Practice Areas
- Banking Law;
- Business Law;
- Contract Law;
- Consumer Law;
- International Economic Law; and
- Consulting in Globalization and OECD related subjects.
Experience
Specialist in banking and business law, has worked most of her career in financial institutions, including Itaú Unibanco and Omni Banco & Financeira. Has integrated IELPO LL.M. Coordination team. at the University of Barcelona, Spain. She worked as an academic researcher at the Center for Global Trade and Investment Studies at the FGV/SP School of Economics (CCGI EESP FGV).
Education
- LL.M. in International Law by the University of Vienna, Austria (2010);
- Post-Graduation (Specialization) in Corporate Law by FGV-SP (2007); and
- Bachelor of Laws (LL.B.) from Universidade de Blumenau (2004).
Nomeations and Publications
FGV EESP – Working Papers Series:
- OCDE and Transfer Pricing Issues. Working Paper nº 516. November 2019. CCGI n. º 20 Working Paper Series. FGV – São Paulo – School of Economics. Vera Thorstensen and Maria Isabel da Cunha Mathias. Available at: https://hdl.handle.net/10438/28462
- Brazil Degree of Liberalization according to OECD Services Trade Restriction Index (STRI). Vera Thorstensen and Maria Isabel da Cunha Mathias. May 2020. Working Paper n. º 528. Working Paper Series CCGI – Nº 23. Available at: https://hdl.handle.net/10438/29299
- Access to Justice: OECD and Brazil’s Approach. Vera Thorstensen and Maria Isabel da Cunha Mathias Working Paper n. º 533. September 2020. Working Paper Series CCGI – Nº 28. Available at: https://hdl.handle.net/10438/29716
- Services Trade Restriction Index (STRI): Index Composition Methodology, Sectors Regulation and Analysis about Brazil. Vera Thorstensen and Maria Isabel da Cunha Mathias. Working Paper n.º 535. September 2020.Working Paper Series CCGI Nº 30. Available at: https://hdl.handle.net/10438/29717
- OECD and Green Growth. Vera Thorstensen and Maria Isabel da Cunha Mathias, in OCDE, Sustainability and Green Growth. Coordination: Vera Thorstensen. Organization: Catherine Rebouças Mota. March 2022. Available: https://ccgi.fgv.br/sites/ccgi.fgv.br/files/u5/OCDE__SUSTENTABILIDADE%20E%20CRESCIMENTO%20VERDE___2022.pdf
Member
- Ordem dos Advogados do Brasil, São Paulo section (1995);
- Consumer Law Commission of the São Paulo Lawyers Institute – IASP (2023);
- Mentor at CRIA I and II of Mescla PUC-Campinas Startups Program (2023).,
Languages
- Portuguese
- English
- Spanish
- Italian