Thomaz del Castillo Barroso Kastrup

Partner in Banking, insurance and finance and M&A and private equity.

Lawyer licensed in Brazil and with a Master’s degree and experience as a foreign associate in the United States. Thomaz is a specialist and reference in insurance, reinsurance, healthcare, financial services, and M&A. He has been advising local and foreign players in these sectors in Brazil for more than 20 years on regulatory and corporate matters, especially transactions, including M&A (global, regional and local), joint ventures, bancassurance and insurance distribution contracts, purchase and sale of insurance portfolios, organization of greenfield carriers, specific purpose insurance carriers (SSPEs) and local reinsurers, issuance of insurance-linked securities (ILS/LRS), and all types of corporate reorganizations. He conducted and participated in the most significant transactions of this nature in Brazil in the last two decades and has authored several articles and publications on insurance and reinsurance law and regulation in Brazil and abroad.

Member of the International Insurance Law Association (AIDA)

Member of the Insurance and Reinsurance Committee of the International Bar Association (IBA)

Member of the Insurance and Reinsurance Committee of the British Chamber of Commerce and Industry in Brazil (BRITCHAM)

Member of the Insurance and Reinsurance Committee of Instituto de Advogados de São Paulo (IASP)

Member of the Columbia University Alumni Representative Committee (ARC)

Columbia Law School, Columbia University, EUA

L.M in Corporate Law, Securities & Insurance Regulation (appointed Harlan Fiske Stone Scholar)

2008

Escola Nacional de Seguros (ENS), Brazil

Postgraduate and Specialization in Insurance

2003

Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio de Janeiro (PUC-Rio), Brazil

Bachelor of Laws

2001