Maria Fabiana Dominguez Sant’Ana

EDUCATION AND DEGREES

• PhD student in Commercial Law at the School of Law of Universidade de São Paulo (FADUSP).
• Master in Commercial Law, with emphasis in the Brazilian Insolvency Proceeding, at Pontifícia Universidade Católica de São Paulo.
• Bachelor of Law, Pontifícia Universidade Católica de São Paulo

ASSOCIATIONS AND INSTITUTES:

• Ordem dos Advogados do Brasil, São Paulo Section
• Member of the Insolvency Commission of IASP – Institute of São Paulo’s Lawyers
• Member of the Insolvency Commission of IBRADEMP – Brazilian Institute of Business Law
• Member of the Mediation Commission of TMA – Turnaround Management Association (Brazilian Branch)
• Member of the Brazilian Institute of Judicial Administrators (IBAJUD)
• Member of the International Women’s Insolvency & Restructuring Confederation (IWIRC)

Focused on civil litigation and restructuring and insolvency areas, Maria Fabiana operates especially in dispute resolution, debt restructuring, negotiation and recovery of assets, in both judicial and extrajudicial recoveries. She also works with bankruptcy proceedings, having actively participated in some of the most important insolvency cases in Brazil, in addition to acting as Judicial Administrator. Maria Fabiana is especially familiar with the sugarcane mills sector.

Furthermore, she serves as Assistant Professor of Commercial Law at Pontifícia Universidade Católica (PUC-SP) with Dr. Marcelo Sacramone, and at the School of Law of the Universidade de São Paulo (FADUSP) with Dr. Francisco Satiro, and is the author of the book “Os Limites do Plano de Recuperação Judicial” (The Limits of the Restructuring Plan), published in 2019.