Associate Lawyer
Legal audit, advisory and litigation in labor law, compliance (implementation of integrity programs and conducting internal investigation procedures), and corporate governance.
Academic Background
Bachelor of Laws (LLB) from Mackenzie Presbyterian University (1999).
Postgraduate Course (Executive MBA) in Business Law with emphasis in Corporate Law and Due Diligence at Getulio Vargas Foundation (FGV) (2002)
Executive International MBA – Business and Management for International Professionals – University of California at Irvine (2003)
Postgraduate Course in Labor and Social Security Law at the International Institute of Social Sciences (IICS) (2007).
Specialization in Compliance and Corporate Governance – Insper (2017).
Extension Course in Legal Due Diligence with Specialization in Compliance and Internal Controls- FGV (2018) Certification in Corporate Governance from IBGC
Certification by CEFIS
Harvard Course in Executive Business Negotiation
Memberships.
Positions in Committees, Institutes and Associations
Chair of the Committee for Compliance of the Brazilian Bar Association – São Paulo Section (OAB /SP).
Member of the OABSP Council for the 2022-2024 triennium. (Brazilian Bar Association).
Member of the Center for the Study of Law Firms – CESA – Council for the 2024-2026 triennium.
Vice-President of the International Compliance Institute – INCOM.
Legal Director of the Institute for Diversity in the Insurance Market – IDIS.
Member of the International Bar Association – IBA.
Member of the American Bar Association – ABA.
Co-coordinator of the CESA Managerial and Professional Ethics Committee (CADEP).
Director of São Paulo and Rio de Janeiro Law Firm Association – SINSA.
Vice-Chair of the Committee for Electronic Judicial Procedure – PJE of the OAB/SP (2016-2018).
Board Member of OAB/SP for the 2016-2018 triennium.
Rapporteur at the Second Appeals Chamber of the Ethics and Discipline Court of the OAB/SP (2016-2018).
Professional Experience
Flávia Filhorini Lepique is an attorney with over 27 years of experience in labor law, in the past 12 years practicing concurrently in the fields of compliance and business ethics.
She started her career at the firm Mascaro & Nascimento Advogados, initially as an intern and later as an associate (1997 to 2000). In 2000, she was admitted as an associate lawyer with Castro, Barros, Sobral, Gomes Advogados, where she began coordinating its labor law practice area in 2004, and its compliance area in 2006, becoming the sole partner responsible for its labor and compliance areas in 2011, working in São Paulo, Rio de Janeiro, Brasília and Lisbon. In 2017, founded the firm Filhorini Advogados Associados.
She has extensive experience in drafting legal opinions and memoranda concerning labor procedures, occupational health and safety, compensation plans, review of internal labor procedures and conducting due diligence, focusing on practices that can cause future liabilities of clients.
She has been responsible for implementing innovative profit sharing plans in large corporations, compensation plans, stock options and voluntary severance programs, as well as managing labor crises.
She also works on drafting and reviewing Executive contracts, indemnity, compliance and non-competition agreements.
Her experience in litigation includes complex cases at all judicial levels, particularly presenting oral arguments and drafting case briefs.
She also has relevant experience in implementing compliance channels and training of managers to avoid claims of harassment. In this regard, she was a pioneer in training of executives through “Conversation Rounds” and was responsible for structural alteration of whistleblower channels.
She started her practice in the areas of compliance and corporate governance over 14 years ago, with responsibility for adjusting corporate regulations to comply with local and international standards of several foreign banks, corporations and international development agencies, including revision of the compliance program of one of the main Japanese government banks in Brazil.
Finally, she has relevant experience in the assessment of practices adopted by clients, in conformity with internal policies and regulations, as well as advising on the development of integrity procedures and the development of compliance and corporate training.
Recognition
Chambers Latin America 2017 – Chambers & Partners – Ranked Lawyer
Legal 500 – Labor – Ranked Lawyer –2014-2015 and 2016
Leaders League – 2018 a 2024
Análise Advocacia – 2019 a 2022
Languages
Portuguese and English
E-mail
flavia.filhorini@filhorini.com.br