{"id":188,"date":"2026-05-13T22:17:18","date_gmt":"2026-05-13T22:17:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kadvogados.com.br\/?page_id=188"},"modified":"2026-05-14T21:51:36","modified_gmt":"2026-05-14T21:51:36","slug":"marcelo-knopfelmacher","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/kadvogados.com.br\/en\/marcelo-knopfelmacher\/","title":{"rendered":"Marcelo Knopfelmacher"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"188\" class=\"elementor elementor-188 elementor-187\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-35ee958 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"35ee958\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-606b59d e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-id=\"606b59d\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2530e84 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"2530e84\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-92ab79c e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"92ab79c\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-56ba202 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"56ba202\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"500\" src=\"https:\/\/kadvogados.com.br\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/ka-advo-1.webp\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-175\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kadvogados.com.br\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/ka-advo-1.webp 500w, https:\/\/kadvogados.com.br\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/ka-advo-1-300x300.webp 300w, https:\/\/kadvogados.com.br\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/ka-advo-1-150x150.webp 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-22a2737 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"22a2737\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c1a8184 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"c1a8184\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Marcelo <b>Knopfelmacher<\/b><\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4e68075 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"4e68075\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Brazilian, Attorney<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3565375 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"3565375\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h5><strong>Education<\/strong><\/h5>\n<p><strong>Undergraduate Degree:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Faculty of Law at Mackenzie University, S\u00e3o Paulo.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Postgraduate Studies:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Tax Law at the Pontifical Catholic University of S\u00e3o Paulo (PUC-SP) and the Getulio Vargas Foundation (FGV-SP).<\/p>\n<p>MBA Essentials and International Relations at the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE).<\/p>\n<p><strong>Master\u2019s Degree:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Public Law from the Pontifical Catholic University of S\u00e3o Paulo (PUC-SP).<\/p>\n<p>MBA from the University of Liverpool, United Kingdom.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8d18f58 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"8d18f58\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h5><strong>Public Representations<\/strong><\/h5>\n<p>Was Sectional Counsel for the OAB\/SP and president of the OAB\/SP Relationship Commission with the Regional Federal Court of the Third Region. Was president of the Advocacy Defense Movement. \u2013 MDA Foi Presidente do Movimento de Defesa da Advocacia \u2014 MDA.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c45dc33 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"c45dc33\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h5><strong>Career<\/strong><\/h5>\n<p>Marcelo began his career as a tax attorney for Brazilian and multinational companies. In 2013, he transitioned to the criminal field, where he started to work in the defense and prosecution assistance of emblematic Brazilian criminal cases. <\/p>\n<p>He has a prominent role in defending Ministers, former State Ministers, Senators, Federal and State Deputies, Heads and former Heads of the Executive Branch in high-profile cases.<\/p>\n<p>He also specializes in compliance cases and the implementation of anti-corruption agendas and programs for Brazilian and multinational private companies.<\/p>\n<p>He is a founding partner of the law firm Knopfelmacher, Locke Cavalcanti Advogados, the result of a collaboration with Felipe Locke Cavalcanti, a retired Public Prosecutor, former Minister of the National Council of Justice (CNJ), and former President of the S\u00e3o Paulo State Public Prosecutor\u2019s Association (APMP).<\/p>\n<p>Additionally, he is a partner and director at the international consulting company First Capital Solutions Ltd., based in London, United Kingdom.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-56ca8c5 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"56ca8c5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h5><strong>Awards<\/strong><\/h5>\n<p>Has received the Medal of Merit from the Military Justice of the State of Sao Paulo<\/p>\n<p>Has received the Collar of Merit from the Military Justice of the State of Sao Paulo<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Marcelo Knopfelmacher Brazilian, Attorney Education Undergraduate Degree: Faculty of Law at Mackenzie University, S\u00e3o Paulo. 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