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Thiago Sombra
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Experiência
Thiago’s practice focuses on technology, compliance and public law, particularly in regard to anti-corruption investigations conducted by public authorities and regulators, data protection, cybersecurity and digital platforms. He also advises clients on administrative law issues with a focus on infrastructure, assisting with contracting state-owned companies, administrative sanctioning procedures, 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).
Formação
Bachelor of Laws – Centro Universitário de Brasília
Master’s in 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, focusing on privacy protection and data protection – London School of Economics
Postgraduate Degree in Private Law – Università degli Studi di Camerino, Italy
Leadership Executive Program – Singularity University
Reconhecimentos
Análise Advocacia 500 – Regulatory (2019, 2022), Telecommunications (2019), Automotive and Auto Parts (2019, 2020 and 2022), Compliance (2019-2022), Banking (2021-2022), Financial (2021-2022), Concessions (2020-2021), Digital (2019-2022), Education (2020), Energy (2020), Health Plan (2020), Health (2022), Insurance (2020), Rubber and Plastics (2020), Technology (2020-2022), Trade (2020), and Federal District (2020-2022)
Chambers Brazil (antigo Chambers Latin America): Technology (2019 a 2022); Data Protection (2021-2022) e Public Law (2022);
CIPP/Europe certification – International Association of Privacy Professionals (data);
Global Data Review – 40 under 40 (2018 e 2020);
Global Investigations Review – 40 under 40 (2020);
Latin Lawyer 250 – Anti-corruption investigations and Compliance; Administrative Law; Data, technology and privacy law (2020 – 2022) e Telecoms & Media (2021 – 2022);
Leaders League – Public Law (2020 – 2022), Data Protection (2018 ; 2021 – 2022), Technology (2018; 2021 – 2022), Telecommunications law (2021 – 2022) e Compliance (2021 – 2022);
The Legal 500 – Public Law (2018 e 2019), Compliance (2019), TMT: Cybersecurity and Data Privacy (2018 a 2022) e Energy and Natural Resources: Electricity (2018);
Who’s Who Legal Brazil – Administrative litigation (2021-2022); Data (2018, 2020 e 2022);
Who’s Who Legal Global – Data privacy and protection (2020 e 2021), Information Technology (2021);
Who’s Who Legal Thought Leaders – Brazil (2020) e Brazil – Data (2021-2022);
Thought Leaders – Data – Data Privacy & Protection (2022).
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Data Protection Authority releases study on data processing by research organisations
On 3 May 2022, the National Data Protection Authority (ANPD) released a technical study titled “The LGPD and personal data processing for academic purposes and studies by research organisations”.
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Brazilian Government creates Selo Infra+Integridade (Infra+Integrity Seal of Recognition) for companies in the land transportation sector
The Brazilian Ministry of Infrastructure launched, through Ordinance No. 102/2020, the Infra+Integrity Seal of Recognition, aimed at recognizing good compliance practices of companies in the land transportation sector that have worked in large projects for the Public Administration in the last five years.
The Seal considers large projects as those involving an initial expenditure estimate of over BRL 82.5 million. To earn the Seal, companies must demonstrate that they have good governance practices, including integrity, ethics, transparency, compliance, social responsibility, sustainability, and prevention of fraud and corruption.
The evaluation to earn the Seal was divided into three parameters, which will be evaluated upon the submission of the following documents:
| Parameter | Documentation |
| Integrity | Compliance program report showing its existence and application |
| | Code of ethics or conduct approved and published on the company’s website |
| | Proof of an available and operating whistleblowing channel |
| | Proof of the participation of managers and employees in training related to the compliance program in the last two years |
| | Evidence of the existence of a function or department responsible for the compliance program |
| | Signing of the Business Pact for Integrity and Against Corruption, promoted by the Instituto Ethos (Ethos Institute) |
| | No records on the Brazilian Registry of Punished Companies – CNEP |
| Social Responsibility | No records on the Brazilian List of Slave Labor or Work Analogous to Slavery |
| | No records on the Brazilian List of Labor Violations related to child labor of the Department of Labor Inspection – SIT |
| Sustainability | Certificate of non-involvement in environmental crimes before federal and state courts of Brazil, issued where the company is headquartered and in other states where it has active subsidiaries |
| | No records on environmental violations before the Brazilian Institute of Environment and Renewable Natural Resources – IBAMA |
| | Environmental Management System Certificate, according to the NBR ISO 14.001 standards, as amended |
Companies interested in earning the Seal must register between February 1st and April 30 of each year. The first edition will be in 2021 and the registration starts with the submission of a Registration Questionnaire available online.
If granted the Seal, the company will have its name published on the website of the Ministry of Infrastructure and other means of communication and will earn the right to use the Seal in products, packaging, documents, websites, advertising, folders, plates, vehicles, etc, for one year, counted from the date of the award.
For more information about the initiative, learn about Mattos Filho’s Compliance and Infrastructure practices.
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