Trench Rossi Watanabe

Litigation

Partner

Tiago C. Vaitekunas Zapater joined the Firm in 2011 and became partner in 2016. He integrates the Dispute Resolution practice group, with focus on class actions, environmental litigation, product liability, internet litigation and complex litigation in general. Tiago C. Vaitekunas Zapater has a wide breadth of experience in environmental and urbanistic litigation.

Portuguese, English and Italian.

He graduated from Pontifícia Universidade Católica de São Paulo with a degree in Law and also holds a master’s degree in Collective Rights from Pontifícia Universidade Católica de São Paulo and a PhD in Philosophy of Law from Pontifícia Universidade Católica de São Paulo.

Mr. Tiago C. Vaitekunas Zapater teaches Environmental Law at Pontificia Universidade Católica de São Paulo Law School, as an Associate Professor. Guest lecturer of Environmental Law at the Postgraduate Studies of Environmental Law at COGEAE/PUC-SP. Guest lecturer of Environmental Law at the Postgraduate Studies Course at IBEMEC/SP. Visiting Professor of Philosophy of Law at Università degli Studi di Lecce (Unisalento), Italy.