Member Profile

David Rechulski has more than 30 years of experience in corporate criminal law and criminal compliance. As a leading criminal defense lawyer in Brazil, Rechulski is known for representing c-level executives and senior officers in high-profile cases and complex corporate matters. Rechulski also regularly advises clients in managing crisis and in connection with internal investigations and compliance reviews from a criminal-consequence perspective. His ethics and tailor-made strategies have made Rechulski one of the most admired criminal lawyers in Brazil, receiving national and international recognition for his work by several legal publications.

David Rechulski has been awarded for 16 consecutive years by Brazil’s most important legal publication as one of the most admired specialised criminal lawyers in the country and has always been ranked in Tier 1.

David Rechulski, Advogados is a renowned award-winning Brazilian criminal law firm specialised in Corporate Criminal Law and Criminal Compliance. Founded on 2004 by partner David Rechulski, the firm is based in Sao Paulo and has a team of 20 criminal lawyers.

Leading corporate criminal law practice in Brazil for several years, David Rechulski, Advogados provides legal advice to national and multinational corporations on sensitive matters in criminal law and criminal compliance. Supported by its almost two-decade long experience, David Rechulski, Advogados assists its clients in developing criminal compliance programs and in reviewing its policies and procedures from a criminal-consequence perspective to mitigate potential criminal liabilities to c-level executives and managers. In addition, David Rechulski, Advogados is recognised for its successful litigation strategies when defending high-ranking executives and employees under criminal investigation or when criminally charged.

David Rechulski, Advogados has extensive experience and is highly recommended for allegations of Corporate Fraud (prevention and investigation); Crimes against Consumer Markets (market abuses); Crimes against Public Administration (corruption, bid rigging and public contract frauds); Digital Fraud and Electronic Crimes; Economic Crimes (cartels); Environmental Crimes; Fraud and Financial Crimes (tax evasion, insider trading and money laundering); Intellectual Property Crimes; and Labour Crimes (workplace accidents and fatalities).

Partner David Rechulski has unparalleled experience in strategic corporate crisis management, assisting its clients in managing crisis from the very start of relevant events.

David Rechulski, Advogados works with high respected associated law firms providing legal advice in Brazilian criminal law in international proceedings, including in arbitration.

Dr. David Rechulski and his team have expertise in several industry sectors, such as mining, telecom, construction, banking, energy, steel, chemical, technology, pharmaceutical, food, insurance, transportation and logistics, among others.

Due to the services that David Rechulski has been successfully providing throughout decades to his clients in a tailor suited manner – always developing the best strategy for each case according to his client’s needs –, and because of his commitment to ethics, which is a fundamental premise for his practice, Rechulski has been awarded by Brazil’s most important and unbiased legal publication as one of the leading criminal lawyers for 16 years.