Thomaz Bastos, Waisberg, Kurzweil Advogados

Managing Partners: Joel Luís Thomaz Bastos, Ivo Waisberg, Bruno Kurzweil de Oliveira

Senior Partners: Joel Luís Thomaz Bastos, Ivo Waisberg, Bruno Kurzweil de Oliveira, Ricardo Pomeranc Matsumoto, Herbert Morgenstern Kugler, Gilberto Gornati, Adriana Maria Cruz Dias de Oliveira, Carlos Teixeira Leite Filho, Bárbara Pessoa Ramos, Lucas Rodrigues do Carmo.

Number of partners: 10

Number of other lawyers: 51

Firm Overview:

Thomaz Bastos, Waisberg, Kurzweil Advogados is a legal boutique firm, specializing in debt restructuring and insolvency, complex litigation and arbitration, and corporate and financial transactions. Formed by the association among partners Joel Luís Thomaz Bastos, Ivo Waisberg and Bruno Kurzweil, and a remarkable and multidisciplinary team, the firm has acted in the most important and sophisticated insolvency cases in Brazil, always seeking suitable solutions for its clients. Opened in October 2016, the firm handles in- and out-of-court restructurings, representing clients in litigation and arbitration. The partners of the firm have led more than 70 debt restructuring procedures or negotiations. TWK has been recognized by Chamber and Partners (band 1), Leaders League (leading 1), The Legal 500 (tier 1), in addition to ranking in the top tiers of numerous national publications.

Contacts

Restructuring, Bankruptcy, and Insolvency:

Joel Luís Thomaz Bastos, Ivo Waisberg, Bruno Kurzweil de Oliveira, Herbert Morgenstern Kugler, Gilberto Gornati, Adriana Maria Cruz Dias de Oliveira, Lucas Rodrigues do Carmo.

Complex Litigation & Arbitration:

Ivo Waisberg, Ricardo Pomeranc Matsumoto, Joel Luís Thomaz Bastos, Carlos Teixeira Leite Filho, Bárbara Pessoa Ramos.

Areas of Practice:

Bankruptcy, Restructuring, and Insolvency: 65%

Complex Litigation & Arbitration: 35%

Main Areas Of Practice:

Restructuring, Bankruptcy, and Insolvency:

As one of the few prominent law firms that represent both debtors and creditors, as well as investors in insolvency and debt restructuring cases, the firm provides professional advice to its clients in all aspects: from the initial discussions and decisions on the strategy to be adopted in each case to the actual preparation and pursuit of the legal steps required to implement it.

Complex Litigation & Arbitration:

The firm advises companies and individuals in matters concerning highly complex preventive, litigation and arbitration matters involving several different fields of business and civil law.

International Work:

In many cases, the team has acted together with foreign law firms in order to deal with cross-border aspects of restructuring and insolvency, such as the recognition of the restructuring plan of OAS and the recognition of the judicial reorganisation of an English trading company of Bom Jesus Group by the English courts. Thomaz Bastos, Waisberg, Kurzweil Advogados has also acted together with foreign law firms advising a Brazilian mill in an international arbitration before the Refined Sugar Association in London.

Languages:

English, Portuguese.

Clients:

The firm gives advice mainly to agribusiness groups, construction groups, financial institutions, investments funds, investors, family offices, and retail chains.