Thiago Junqueira

Practice Areas

INSURANCE | DATA PROTECTION

Career

Thiago Junqueira became a partner at CGV Advogados in March 2020. Since then, his work has been focused on advising companies on complex issues relating to (re)insurance and data protection law, as well as litigation involving such matters. Over the years he has worked with the main players in the market.

Besides having been a guest researcher at the Max Planck Institute for Comparative and International Private Law (Germany) and given lectures at prestigious European universities, such as Salamanca (Spain), Pontificia Comillas (Spain) and Coimbra (Portugal), Thiago is also a professor at Fundação Getulio Vargas and the School of Business and Insurance. He has published numerous articles in the leading journals and was also the author of the book Tratamento de dados pessoais e discriminação algorítmica nos seguros, and the co-organizer of the two-volume book Temas Atuais de Direito dos Seguros.

Thiago is a frequent speaker at conferences in Brazil and has been a regular contributor to the Brazilian Chapter of the Thomson Reuters Insurance and Reinsurance Global Guide.

He holds a Doctorate Degree in Civil Law from the Rio de Janeiro State University, and a Master’s degree in Civil Law from the University of Coimbra (Portugal).

He is currently the director of international relations of the Brazilian Academy of Civil Law and co-coordinator of the Seguros Contemporâneos column on the website Conjur.

Thiago has been recognised by key independent research publications (Chambers and Partners, WWL and The Legal 500) as a leading lawyer in the (re)insurance field.

Professional Memberships

Director of international relations of the Brazilian Academy of Civil Law (ABDC).

Member of the Brazilian Civil Law Institute (IBDCivil).

Member of the International Insurance Law Association (AIDA).

Languages Spoken

Portuguese | English | Italian