Focused on the civil litigation and restructuring and insolvency areas, Thomaz operates especially in conflict resolution, debt restructuring, negotiation and recovery of assets, in both judicial and extrajudicial recoveries, in addition to bankruptcy proceedings, having actively participated in some of the most important insolvency cases in Brazil.

Thomaz has special familiarity with the agribusiness and regulated markets, like energy, oil and gas, having been mentioned sometimes in the international magazine Chambers & Partners as an ‘Outstanding Lawyer’ in his sector and of award-winning case leads, like the Deal of the Year (Latin Lawyer).

Previously, Thomaz worked in law firms such as Machado Meyer e Barbosa Mussnich e Aragão.

Thomaz is the coordinator of the Bankruptcy Law Commissions of the Brazilian Institute of Business Law and of the Lawyers Institute of São Paulo. In 2018, he was nominated by the previous Ministry of Industry to make up the table of a commission of jurists responsible for the elaboration of a draft law on perfecting insolvency procedures to micro and small companies, interacting since with the various class bodies and political agents involved, up to the approval of the PLC33 / 2020 in the Federal Senate in December 2020. Currently, the project awaits evaluation in the Chamber of Deputies.

He was also directly involved in the improvement of the Bankruptcy and Recovery Law, which occurred through the approval of Law 14.101 / 2020 at the end of 20220, as an active member of GPAI – Permanent Insolvency Support Group, which brings together the most respected associations of the sector.