Thais Vasconcellos de Sá

Practice Areas

Dispute Resolution: Litigation and Arbitration;

Crisis Management;

Environment;

Bankruptcy & Restructuring.

Career

Thaís is dedicated to dispute resolution, especially involving environment, bankruptcy and corporate matters.

She is an expert in large judicial recoveries, including the first case involving the processing of the recovery of foreign companies before Brazilian courts.

Trought her career, she participated in many important arbitrations, involving civil construction and energy issues, as well as the largest environmental case of Brazilian courts in recent history.

Thaís is recognized for her performance by Chambers, Leaders League, Legal 500 and Análise Advocacia Mulher.

Professional Memberships

– Associated with the Turnaround Management Association – TMA Brasil;

– Member of the Legislative Reform Committee of TMA Brasil;

– Member of the TMA Brasil Mediation Committee.

Publications

– Article: “A aplicação do Deepening Insolvency no curso da recuperação judicial: uma possibilidade no direito brasileiro” (The application of Deepening Insolvency in the course of judicial recovery: a possibility in Brazilian law): Revista Semestral do Direito Empresarial (RSDE), nº15, Jul/Dec. 2014.

– Article: “Os (Des)incentivos do Dip Financing no Sistema Brasileiro” (The (Dis)incentives of Dip Financing in the Brazilian System). Business Law – Legal Studies in Homage to Maria Salgado. Org. TMA Brasil – Turnaround Management Association of Brazil. LumenJuris, Rio de Janeiro, 2019.

Personal

– Partner at Bermudes Advogados since 2010;

– LL.M. in Business Law, focused on Corporate Law and Capital Markets at Fundação Getúlio Vargas (FGV/RJ);

– Master’s student in Commercial Law at the University of São Paulo (USP).

Languages Spoken

Portuguese, English, and Spanish.