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Provided by Raphael Rodrigues Soré
Partner in Compliance, investigations and corporate governance, White-collar and investigations, Human rights and business, ESG and impact businesses, Crisis management and Venture capital and startups.
With a strong track record in both the public and private sector, Raphael has over 15 years of experience in integrity and corporate governance. His expertise covers a wide range of activities, but with a particular focus on complex investigations, integrity and human rights compliance programs, anti-corruption and anti-money laundering legislation, as well as the management of integrity crises and third-party legal and reputational risks.
In the public sector, he has worked at the Federal Public Prosecutor’s Office, the Comptroller General’s Office of the São Paulo State Administration, as well as chaired the State Committee for Public Transparency and served as Secretary General for the Brazilian Council for Internal Control (Conaci).
In the private sector, Raphael has worked as a partner at one of the world's largest consulting firms, focused on compliance, corporate investigations, and human rights.
His work involves prevention, detection, and response to risks related to integrity, corporate governance, and human rights, advising clients from all sectors in:
Defense in administrative proceedings and processes arising from potential violations of anti-corruption legislation and related laws.
Strategic coordination of negotiations with government oversight agencies, particularly leniency agreements.
Conducting corporate investigations, especially related to fraud, corruption, harassment, ESG washing, money laundering, terrorism financing, human rights violations, and non-compliance with internal policies from clients.
Crisis management related to integrity breaches or human rights violations.
Advisory services to top management (board advisory) and consultancy in diagnosing and implementing best practices in corporate governance.
Developing and evaluating compliance programs for integrity, anti-money laundering and counter-terrorism financing, and human rights. This includes risk mapping and management, drafting and reviewing internal policies, conducting trainings, designing third-party risk management plans, and establishing formal mechanisms to prevent and address violations.
Integrity and human rights due diligence.
Developing strategies to mitigate integrity risks in M&A transactions, debt or any other type of deal that may result in negative association of image.
Legal consultancy on anti-corruption legislation, AML/CFT (Anti-Money Laundering/Counter-Terrorism Financing), compliance programs, human rights, and business, as well as national and international benchmarks for best practices in corporate governance reporting.
Admitted to Brazilian Bar Association. Member of International Bar Association, Association of Certified Fraud Examiners (ACFE) and Association of Certified Anti-Money Laundering Specialists (ACAMS).
Provided by Chambers
Raphael Rodrigues Soré is head of the compliance and investigations
practice at Machado Meyer, and joins the rankings this year. Raphael demonstrates solid experience in risk assessment, investigations and due diligence, displaying the capability to conduct both national and international cases.
Provided by Chambers
Raphael Soré is always accessible and has an excellent vision of business and legal impacts.
Raphael Rodrigues Soré knows a lot about our company. We have deep confidence in his technical opinion and we are happy with the excellent services he provides.
Raphael Soré is always accessible and has an excellent vision of business and legal impacts.
Raphael Rodrigues Soré knows a lot about our company. We have deep confidence in his technical opinion and we are happy with the excellent services he provides.
