Thiago Sombra

Administrative Law; Compliance & Corporate Ethics; Corporate Investigations; Cryptoassets; Data Protection & Cybersecurity; Election Laws for Companies; Entertainment; Infrastructure & Energy; Litigation & Arbitration; Technology;

Thiago’s expertise is focused on technology, compliance and public law, particularly in regard to anti–corruption, data protection, cybersecurity and digital platform investigations conducted by public authorities and regulators. He also advises clients on public law issues with a focus on infrastructure, assisting with contracting state-owned companies, administrative sanctioning proceedings, concessions, public tenders, and administrative contracts in general.

Thiago is a member of the International Association of Privacy Professionals (IAPP), the Global Digital Economy Committee of the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC), the Technology Committee of the British Chamber of Commerce and the Brazil-Canada Chamber of Commerce. He is also a member of the Federal Senate’s Commission of Jurists for drafting a bill on artificial intelligence and is CIPP/Europe-certified by the International Association of Privacy Professionals.

A law professor at the Universidade de Brasília (UnB), Thiago has also authored books including Fundamentos da Regulação da Privacidade e Proteção de Dados Pessoais (2019), Adimplemento Substancial e Cooperação do Credor (2011), and Eficácia dos Direitos Fundamentais nas Relações Privadas (2010).

Thiago also has a background working in the public sector, both as a prosecutor for the State of São Paulo and as an advisor to a judge in Brazil’s Federal Supreme Court (STJ).

Centro Universitário de Brasília;

Bachelor of Law

Pontifícia Universidade Católica (PUC-SP);

Master of Private Law

Universidade de Brasília (UnB);

Doctorate in Law, Technology and Regulation

Universidade de São Paulo (USP);

Post–Doctoral Fellow in Anti–Corruption

London School of Economics (LSE);

Specialization in Cyberlaw, focusing on privacy protection and data protection

Università degli Studi di Camerino, Italy

Postgraduate Degree in Private Law

Singularity University

Executive Leadership Program