)

  • Co-author, book Perspective on Brazil's Anticorruption Law, published and part of a Transparency International initiative.

  • co-text editor, Guia de Gestão de Integridade Privada, chapter “Investigations and Remediation”, published by Ethos.

  • Articles on Revista Crusoé (Brazilian magazine):  “Fighting Corruption Doesn’t Harm the Economy” and  “Post-Lava Jato Anti-Corruption Landscape”

  • Article on JOTA (Transparency International column): “Will the FCPA Pause Be Just Darkness?”

  • Speaker, U.S. State Department/ DCN Global,  AI Governance and the use of AI in the fight against corruption (event held in Argentina)

  • Speaker, V Seminario Internacional Anticorrupción, Chilean Comptroller General’s Office – Technology and Conflicts of Interest

  • Speaker, OCEG Webinar: Unpacking the Global Third-Party Due Diligence Regulatory Landscape

  • Speaker, IVEPESP Webinar: Technology and Freedom of Expression as Tools to Fight Corruption

  • Guest professor, Universidad de Aconcagua (Argentina) and Insper (Brazil)

Affiliations and other credentials

  • Transparency International – Brazil
    - Lead Researcher: Heads a national working group focused on “Corruption, Corporate Governance and Compliance”
     

  • Alliance for Integrity
    - Volunteer Trainer and The Integrity App Sounding Board Member
     

  • Certifications
    - CCEP-I – Certified Compliance & Ethics Professional – International (SCCE)
    - FCPA Institute – Led by Mike Khoeler, in Philadelphia, US
    - 5th Annual Anti-Bribery Advanced Bootcamp (led by Hui Chen)

Professional Experience:

Felipe is a seasoned lawyer with extensive experience in global technology companies such as Microsoft, Nextel, and more recently at "X” (former “Twitter”), where he served as Global Anti-Bribery & Anti-Corruption (ABAC) Compliance Officer and Regional Compliance Officer for Latin America and Canada.

Over the course of his career, Felipe has led regional legal and compliance functions at companies including Software AG and the GE spin-off, GXS, advising on regulatory risk, freedom of expression, high-impact litigation, law enforcement engagement, and complex cross-border transactions. His advisory work combines legal strategy with deep expertise in digital governance and corporate integrity and cross border internal investigations.

Highlights

  • Represented major technology companies in high-profile defenses before Parliamentary Inquiry Commissions (CPIs) and in complex proceedings before the Brazilian Supreme Court.

  • Coordinated complex contractual negotiations for multinational companies, involving technology development and transfer, media buying, and strategic partnerships.

  • Conducted an internal investigation into a widespread corruption scheme involving multiple municipal governments, post-M&A, supporting a complex arbitration dispute.

  • Co-led crisis management efforts involving reputational risk and potential executive detention, while representing global corporations in sensitive enforcement matters in Brazil.

  • Led cross border investigation in several jurisdictions, including China, Turkey, Spain, Mexico and Argentina for multiple technology and automobile companies regarding internal fraud and corruption.

  • Provides ongoing compliance advisory to various multinational clients operating in highly regulated sectors, including pharmaceuticals, oil & gas, water and sanitation sector.

Education

  • LL.M., University of California – Davis

  • Specialization degree in Corporate Labor Law, FGV-SP

  • Specialization degree in Tax Law, LFG

  • J.D. (Law Degree), Pontifical Catholic University of São Paulo – PUC-SP

Selected Publications and Speaking Engagements

  • Interview, BandNews TV & Radio: What is Corruption? (ABC da Notícia)

  • Interview, Papo Antagonista, Has the fight against corruption ended?

  • Co-author, book Compliance: Efetividade de Essência, published by the Brazilian Bar Association (OAB Nacional)

  • Co-author, book Perspective on Brazil's Anticorruption Law, published and part of a Transparency International initiative.

  • co-text editor, Guia de Gestão de Integridade Privada, chapter “Investigations and Remediation”, published by Ethos.

  • Articles on Revista Crusoé (Brazilian magazine):  “Fighting Corruption Doesn’t Harm the Economy” and  “Post-Lava Jato Anti-Corruption Landscape”

  • Article on JOTA (Transparency International column): “Will the FCPA Pause Be Just Darkness?”

  • Speaker, U.S. State Department/ DCN Global,  AI Governance and the use of AI in the fight against corruption (event held in Argentina)

  • Speaker, V Seminario Internacional Anticorrupción, Chilean Comptroller General’s Office – Technology and Conflicts of Interest

  • Speaker, OCEG Webinar: Unpacking the Global Third-Party Due Diligence Regulatory Landscape

  • Speaker, IVEPESP Webinar: Technology and Freedom of Expression as Tools to Fight Corruption

  • Guest professor, Universidad de Aconcagua (Argentina) and Insper (Brazil)

Affiliations and other credentials

  • Transparency International – Brazil
    - Lead Researcher: Heads a national working group focused on “Corruption, Corporate Governance and Compliance”

  • Alliance for Integrity
    - Volunteer Trainer and The Integrity App Sounding Board Member

  • Certifications
    - CCEP-I – Certified Compliance & Ethics Professional – International (SCCE)
    - FCPA Institute – Led by Mike Khoeler, in Philadelphia, US
    - 5th Annual Anti-Bribery Advanced Bootcamp (led by Hui Chen)

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