Our history
The story of our firm, Joyce Roysen Advogados, began 30 years ago on the basis of a pioneering concept: always seeking the most effective solutions, even if they are outside the traditional activities of criminal law. This is why, since the firm was founded, we have included criminal compliance and ESG concepts in our work, making litigation always a last resort.
When litigation is necessary, discretion is one of our primary assets. We have made confidentiality and secrecy the cornerstone of our work. Based on this, we actively endeavor to protect our clients’ image, avoiding any unnecessary exposure, which could cause irreparable harm.
In this way, we establish a bond of trust, credibility and respect in every case in which we work. Today, this bond has become a trademark of Joyce Roysen Advogados and an unbreakable commitment to our clients.
In addition to being lawyers, our team at Joyce Roysen Advogados serves as part of our clients’ institutional memory. We have been serving some clients for over 25 years without interruption.
We are very proud of our thirty years of history, innovations and achievements, and of our team. And most of all, we are proud of the relationship of trust and excellence we have established with the market, our partners and our clients.
Joyce Roysen Advogados was founded as a law firm focused on advising in the criminal law area for the financial market and large companies. From the beginning, our firm has been pioneering, both for working in the area that would come to be known as economic criminal law, and for being led by one of the first women to stand out in the criminal law area.
Our firm’s first office was located on Faria Lima Avenue, the heart of the Brazilian financial industry. This contrasted with the best-known firms at the time, which were mostly located in downtown São Paulo.
1993Joyce Roysen became a member of the Brazilian section of the International Association of Penal Law (AIDP).
1994Joyce Roysen is interviewed by the magazine Exame São Paulo on the subject “Legal Eagles,” in which she discusses the evolution of the corporate market and the subject of female lawyers leading large law firms.
The firm begins its tradition of sending its clients and colleagues Christmas cards prepared with a special message, seeking to sum up their feelings for the coming year. Over the years, this has become a tradition in the Brazilian legal industry.
2000Prosperous Millennium
Happy 2002
2003Peace
The firm plays an important role in “Operation Jackal” – a landmark Federal Police investigation into alleged espionage in the telecommunications industry involving competition.
Success
Joyce Roysen Advogados gains nationwide attention for its work in “Operation Narcissus.”
Energy
Our firm goes through its first expansion, hiring new lawyers and expanding office space.
Achievements
Our firm and Joyce Roysen are listed among the main criminal law specialist in Brazil in Análise Advocacia – the first and most important ranking of Brazilian lawyers.
Harmony
Continuously growing, Joyce Roysen Advogados moves to a new office on Iguatemi Street, in the financial heart of São Paulo and Brazil.
A new edition of the book Instituições de Direito Penal (Institutes of Criminal Law) is published. This classic work by Prof. Basileu Garcia was originally published in 1951, and the new edition was published after four years of work in which our firm participated from the beginning. The project was coordinated by the original author’s granddaughter, Denise Nunes Garcia, who is a partner in our firm, in partnership with GV Law – São Paulo Law School of the Getúlio Vargas Foundation.
The book “Direito Penal Tributário” (Criminal Tax Law) is also published, including a chapter titled “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), authored by Joyce Roysen, Denise Nunes Garcia and Davi de Paiva Costa Tangerino.
Renewal
Balance
Our second generation of partners is named.
Happiness
The article “They’ve Arrived” is published in the magazine Poder, highlighting Joyce Roysen’s significant role in the market.
Publication of the book Top Lawyers Competition, in which our firm and Joyce Roysen are featured, together with the most important lawyers in Brazil.
Publication of the article “Histórico da Criminalidade Econômica” (History of Economic Crime) by Joyce Roysen in edition 42 of the Revista Brasileira de Ciências Criminais (Brazilian Criminal Science Review).
Wisdom
Publication of the article “Countering Cartels in Brazil” in the Magazine of the IBA – International Bar Association – Competition Law International, cowritten by Joyce Roysen and Fábio Lucato from our firm, together with Mauro Grinberg and Ricardo Mattar, both from the firm Grinberg, Cordovil e Barros Advogados.
Plenitude
The number of partners increased again with Veridiana Vianna Chaim, who began her career at our firm as a law clerk.
The Anticorruption Act (Law 12,846/2013) came into effect. It establishes administrative and civil liability for those who commit acts against the government. The new law encourages anticorruption and criminal compliance programs in Brazil, expanding the work we were already doing with our clients based on international regulations.
Conscientiousness
We worked strategically and played a prominent role in the highly publicized Federal Police “Operation Carwash,” which began in March 2014 and involved over 80 operational phases.
Luck
In the context of the Anticorruption Act, we produced and published the first version of our “Ethics, Conduct and Compliance Code,” aligning our internal management with our clients’ best practices, in Brazil and abroad.
The news weekly Veja featured the noteworthy criminal law attorneys who represented important defendants in “Operation Carwash.” Joyce Roysen was featured as a pioneer on Faria Lima Avenue.
Renewal
Courage
The prestigious international ranking Chambers & Partners lists our firm and the attorney Joyce Roysen among the main specialists in white collar criminal law in Brazil.
Our partners Denise Nunes Garcia and Veridiana Vianna Chaim are included in the Análise Advocacia ranking among the most-admired criminal law attorneys in Brazil.
Inspiration
Our third generation of partners is formed with Claudia Bernasconi, Renata Bassetto and Edgard Nejm.
Opportunities
Publication of the joint work on “Crimes Contra a Ordem Tributária” (Tax Crimes), coordinated by Gisele Barra Bossa and Marcelo Almeida Ruivo, with a chapter regarding “Indícios de corrupção e anulação de decisões pelo Carf” (Evidence of Corruption and Nullification of Decisions by the CARF Tax Board), written by Joyce Roysen and Mônica Coelho de Vasconcellos.
Resilience
Due to the Covid-19 pandemic, our firm went to home office for everyone. We continued our activities, serving our clients and carefully monitoring lawsuits and criminal investigations throughout Brazil.
Perseverance
As the General Personal Data Protection Law came into effect, we launched our “Best Practices Manual” for data handling, expanding our internal management.
Joyce Roysen was featured in the Análise Advocacia publication and consolidated her position as the only woman to be admired in all the editions of the ranking in the criminal law area, as well as being, for the past 15 years, ranked in band 1 among specialized criminal law attorneys.
Engagement
Our firm is ranked among the best white-collar criminal law firms in Brazil by the international publication Leaders League.
Altruism
An article written by Joyce Roysen and Veridiana Vianna Chaim on the rules governing economic crimes in Brazil, in comparison with other countries, is published in the magazine International Comparative Legal Guides – Business Crime – Brazil.
Fraternity
