02 Feb 2026
TozziniFreire hires Flávia Leardini as partner in white-collar crimes practice
"TozziniFreire hires Flávia Leardini as a partner in its white-collar crimes practice; she will work on anti-money laundering, financial and tax crimes, and corporate compliance matters."
Leardini advises domestic and foreign clients in both advisory and litigation matters involving economic and corporate criminal law. Her experience encompasses highly complex cases, particularly those related to tax crimes, corruption, capital markets infractions and money laundering. She joins TozziniFreire as a partner.
She has international experience, having completed an internship in Washington, D.C., at a law firm specialized in transnational criminal litigation and corporate investigations, where she contributed to the defense of Brazilian and foreign individuals and companies before the U.S. Department of Justice. Leardini holds a Law degree from Universidade Presbiteriana Mackenzie; 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 a specialization in tax fraud and money laundering from Universidad de Castilla-La Mancha, Spain.
Her arrival is the firm’s third hire in 2026 and is presented as reinforcing TozziniFreire’s expertise in strategic areas such as anti-money laundering, financial and tax crimes, and corporate compliance.