About the Author

Partner in the São Paulo office acting in the areas of business crimes and criminal litigation with a focus on white-collar crimes and money laundering. Mariana is also the CEO of Zela Consulting.

She is a member of the Women’s White Collar Defence Association and of “Concilium – Global Compliance, Investigation & Defence Network”. She also serves on the board of the Brasil-US 40 and Under White Collar Lawyers Initiative.     

Mariana holds a law degree from Fundação Getulio Vargas (FGV-SP), with credits earned from Harvard Law School; an LLM degree from Northwestern Law School; and a master’s degree in criminal law from the University of São Paulo, USP.

Author of several publications on white-collar crime and money laundering.