Helena Lobo da Costa
Associate Professor of Criminal Law at the University of São Paulo Law School (FDUSP)
LL.B. (2000), LL.M. (2003), Ph.D. in Criminal Law (2007), and Habilitation (Livre-Docência, 2013), all from the University of São Paulo.
Visiting researcher at the Max Planck Institute for Foreign and International Criminal Law, Freiburg, Germany (2001, 2005, and 2010), and at Goethe University Frankfurt, Germany (2005–2006).
Practicing attorney specializing in white-collar crime
Advises and represents major Brazilian and international corporations, as well as individuals, in matters involving environmental crimes, tax offenses, fraud, corruption, and corporate criminal liability.
Author and public service
Author of books, numerous scholarly articles, and commentaries on the Brazilian Penal Code, with research focusing on environmental criminal law, economic criminal law, and criminal compliance.
Member of the Commission for the Revision of the Brazilian Anti-Money Laundering Act (2020) and of the legal expert commission assisting the Brazilian Senate's Parliamentary Inquiry Committee on the COVID-19 Pandemic (2021).
Member of the examination board for the selection of federal judges of the Federal Regional Court of the 3rd Region – TRF-3 (2020–2024).
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