Joyce Roysen

Team

Profile

Pioneering criminal lawyer Joyce Roysen founded our law firm in 1993. She is the only woman to be recognized in all editions of the Análise Advocacia ranking—the leading national publication on the Brazilian legal market—in the criminal law area. For 15 years, she has been ranked in Band 1 among specialized criminal lawyers.

Admitted to the Brazilian Bar Association (OAB) and the São Paulo Lawyers Association (AASP) since 1987, she has also been a member of the Portuguese Bar Association (OAP) since 2019.

She has been a member of the International Bar Association (IBA) since 1987, the Brazilian Institute of Criminal Sciences (IBCCrim) since 1992, and the Brazilian group of the International Association of Penal Law (AIDP) since 1994.

Joyce Roysen served as a council member of the São Paulo State Government’s Human Rights Program under the Secretary of Public Justice (2002).

Education

Specialized in Criminal Sciences and Penal Dogmatics at Georg-August-Universität Göttingen in Germany (2023)

Specialized in European Economic Criminal Law at the University of Coimbra in Portugal (2019)

Participant of the “Management Program for Lawyers” at Yale University School of Management in the United States (2016)

Graduated from the University of São Paulo (USP) Law School with a focus on Criminal Law (1986)

Recognition

Análise Advocacia: Band 1 among specialized professionals in Criminal Law (2007-2024)

Chambers and Partners: Dispute Resolution – White Collar Crime (2018-2024)

Leaders League: Dispute Resolution – White Collar Crime (2022-2024)

Publications

Author of the BRAZIL chapter in the international publication “International Comparative Legal Guide ICLG: Anti-Money Laundering – Chapter Brazil” (2018-2022)

Author of the BRAZIL chapter in the international publication “International Comparative Legal Guide ICLG: Business Crime – Chapter Brazil” (2020-2023)

Co-author of the chapter “Indícios de corrupção e anulação de decisões pelo Carf” in the book “Crimes Contra a Ordem Tributária” (2019)

Co-author of the article “Countering Cartels in Brazil” published in the International Bar Association (IBA) journal – Competition Law International (2012)

Author of the article “Histórico da Criminalidade Econômica” published in issue 42 of the Revista Brasileira de Ciências Criminais (2011)

Co-author of the chapter “O tratamento penal do creditamento de ICMS por meio de documentos fiscais posteriormente considerados inidôneos” in the book “Direito Penal Tributário” (2008)