Joyce Roysen

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Profile

Joyce Roysen, a pioneering criminal law attorney, founded our firm in 1993. She is the only woman to be admired in all the editions of the rankings in Análise Advocacia – the leading publication covering the Brazilian legal market – in the criminal area and, for the past 15 years, has been ranked in band 1 among specialized criminal law attorneys.

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

She was an advisor to the State Human Rights Program of the Department of Public Justice of the São Paulo State Government (2002).

Education

Specialization course in criminal science and criminal law theory at Georg-August-Universität Göttingen in Germany (2023)

Specialization course in European economic criminal law at Coimbra University in Portugal (2019)

Participated in the “Management Program for Lawyers” at Yale University School of Management in the USA (2016)

Law degree from the University of São Paulo Law School (USP), with a concentration in criminal law (1986)

Recognition

Análise Advocacia: Band 1 among lawyers specialized 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 periodical “International Comparative Legal Guide ICLG: Anti-Money Laundering – Chapter Brazil” (2018-2022)

Author of the Brazil chapter in the international periodical “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” (Evidence of Corruption and Nullification of Decisions by the CARF Tax Board) in the book “Crimes Contra a Ordem Tributária” (Tax Crimes), (2019)

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

Author of the article “Histórico da Criminalidade Econômica” (History of Economic Crime), published in edition 42 of the Revista Brasileira de Ciências Criminais (Brazilian Criminal Science Review) (2011)

Co-author of the chapter “O tratamento penal do creditamento de ICMS por meio de documentos fiscais posteriormente considerados inidôneos” (The Criminal Treatment of ICMS Tax Credits through Tax Documents Afterword Considered Unreliable) in the book “Direito Penal Tributário” (Criminal Tax Law) (2008)