Professional experience

Gabriela Mânica holds a master’s degree in Civil and Corporate Law from Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS) and a Law Degree with Academic Honors from the Pontifical Catholic University of Rio Grande do Sul (PUCRS). Gabriela practices in the fields of restructuring and insolvency, corporate law and conflict resolution, with a focus on conducting judicial reorganization and bankruptcy cases. She has both litigation and counseling experience. Her national and international clients are of the most diverse sizes and industries.

 

Education

• Master’s degree student in Civil and Corporate Law from the Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS) – ongoing;
• Specialist in Corporate Law from the Pontifical Catholic University of Rio Grande do Sul (PUC-RS) – 2021;
• Bachelor of Laws from the Pontifical Catholic University of Rio Grande do Sul (PUC-RS) – 2019;
• Academic Exchange at Lisbon University Law School (FDUL) – 2018.

 

Publications

• Antecipação dos efeitos do deferimento do processamento da Recuperação Judicial e nomeação antecipada do administrador judicial [Anticipation of the impact of granting Judicial Recovery processing and the anticipated appointment of the trustee]. Chapter in book “O Administrador Judicial e a Reforma da Lei 11.101/2005”, p. 225-247, Editora Almedina, 2022;
• Amplitude de Legitimados para requererem Recuperação Judicial frente à Pandemia da COVID-19 [The Breadth of Legitimates to File for Judicial Recovery in the Face of the COVID-19 Pandemic]. In: Revista Síntese de Direito Empresarial, p.09-19,Sep/2020;
• O abuso de direito de voto na Assembleia Geral de Credores da Recuperação Judicial [Abuse of voting rights at the General Meeting of Creditors of the Judicial Reorganization] – Program final dissertation recommended for publication and published on the PUCRS Digital Page, December 2018.

 

Additional Activities

• Member of the Bankruptcy Law Commission of the Brazilian Institute of Business Law (IBRADEMP) – 2022; 
• Financial Accounting Course from Fundação Getulio Vargas (FGV-RJ) – 2021;
• Arbitrator of the 6th Corporate Arbitration Competition (CAEMP) – 2021;
• Arbitrator of the 4th South Prep – South Regional of the Brazilian Competition of Corporate Arbitration and Mediation at the Pontifical Catholic University of Rio Grande do Sul (PUC-RS) – 2020;
• Bachelor of Laws from the Pontifical Catholic University of Rio Grande do Sul (PUC-RS) – 2019;
• Training in Judicial Administration from the Turnaround Management Association (TMA), 2019.