Partner at Madruga BTW and specialist in executive, shareholder, and corporate liability, Joana works in the areas of Corporate Criminal Law, Sanctioning Administrative Law, Corporate Ethics and Compliance. She has extensive experience handling complex cases. For ten years, she served as in-house counsel for a private economic group, responsible for defense strategy in strategic judicial and administrative proceedings.

Joana has defended individuals and corporations in various criminal actions and sanctioning processes, including those related to Operation Car Wash, Postalis, and Ponto Final, among others.

She is a professor of Criminal Law at ESPM (Escola Superior de Propaganda e Marketing). Joana is currently a PhD candidate in Law and Business at FGV-SP, holds a Master’s degree in Economic Criminal Law from FGV-SP, and has a postgraduate degree in State Law and Regulation from FGV-RJ.