Office of the Attorney General (AGU)
Institution created in 1993 that represents the Union in and out of court and provides legal advice to the Executive; Gilmar Mendes was Attorney General from 2000 to 2002.
Figures on the dashboard
- R$3.80 billion — Odebrecht's leniency agreement with the MPF-PR (Dec. 2016), total amount payable in Brazil (Provided for in agreements, Dec. 2016)
- R$2.73 billion — CGU/AGU leniency agreement — Odebrecht (now Novonor) (Provided for in agreements, Sept. 2026)
- R$2.87 billion — CGU/AGU leniency agreement — Braskem S.A. (Provided for in agreements, Sept. 2026)
- R$1.49 billion — CGU/AGU leniency agreement — Andrade Gutierrez (Provided for in agreements, Sept. 2026)
- R$1.40 billion — CGU/AGU leniency agreement — Camargo Corrêa (Provided for in agreements, Sept. 2026)
- R$1.93 billion — CGU/AGU leniency agreement — OAS (Provided for in agreements, Sept. 2026)
- R$574.7 million — CGU/AGU leniency agreement — UTC Participações S.A. (Provided for in agreements, Sept. 2026)
- R$516.3 million — CGU/AGU leniency agreement — Nova Participações S.A. (formerly Engevix) (Provided for in agreements, Sept. 2026)
- R$11.51 billion — Sum of the amounts agreed by the CGU/AGU with seven companies (selection made by this research; the CGU does not classify by operation) (Odebrecht, Braskem, Andrade Gutierrez, Camargo Corrêa, OAS, UTC, Nova Participações/Engevix) (Provided for in agreements, Sept. 2026)
- R$20.12 billion — Amount agreed in all 37 leniency agreements concluded by the CGU/AGU (all operations, including cases outside Lava Jato) (Provided for in agreements, Sept. 2026)
- R$1.61 billion — CGU/AGU leniency agreement — SBM Offshore (Provided for in agreements, Sept. 2026)
- R$819.8 million — CGU/AGU leniency agreement — Technip Brasil and Flexibras (Provided for in agreements, Sept. 2026)
- R$811.8 million — CGU/AGU leniency agreement — Samsung Heavy Industries (Provided for in agreements, Sept. 2026)
On the timeline
Evidence
On May 7, 2015, Attorney General Luís Inácio Adams said at a seminar on the Anticorruption Law that 51 thousand CNPJs of suppliers, investors and service providers depend on the 23 investigated contractors, and defended applying the law without 'serial shutdown' of companies; the head of the CGU, Valdir Simão, stated that leniency agreements would only be concluded with repair of the damage and preservation of the public interest, and that the TCU would need to weigh in.
Source: AGU: Lava Jato pode afetar mais de 51 mil empresas — Gazeta do Povo (Agência O Globo), May 7, 2015 · News report of May 7, 2015 · open original ↗
Provisional Measure No. 703, of December 18, 2015, amended the Anticorruption Law (Law 12.846/2013) to provide for leniency agreements; the Planalto page marks the measure as 'no longer in force.'
Source: Medida Provisória nº 703, de 18 de dezembro de 2015 (acordos de leniência) — Office of the President of the Republic, Dec. 18, 2015 · Heading and art. 1 · open original ↗
The LEPEB-UFF bulletin records, citing O Globo of March 12, 2024, that the government began negotiations with seven companies with Lava Jato leniency agreements (six public-works contractors) to reduce the debts under those agreements, which would total R$8.2 billion.
Source: As empreiteiras e a política externa brasileira no governo Lula III: uma possível reinternacionalização? — ORBIS Bulletin, LEPEB-UFF, vol. 1, no. 4, Dec. 2023 · Bulletin, p. 15 and references (Agostini, 2024) · open original ↗
The 2018 leniency agreement with the CGU/AGU (R$2.7 billion) was designed to be deducted from the total of R$3.8 billion already agreed with the MPF-PR; according to the report, the CGU/AGU amount "will be deducted" from what was agreed with the MPF.
Source: Odebrecht assina leniência com governo e pagará R$ 2,7 bilhões — Consultor Jurídico, July 9, 2018 · body of the report, July 9, 2018 · open original ↗
The CGU's "Agreements entered into" page lists 37 leniency agreements with a total agreed amount of R$20,124,173,505.50, among them Odebrecht (2018, R$2,727,239,997.64), Braskem (2019, R$2,872,154,048.00), Andrade Gutierrez (2018, R$1,489,361,135.28), Camargo Corrêa (2019, R$1,396,128,459.76), OAS (2019, R$1,929,257,982.37), UTC (2017, R$574,658,165.21), and Nova Participações/Engevix (2019, R$516,301,313.70).
Source: Acordos de Leniência celebrados (CGU) — Office of the Comptroller General (CGU), Sept. 2026 · table "Leniency Agreements entered into" and "Grand total" row · open original ↗
Complaint 23.457, filed by the President of the Republic through the AGU, alleged usurpation of the STF's jurisdiction because, in the interception authorized by the 13th Court against Lula, conversations with the President of the Republic (an authority with special forum) were captured and the decision to release them at first instance would be flawed by absolute lack of jurisdiction.
Source: Reclamação 23.457/PR — decisão do Min. Teori Zavascki (13/06/2016) — Supreme Federal Court, June 13, 2016 · pp. 1-2 · open original ↗
In January 2023, the AGU was appealing to the STJ Special Court to maintain the presidency's decision that had suspended the Paraná Federal Court's decision annulling the TCU ruling; the TCE at the TCU is no. 006.470/2022-0.
Source: STJ analisa decisão que isentou Dallagnol de devolver recursos — Gazeta do Povo, Jan. 31, 2023 · body of the article · open original ↗
Gilmar Mendes has been an STF justice since June 20, 2002, was STF president from April 23, 2008 to April 23, 2010, TSE president from May 12, 2016 to February 6, 2018 (and in 2006), Attorney General of the Union from January 31, 2000 to June 20, 2002 and federal prosecutor from 1985 to 1988.
Source: Gilmar Mendes (verbete da Wikipédia em português) — Portuguese-language Wikipedia, Oct. 24, 2026 · section Offices · open original ↗
The AGU, created in 1993, represents the Union in court and out of court and provides legal advice to the Executive; it is headed by the Attorney General of the Union.
Source: Advocacia-Geral da União (verbete da Wikipédia em português) — Portuguese-language Wikipedia, Oct. 24, 2026 · lead · open original ↗