Rafael Ferreira de Siqueira
Associate Attorney at FeldensMadruga- Claim this Profile
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English Native or bilingual proficiency
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Spanish Professional working proficiency
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Portuguese Native or bilingual proficiency
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Bio
Credentials
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Instituto Cervantes - Spanish C2 level diploma
Instituto CervantesJul, 2015- Oct, 2024 -
OAB/DF - Barred Attorney
OAB - Ordem dos Advogados do BrasilAug, 2011- Oct, 2024 -
Cambridge English: Proficiency (CPE), known today as C2 Proficiency
Cambridge Assessment EnglishAug, 2009- Oct, 2024 -
Cambridge English: First (FCE), known today as B2 First
Cambridge Assessment EnglishFeb, 2007- Oct, 2024
Experience
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FeldensMadruga
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Brazil
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Legal Services
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1 - 100 Employee
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Associate Attorney
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Aug 2020 - Present
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Paul Hastings
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United States
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Law Practice
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700 & Above Employee
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Foreign Associate
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Aug 2019 - Jul 2020
• Drafted proffer for The United States Department of Justice (USDOJ).• Wrote outlines for scoping interviews and interviewed key company personnel in internal corruption investigations.• Conducted internal investigations of allegations of bribery and corruption, and International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR) violations. From Paris, France, and Madrid, Spain, conducted investigations in English, French, Portuguese, and Spanish.• Proposed and wrote client alerts about transnational white-collar crime.
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Legal Extern
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Jan 2019 - Apr 2019
• Researched domestic and foreign anti-corruption and other white-collar laws, case law and scholarly work.• Drafted memoranda, internal summaries and client alerts regarding transnational business criminal matters.
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Associate Attorney
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Jun 2013 - Jul 2018
• Wrote case briefs and reviewed clients’ and case files regarding leniency and plea bargain agreements under the Brazilian Clean Companies Act, also known as Anti-corruption Act, and other federal laws, for filing before the Office of the Federal Prosecutor, the Comptroller General, and the Brazilian Financial Intelligence Unit (COAF).• Along with foreign and domestic law firms, wrote briefs and discussed strategies for cooperation with national and foreign authorities in civil, administrative and criminal proceedings, and in investigations against national and international companies involved in Operação Lava Jato (Operation Car Wash), the biggest corruption, bribery, money laundering and bid rigging probe in the country's history, related to Petrobras, the Brazilian state-control oil and gas company. Operation Car Wash led to some of the highest global settlement fines in history, involving the FCPA and the UK Anti-Bribery act.• Wrote case briefs, appeals and injunctions in government sanctions proceedings for civil and administrative wrongdoings that could have led to the client’s debarment from public biddings, cancelations of public contracts and the imposition of fines.• Argued, on behalf of the defendant, civil improbity claims, before State, Federal and Superior Courts.• Wrote briefs and attended hearings at the Supreme Court representing foreign states in extradition proceedings.
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BMA – Barbosa Müssnich Aragão
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Brazil
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Law Practice
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1 - 100 Employee
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Associate Attorney
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Jul 2011 - Jun 2013
• Represented national and foreign clients in various cases regarding Administrative, Corporate, Antitrust, Tax Law and Arbitration proceedings before the Supreme Court, the Superior Court of Justice, State and Federal courts and before the Federal Court of Accounts.• Reviewed case files, discussed case strategies with team and clients, wrote court and case briefs and appeals, and attended hearings, accompanying partners and team leaders (20+) of the firm litigation areas, with Justices from the Supreme Court and Superior Court, federal and state judges and clerks.• Challenged sanctions imposed by the government in administrative proceedings before the Superior Court of Justice, State and Federal courts and before the Federal Court of Accounts.
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Legal Intern
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Nov 2009 - Jul 2011
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Procuradoria Geral da República
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Brazil
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Government Administration
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1 - 100 Employee
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Legal Intern at the Office of Brazil’s Prosecutor General
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Mar 2008 - Dec 2008
• Wrote opinions that the Deputy Attorney General, Senior Prosecutor before the Supreme Court, presented to the Supreme Court.
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Conselho Nacional de Justiça (CNJ)
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Brazil
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Administration of Justice
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300 - 400 Employee
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Legal Intern at the office of Justice João Orestes Dalazen
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Feb 2008 - Nov 2008
• Wrote decisions and opinions that Justice João Dalazen, Justice of the Superior Labor Court, would present to the Council's full bench (CNJ is an administrative body which has jurisdiction over all Superior, Federal and State courts. It is responsible for the financial and administrative management of the Judicial Power and trials disciplinary cases involving Judges and Justices.).
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Legal Intern
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Jun 2007 - Feb 2008
• Drafted case and court briefs to be filed before the trial er court and the Court of Appeals, in the areas of Smoke & Health Law and Family Law.• Followed up and prepared reports and brief for half of the team’s civil cases before the State, Federal, and Superior Court.
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IESB
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Brazil
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Higher Education
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500 - 600 Employee
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Intern at the office of the Dean of the Law School
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2005 - 2007
• Drafted the academic program for the creation and publication of the School’s first law journal, in which professors and students published together.• Reviewed articles and discussed them with the Dean and the board which later select the ones that were published.
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Education
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2018 - 2019
Georgetown University Law Center
Master of Laws - LLM, International Law and Legal Studies -
2011 - 2013
IDP
Post graduate degree (lato sensu) in Constitutional Law, Law -
2005 - 2010
IESB
Bachelor of Laws - LLB
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