Luís Gustavo Vagos
Associate
luis.vagos@saudlaw.com
M +55 21 99748 7586
T +55 21 3558 0570
Luís Gustavo Vagos assists national and international clients in matters related to anticorruption compliance, data protection and litigation (judicial, administrative and arbitration proceedings). Luís Gustavo has significant experience in the implementation and improvement of Compliance Programs, conduction of internal investigations, training, risk analysis, third-party due diligence and M&A due diligence, among other related matters. Luís Gustavo also has experience in compliance monitorship process conducted by anticorruption authorities under a leniency agreement. Luís Gustavo also has experience in Administrative Liability Proceedings based on the Brazilian Anticorruption Law, as well as in other judicial, administrative and arbitration proceedings related to compliance matters. He previously worked at the Federal Public Prosecutor’s Office and is also a lecturer at the University Fundação Getulio Vargas (FGV) – Rio.
Education
Instituto Brasileiro de Mercado de Capitais — Ibmec, Bachelor of Laws (JD Equivalent) (Magna Cum Laude)
University of London – Institute of Advanced Legal Studies, LLM (graduated with distinction)
Admission
Brazil, Rio de Janeiro
Languages
Portuguese, English
Experience
- Conducted internal investigations for several national and multinational companies, including investigations supervised by external auditors (shadow investigations), into allegations related to financial fraud, corruption, money laundering, moral harassment, violations of policies and procedures, among other matters;
- Conducted training, risk analysis and due diligence processes for several national and multinational companies;
- Assisted a company in the Oil & Gas sector in the fulfillment of its reporting obligations and Compliance Program improvement obligations under the monitoring process conducted by the Office of the Comptroller General (CGU) under a leniency agreement;
- Participated in a due diligence procedure under a M&A transaction involving multinational companies in the energy sector;
- Assisted a national engineering company in the creation and implementation of its Compliance Program;
- Assisted a multinational company in the renewable energy sector in an M&A transaction with the purpose of mitigating compliance risks, considering the Brazilian Anticorruption Law, the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, the UK Bribery Act and other applicable anticorruption legislation;
- Assisted clients in Administrative Liability Proceedings based on the Brazilian Anticorruption Law (Law N. 12,846/2013), as well as in other judicial, administrative and arbitration proceedings related to compliance matters;
- Assists a client in the Oil & Gas sector in matters related to data protection, including risk analysis, preparation of a Data Protection Impact Assessment, and implementation of other obligations provided for in the Brazilian General Data Protection Law (Law N. 13,709/2018).