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Thaysa Panza
Thaysa Panza de Paula
Associate

Overview

Thaysa Panza de Paula is focused on international arbitration. She has experience in corporate and commercial disputes in various business sectors, including energy, natural resources and infrastructure sectors. Thaysa is native in Portuguese and also practices in English and Spanish.

Prior to joining Baker Botts, Thaysa was an associate in the Dispute Resolution Practice of a top-tier law firm in Brazil.

Admissions & Affiliations

  • Brazilian Bar, 2013

Education

  • Master of Laws, Queen Mary, University of London 2017
  • Master of Laws, Fundação Getúlio Vargas 2015
  • Bachelor of Laws, Pontificia Universidad Catolica 2012

Experience

  • Representing a Latin American energy company in an arbitration arising from an EPC contract relating to the construction of oil platforms
  • Represented a Latin American energy company in an arbitration arising from an EPC contract relating to delays in construction of wind farm in Central America
  • Represented a Russian oil and gas company in a dispute against a supplier of geophysical services seismic-based*
  • Represented a French energy company in an arbitration arising from an EPC contract in relating to the construction of a wind farm complex in Latin America*
  • Represented a consortium in a dispute relating to the construction of compression modules for FPSOs*
  • Represented a French energy company a dispute arising out of exploration of onshore unconventional resources*
  • Represented a Spanish oil company in a dispute related to taxation under oil & gas exploration*
  • Represented a group of shareholders in the hospitality industry in an arbitration concerning violations to buy-sell provision in the shareholders’ agreement*
  • Represented a Canadian life insurance company in a reinsurance arbitration*

*Prior to joining Baker Botts