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Thiago Sombra

Partner · Mattos Filho

BrazilAdministrative Law, CompliancePortuguese, English, Italian

About

Partner at Mattos Filho based in Brazil, focusing on technology, compliance and public law, with particular experience in anti-corruption, data protection, cybersecurity and digital platform investigations. He also advises on infrastructure matters (including state-owned companies, concessions and public tenders), is a law professor at Universidade de Brasília (UnB), and previously served as a prosecutor for the State of São Paulo and as an advisor to a judge at Brazil’s STJ.

Practice areas

Administrative LawComplianceCorporate InvestigationsCryptoassetsData Protection & CybersecurityInfrastructure & EnergyLitigation & ArbitrationTechnology

Office

Expertise

Privacy & Data ProtectionCybersecurityAnti-corruption & ComplianceTechnology & Digital PlatformsInfrastructure (state-owned companies, concessions)

Education

  • Bachelor of Laws – Centro Universitário de Brasília
  • Master of Private Law – Pontifícia Universidade Católica (PUC-SP)
  • Doctorate in Law, Technology and Regulation – Universidade de Brasília (UnB)
  • Post–Doctoral Fellow in Anti–Corruption – Universidade de São Paulo (USP)
  • Specialization in Cyberlaw (privacy and data protection) – London School of Economics (LSE)
  • Postgraduate Degree in Private Law – Università degli Studi di Camerino, Italy
  • Executive Leadership Program – Singularity University

Admissions

  • CIPP/Europe (International Association of Privacy Professionals)

Languages

PortugueseEnglishItalian