Eduardo is an associate in the firm’s Investigations + White Collar Defense practice who focuses his practice on internal and government-facing investigations, white-collar defense matters, and regulatory and global compliance. As a native Portuguese speaker and fluent Spanish speaker, Eduardo has particular experience in matters involving Latin America.

Eduardo has extensive experience in matters involving allegations of bribery and other wrongdoings related to the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) and other global anti-corruption laws, accounting violations, misappropriation of confidential information, and fraud, among other areas. He has particular expertise in multijurisdictional matters, often involving both U.S. and non-U.S. regulators, such as the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) and Brazilian Ministério Público Federal (MPF).  Eduardo has experience working in cases in most major jurisdictions in Latin America including Argentina, Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, the Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Mexico, Panama, Peru, and Venezuela.

Prior to joining Morrison Foerster full-time, Eduardo was a legal extern at the Office of Internal Oversight Services, Investigations Division, for the United Nations in New York where he supported investigations related to corruption, fraud, and sexual harassment. Prior to that, Eduardo was a Visiting International Attorney at Morrison Foerster and worked at several prominent law firms in Brazil as a senior associate and associate, where he focused on compliance, investigations, and white collar defense matters. He also served as a law clerk and intern for the Superior Tribunal de Justiça, Brazil’s highest appellate court for non-constitutional questions of federal law.

Eduardo received his Bachelor of Laws from the University of Brasilia and also studied Compliance at Fundação Getulio Vargas (FGV). He received his Master of Laws from New York University School of Law (NYU), where he was a Student Fellow in the Program on Corporate Compliance and Enforcement. Eduardo is admitted to the bar in Brazil.

Representative Experience

• Serving as a key team member for the independent compliance monitor as appointed by the DOJ and two separate multilateral development banks for Odebrecht S.A. (now known as Novonor) in the wake of a multijurisdictional resolution worth billions of USD.
• Representation of a global customer solutions company in conducting an internal investigation of the client’s operation in Mexico regarding accounting irregularities with respect to inventory control. 
• Representation of an Asia-based multinational company in conducting an internal investigation into allegations raised by a whistleblower that a business contract was won through misappropriated confidential information involving a subsidiary in Mexico.[A2] 
• Representation of a multinational agricultural company in conducting an internal investigation into allegations of improper payments made to a government official in Costa Rica, which included assessing appropriate remedial measures and incorporation of the lessons learned from the matter into the continual enhancement and improvement of the company’s compliance program.
• Representation of a multinational pharmaceutical company in investigating allegations that employees in Brazil sought improper discounts for certain clinics, which were in turn using the extra margin to pay referral fees to doctors who prescribed our client’s products. If true, this practice could violate the FCPA and cause significant issues for our client under DOJ’s tough new stance on corporate recidivism.
• Representation of a Colombian company in conducting an internal investigation into internal controls issues.