Graduated from the Faculdade de Direito da Universidade de São Paulo (USP), Rogério Costa participated in the academic exchange at Universidad Carlos III de Madrid (UC3M) for studies in Economic Criminal Law and has a specialization in Criminal Liability of Companies and Compliance from the Universidad de Salamanca (USAL). He was an adjunct coordinator of the Instituto Brasileiro de Ciências Criminais (IBCCrim – Department of Accessibility) and was a member of the Special Committee on Criminal Law of the OAB/SP.  He is a member of the Instituto de Defesa do Direito de Defesa (IDDD).