Felipe Dantas
CLSW 300B, Bl. 2, Apt. 212, CEP 70673-076, Brasília-DF
Telephones: +55(61)2020-6738 or +55(61)9942-2458
[email protected]
Date of birth: 20th July 1980
EDUCATION
2014
Begins the Doctorate in Criminal Law, Forensics and Criminology at
Universidade de São Paulo – USP. Title of future thesis, according to
the approved research project: Anticorrupção e Pessoas Jurídicas:
Responsabilidade, Sanções e Compliance [Anti-Corruption and
Juridical Persons: Liability, Sanctions and Compliance].
2010
Master in Law by the Centro Universitário de Brasília – UNICEUB,
in the research line “Law and Public Policy”, with credits of the
research line “Law of International Relations”. Attended with a
scholarship by the Escola da Advocacia-Geral da União, after
internal competition. Dissertation defended: Direito Anticorrupção no
Brasil: Internacionalização, Política Interna e Novos Paradigmas
Sancionatórios e Institucionais [Anti-Corruption Law in Brazil:
Internationalization, Public Policy and New Sanctioning and
Institutional Paradigms].
2007
Specialist (lato sensu post-graduate) in Public Law by the
Universidade de Brasília - UnB, Attended with a scholarship by the
Escola da Advocacia-Geral da União, after internal competition.
Research Paper presented: Punindo o Estado sem Culpa:
Responsabilidade Objetiva conforma-se com Punitive Damages?
[Punishing the Government without Culpability: Does Strict
Liability Conforms with Punitive Damages?].
2003
Undergraduate in Law by the Universidade Federal do Rio Grande
do Norte – UFRN. Monograph presented: Lavagem de Dinheiro:
Legislação e Criminologia [Money Laundering: Legislation and
Criminology]
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
2014-present Councillor in the Council for Financial Activities Control (COAF),
the Brazilian Financial Intelligence Unit (Brasília).
2013-present Advisor to the Minister of State, Comptroller-General of the
Union (Brasília).
 Parliamentary advisor;
 Research and design of draft legislation regarding the
internalization of the anti-corruption international conventions
joined by Brazil (UNCAC, OAS and OECD);
Curriculum vitae – Felipe Dantas, pg. 2
 Member of the working group of the Executive Branch
responsible for drafting the Decree regulating the Lei 12.846/2013
(Law of Corporate Anti-Corruption).
2011-2013
Coordinator of the Public Property Protection, Taxes and Assets
Recovery Division of the Federal Attorneyship in Rio Grande do
Norte (Natal).
 Counselling and litigation on enforcement of taxes and fines of
federal regulatory agencies (IBAMA, INMETRO, ANATEL,
ANP, CVM);
 Litigation in Impropriety and Asset Recovery actions against
embezzlement of resources from federal public policies
developed by FNDE, FUNASA, INSS and UFRN.
2007-2011
Advisor to the Secretary of Corruption Prevention and Strategic
Information (Brasília).
 Legal advising in drafting legislation regarding the
internalization of the anti-corruption international conventions
joined by Brazil (UNCAC, OAS and OECD);
 Oversight of investigations of illicit enrichment of federal public
servants;
 Liaison officer to the Enccla – National Strategy Against
Corruption and Money Laundering;
 Drafting of opinions on trials before COAF (Board of Control of
Financial Activities), in cases of violations of compliance rules
regarding reports of suspect financial transactions.
2007
Federal Attorney in the INSS (Brasília).
 Legal counseling in the subjects of procurement, contracts,
human resources, and real estate assets of the INSS (Social
Security Federal Agency)
2005-2006
Federal Attorney in the Federal Attorneyship-General (Brasília).
 Production of opinions for legal standardization between federal
agencies;
 Investigation and drafting judgments in administrative
disciplinary proceedings against federal attorneys.
2003-2004
State Police Marshall (Campina Grande).
 Unit of Frauds, Tax Crimes and Crimes against Public
Administration;
 Property Crimes Unit (task-force against cargo theft and bank
robbery).
2001-2003
Paralegal and Lawyer (Ribeiro, Pedroso e Jucá Advogados
Associados, law firm based in Rio de Janeiro, worked in Natal).
 Business litigation. Profile of causes: Corporations based in the
Southeast region of Brazil in contractual and bankruptcy
litigation against companies in Rio Grande do Norte.
Curriculum vitae – Felipe Dantas, pg. 3
ACADEMIC EXPERIENCE
2011-present Universidade Potiguar (Natal)
 Professor of the subject “Crimes against Public Administration”
at the lato sensu post-graduate in Criminal Law.
2006-2011
Instituto de Educação Superior Planalto (Brasília)
 Professor of the subjects Constitutional Law and Commerce Law
at under-graduate Law School.
KEY LECTURES AND CONFERENCES DELIVERED

La nueva Ley Anticorrupción en Brasil [The New Brazilian Clean Company
Act – BCCA], 2014, Speech delivered to the 3rd Latin-American Congress on
Ethics, Transparency and Anti- Corruption, promoted by Transparencia
Latam, Buenos Aires.

Principais Aspectos da Lei 12.846/2013 [Key Features of the Brazilian Clean
Company Act – BCCA], 2014, Courses (6h) taught to the Federal Prosecutors
and Federal Attorneys Schools, Brasília.

A Lei da Empresa Limpa na visão da CGU [Considerations of the Office of the
Comptroller-General of the Union about the BCCA], 2014, Speech delivered
to Swiss-Brazilian Chamber of Commerce, São Paulo.

Direito Anticorrupção. [Anti-Corruption Law], 2011, Programa Academia.

Tipologias de Corrupção – “conceito de corrupção, legislação nacional, convenções,
tratados e diretrizes internacionais, metodologias, relação com a lavagem de dinheiro,
casos práticos”; e Enriquecimento Ilícito – “conceito, diferenciação, consequências
legais, tratados, casos práticos”. [Typologies of Corruption - "concept of
corruption, national law, conventions, treaties and international guidelines,
methodologies, relation with money laundering, practical cases," and Illicit
Enrichment - "concept, differentiation, legal consequences, treaties, case
studies"]. During the years 2007-2011, modules taught bimonthly for PNLD National Training Program in Anti-Corruption and Anti-Money
Laundering in several states of Brazil, to an audience of public officials
working in criminal and administrative prosecution of economic delicts.

Avances de Brazil en la Lucha contra la Corrupción: investigación, sanciones,
prevención, rendición de cuentas, los procesos electorales, instancia anti-corrupción.
[Brazilian Progresses in the Fight against Corruption: investigations,
sanctions, prevention, accountability, elections, and anti-corruption
agencies]. 2010. “International Seminar on Corruption and Ways to Fight It”,
promoted by the Department of Justice and Solidarity (DEJUSOL) of the
Latin American Episcopal Council (CELAM), Guaiaquil, Equador.

Ética e Relações com o Governo. [Ethics and Government Relations]. 2009.
Module Taught to the lato sensu post-graduate in Public Management of the
Catholic University of Brasilia.
Curriculum vitae – Felipe Dantas, pg. 4

Anticorruption in Brazil – Is there a Future Scenario for Compliance
Regulation? 2009. Speech delivered to the 2nd Annual Global AntiCorruption Summit, promoted by Ethical Corporation, Washington, DC.

Pessoas Politicamente Expostas [Politically Exposed Persons]. 2008. Speech
delivered to the “United States - Latin America Private Sector Dialogue”,
promoted by FEBRABAN, FELABAN and U.S. Department of the Treasury,
São Paulo.

Enccla - Money Laundering Fighting and Corruption Prevention in Brazil.
2008. Speech delivered to the 26º Symposium on Economic Crime, promoted
by the University of Cambridge and by IAACA (The International
Association of Anti-Corruption Authorities), Cambridge, UK.
LANGUAGES
English (fluent). Spanish (speaking and reading). French and Italian (reading).
KEY PUBLICATIONS

Criminologia Crítica e Política Criminal Antilavagem de Dinheiro e
Contrafinanciamento do Terrorismo: barreira epistêmica e agenda de diálogo
[Critical criminology and AML-CTF criminal policy: epistemic obstacles
and dialogue agenda]. Revista Brasileira de Políticas Públicas, v. 2, p. 1-27,
201. Link

Uma análise da Estratégia Nacional contra a Corrupção e a Lavagem de Dinheiro
(Enccla) por suas diretrizes [An analysis of the National Strategy Against
Corruption and Money Laundering (ENCCLA) by its Directives]. Revista
Brasileira de Políticas Públicas, v. 2, p. 53-82, 2012. Link

Corrupção e novas concepções de direito punitivo: rumo a um direito de intervenção
anticorrupção? [Corruption and New Concepts of Punitive Law: Towards an
Anti-Corruption Intervention Law?] Revista de Direito Internacional, v. 8, p.
205-253, 2011. Link

Punindo o Estado Sem Culpa: Responsabilidade Civil Objetiva conforma-se com
Punitive Damages? [Punishing the Government without Culpability: Does
Strict Liability Conforms with Punitive Damages?] In: Escola da AGU.
(Org.). Publicações da Escola da AGU, 2010, v. 1, p. 91-120. Link

RIBEIRO, Marcelo Stopanovski ; DANTAS, Felipe de Araújo ; ARAUJO Jr.,
Rogério Henrique de. Uso de Ferramentas Gráfico-Analíticas na Argumentação
Jurídica. [Use of Graphic-Analytical Tools in Legal Reasoning] In: Encontro
Nacional de Pesquisa em Ciência da Informação, 2010, Rio de Janeiro. XI
ENANCIB Link

DANTAS, Felipe de Araújo ; FREITAS JR., Marcos José Sampaio de ;
DRAEGER, Odinei Wilson . Direito e Liberalismo [Law and Liberalism]. 2011
(Blog). www.direitoeliberalismo.org