Thais Helena G Cardoso Heck

thais.heck@montgomery.adv.br

Education:
• Graduated in law from the LAW SCHOOL OF THE UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO (USP) in 1996.
• Course in Droit International at Université Paris II – Assas, in 1997-1998.
• Postgraduate degree in Communication from Faculdade Cásper Líbero in 2001.
• Graduated in English-Portuguese translation from the Faculty of Letters at Mackenzie Presbyterian University in 2021.

Career, Professional Experiences, and Associations:
Thais was admitted to the Brazilian Bar Association – OAB/SP under registration number 149,177 in 1997. She practiced law in the administrative law sector at Mendes Advogados Associados and also in the business law sector at Gouvêa Vieira, in Paris. She worked in-house at TeleImage, focusing on copyright contracts for audiovisual productions. She worked with TV Clube, an affiliate of Rede Bandeirantes, in journalism. She specialized in entertainment law, handling sponsorship contracts for artists and events. For the past 12 years, she has worked as an English-Portuguese translator and reviewer, mainly in the legal field.

Areas of Practice:
• Business Law
• Entertainment Law (including games of chance and sports betting)
• Legal Translation English – Portuguese

Languages:
• Portuguese
• English
• French