Santiago & Pimentel – Advogados was established more than 15 years ago in the city of Rio de Janeiro and practices in the field of Criminal, Administrative, Regulatory Law and Public Law.

Within the scope of Criminal Law, the firm acts as advisory and litigation lawyers for the defense or as prosecution assistant (on behalf of the victim), both within the scope of Economic Criminal Law and traditional Criminal Law, in corporate crimes, crimes against the economic order, crimes against the national financial system, against the capital market, tax crimes, money laundering, criminal organizations, consumer fraud, bankruptcy, environmental crimes, cybercrime, intellectual property crime, against Public Administration, against honor, against life, criminal traffic violations, domestic violence and others.

With regard to Administrative, Regulatory and Public Law, the firm operates mainly in the area of Administrative Sanctions Procedure, which includes defense in actions of administrative impropriety, as well as in administrative proceedings before Public Administration bodies, regulatory agencies and autarchies, Parlamentary Investigation Committees, Ethics and Parliamentary Decorum Commissions , Disciplinary Administrative Process, in addition to also carrying out consultancy and in business  process modeling in transportation and sanitation infrastructure.

Considering that criminal proceedings, notably those dealing with economic, financial, tax and environmental crimes, often have their origin in administrative procedures developed within the scope of CVM, BACEN, Federal, State and Municipal Revenue, INSS, environmental agencies, CPI's and the like, came the idea of ​​combining these two branches of law.

Thus, it is possible to provide a personalized and more comprehensive service to the client, who is assisted, criminally and administratively, from the beginning of the state prosecution action, passing through the judicial instances, until reaching the superior courts located in Brasília (STF and STJ). , and as of the beginning of 2020, the law firm SANTIAGO & PIMENTEL – ADVOGADOS began to operate in a broad manner also in the State of São Paulo, through the integration with the law firm LIMA GOULART & LAGONEGRO – ADVOCACIA CRIMINAL, characterized by the partnership between the professionals of each firm, the shared use of facilities and human resources, and, above all, the alignment of ideas and ideals, allowing greater efficiency in the solution of each cause.