Thais Garcia is a partner in the Corporate/M&A practice of Clifford Chance in New York and a member of the firm's Latin America Group. Thais specializes in cross-border M&A, restructurings and joint ventures with a focus on the Americas market. Thais regularly represents private equity houses, pension funds, infrastructure funds, corporates and other investors in their investments and corporate transactions in Latin America and the U.S. Among the sectors she focuses on are energy and infrastructure, consumer goods & retail and TMT.



Thais is admitted to the New York Bar, the Madrid Bar (Colegio de Abogados de Madrid) and also holds a degree in Brazilian law. Thais is a member of the Inter-American Affairs Committee of the New York Bar Association and is recognized as a "Next Generation Lawyer" in Legal 500 for Corporate and M&A (Latin America: International Firms) and was also included in Legal 500's U.S.-Mexico Private Practice Powerlist 2018.