Julia Gracia

Julia María Gracia de Castro is a lawyer with more than 17 years of experience in litigation, arbitration and legal advisory services for national and international clients across various areas of law. She is internationally certified in Ethics and Compliance (CCEP-I) by the Society of Corporate Compliance and Ethics (SCCE). She holds a Master’s degree in International Law and a degree in Law from the State University of Rio de Janeiro (Brazil).

She is a PhD candidate at NOVA School of Law, where she researches collective action initiatives for the prevention of corruption. She is a co-founder of the NOVA Compliance Lab, an integrated researcher at the Research and Development Centre on Law and Society (CEDIS) and a research associate of the NOVA Centre for Business, Human Rights and the Environment.

Among other activities, Julia Gracia regularly organises training sessions and academic events on combating and preventing corruption, as well as short courses in the areas of ethics and compliance. She has taken part in several national and international conferences and events (Brazil, China, Costa Rica, Spain, Italy, Switzerland and Portugal), as well as in podcasts and radio programmes. Her research work to date has resulted in several scientific publications (Argentina, Brazil, Spain and Portugal). In addition, she was a member of the Working Group tasked with preparing studies for the development of integrity and compliance programmes in the Judiciary, appointed by the National Council of Justice (Brazil).