Caroline Rosa
Partner
Caroline.rosa@saudlaw.com
T +55 21 3558 0530
M +55 21 99885 1900
“extensive experience in investigations, leniency agreements and administrative proceedings”
-Legal500 Brazil 2024
Recommended by Legal500 and Leaders League.
Caroline Rosa advises national and international clients on Corporate and Compliance matters. In 2025, she was promoted to Partner at the firm, where she has worked since its foundation in 2016, with the commitment to deliver high-quality legal services and strengthen the firm’s prominent position in the legal and compliance markets, both in Brazil and abroad.
With extensive experience in conducting due diligence for mergers and acquisitions, Caroline ensures client’s compliance with applicable national and international legislation, as well as efficiency in the structuring and execution of these transactions. She also provides specialized advice in the development, tropicalization, and enhancement of compliance programs, focusing on implementing best practices and on conducting tailored risk and compliance assessments.
Caroline has a strong track record in the coordination and execution of internal investigations — ranging from complex corporate inquiries to smaller-scale investigations addressing behavioral misconduct, harassment, fraud, and corruption. She has successfully led numerous initiatives aimed at identifying and mitigating corporate risks.
Caroline’s practice also includes strong experience in litigation and arbitration, representing clients in judicial proceedings and arbitral tribunals, particularly in compliance-related matters.
Prior to joining Saud Advogados, Caroline worked with leading international law firms, where she gained substantial experience in cross-border matters and high-stakes investigations.
Education
Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Graduação – Bachelor of Laws (LL.B.)
Admission
Brazil, Rio de Janeiro
Brazil, São Paulo
Languages
Portuguese, English
Experience
- Advised on the negotiation of the TechnipFMC’s global settlement agreement with the CGU, the AGU, and the MPF, as well as U.S. enforcement authorities, as well as on the self-monitoring obligation to the CGU .
- Assisted clients in Administrative Accountability Proceedings (PARs) under Law No. 12.846/2013 (Brazilian Clean Companies Act), as well as in litigation and arbitration cases involving compliance-related issues.
- Led internal investigations for clients in a wide range of industries, including luxury goods, insurance, oil and gas, oilfield services, tobacco, consumer products, infrastructure, ports and airports, construction, and electric power.
- Assisted clients in internal investigations related to allegations of fraud, corruption, and harassment in Brazil and other Latin American jurisdictions.
- Advised clients in criminal investigations and police inquiries involving corporate fraud, corruption, and other misconducts.
- Supported companies in monitoring and conducting internal investigations in connection with the Operação Lava Jato (Car Wash Operation).Seconded to a multinational company in the oil and gas sector, where she provided direct support in internal investigations, risk assessments, compliance audits, compliance due diligence, contract reviews, training, and the implementation of the features of the compliance program.
- Assisted clients in the development, enhancement, implementation and tropicalization of compliance programs across diverse industries, ensuring alignment with national and international regulatory standards.
- Led compliance audits and risk assessments to identify improvement opportunities as well as compliance with national and international legal frameworks and to support clients in obtaining the “Empresa Pró-Ética” (Pro-Ethics Company) seal from the Brazilian Office of the Comptroller General (CGU).Advised clients from energy, insurance, and oil and gas sectors on compliance due diligence in mergers and acquisitions.
- Conducted due diligence on commercial agents operating in Brazil and abroad.
- Advised clients on transactions involving the acquisition of assets from companies implicated in corruption investigations, including matters related to Petrobras within the scope of Car Wash Operation.
Relevant publications
Internal Investigations: Key Strategies, Challenges, and Best Practices from a Brazilian Perspective” – Co-authored with Leonardo Kozlowski and Isabela Vidal, published by Legal500 (May 2025).