Thomaz Bastos, Waisberg and Kurzweil Advogados

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.

Practice areas
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 and 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.