PAOLA MARTINS FORZENIGO is a lawyer, acting exclusively within the Criminal Law area for almost 10 years. Graduated from Pontifícia Universidade Católica de São Paulo – PUC/SP, with a period of study at the Faculty of Law of the University of Coimbra – Portugal (FDUC), she holds a post-graduation degree in General Theory of Crime from the Institute of European and Economic Criminal Law – IDPEE(attached to the Faculty of Law of the University of Coimbra), in a partnership with the Brazilian Institute of Criminal Sciences (IBCCrim). Specialist in Economic Criminal Law by the São Paulo’s Attorneys Institute (IASP) in partnership with Universitat Pompeu Fabra – Barcelona (UFP), Paola was also an ancient member of the Editorial Board of IBCCrim and she is currently a member of the Institute in Defense of the Right of Defense (IDDD) and São Paulo’s Attorneys Association (AASP).