Our team

Leonardo Parentoni is passionate about Law & Technology, with more than 20 years of experience in the public and private sectors. He holds a PhD in Law from USP (University of São Paulo) and is a Professor at UFMG (Federal University of Minas Gerais) and IBMEC/MG. He is a former Member of the original composition of Brazil's National Council for the Protection of Personal Data and Privacy (CNPD), appointed by the Presidency of the Republic. He is the Founder and Coordinator of the collective project on Law, Technology and Innovation in the Graduate Program of the UFMG Law School. In 2017, he designed and taught the first course on artificial intelligence in a law doctoral program in Brazil. He is also Founder and Scientific Advisor of the Research Center for Law, Technology and Innovation – DTIBR (www.dtibr.com), and Global Coordinator of the Working Group on AI and Law of the BRICS Law Schools Consortium. He has been a Visiting Researcher at Renmin University (China), the University of Sydney (Australia), the University of Texas at Austin (USA) and URCDP (Uruguay's Data Protection Agency), a Strategic Technology Partner at the University of Technology Sydney (UTS/Australia) and a Team Mentor in the Law Without Walls program (LWOW/USA). He has been cited in decisions of Brazil's Superior Courts, for example: STF RE. 1.010.606, STJ REsp. 1.925.959 and REsp. 2.072.206. His writings have been published in 5 languages and in 7 countries. His publications are freely available at: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Leonardo-Parentoni(opens in a new tab)

Bachelor of Laws from the Federal University of Minas Gerais. Undergraduate student in Accounting at the Federal University of Minas Gerais. Member of the Law and Technology Study Group – DTEC. Corporate law attorney at Maneira Advogados.

PhD in Law from UFMG. Judicial Analyst at the TRT/MG (Regional Labor Court of Minas Gerais). Guest professor in UFMG's graduate programs. Author of numerous publications on Law and Artificial Intelligence.

Attorney specializing in Medical Law and Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare. Master's in Law and Technology from the Federal University of Minas Gerais (UFMG). She is conducting research on AI Ethics and Governance in Healthcare at the Center for Innovation in Artificial Intelligence for Health – CI-IA Saúde UFMG.

Systems Analyst from Centro Universitário Newton Paiva, Bachelor of Laws from UFMG and Specialist in Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning from PUC Minas. Postgraduate degree in Ethical Hacking and Cybersecurity from Faculdade Facint, with Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Certified Generative AI Professional, EXIN 27001, ITIL and COBIT 5 certifications.

Head of AI at the Public Prosecutor's Office of the State of Minas Gerais, where he leads both the engineering and the governance of the institution's legal automation and digital transformation initiatives: from designing and operating AI systems in production to defining the compliance, risk management and responsible-use frameworks that support them. Co-founder of DTIBR and Coordinator of BLIS (Brazilian Laboratory for Intelligent Systems).

On the technical side, his expertise covers Machine Learning, MLOps, RAG systems, multi-agent architectures, fine-tuning and infrastructure optimization for serving AI models with NVIDIA technologies. On the governance side, he works at the intersection of Law and engineering: AI governance in the public sector, information security applied to AI systems, and aligning solutions with regulatory and risk management requirements.

Attorney. Master's student in Law and Innovation at the Federal University of Juiz de Fora (UFJF). Specialist in Digital Law from the Institute for Technology and Society (ITS/UERJ). Executive MBA in Law, Management and Business Law from Fundação Getulio Vargas (FGV). She has complementary training in Law and Artificial Intelligence from the Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro (PUC-Rio) and solid experience in managing digital products for the legal sector, coordinating the definition of software requirements and translating legal needs into technological solutions. She is a member of the Research Group on Business, Development and Responsibility (EDRESP/UFJF). Her research focuses on the interface between artificial intelligence, corporate governance and directors' liability.

Master's in Computer Science and Bachelor of Laws, both from UFMG. Attorney in Digital Law, Intellectual Property and Personal Data Protection. Web application developer and data analyst. His main research interests are Artificial Intelligence, Jurimetrics and the interface between Law and Technology.

PhD candidate in Law at UFMG (2026–present). Master's in Law from PUC Minas (2023–2024), with a CAPES/PROEX scholarship. Bachelor of Laws from PUC Minas (2017–2022). Professor of Constitutional Law (2026–present) at Faculdade Pedro Leopoldo. Attorney. Public Policy Advisor for Science, Technology and Innovation at the State Department of Economic Development (SEDE) of the Government of the State of Minas Gerais.

Attorney. Postgraduate student in Private Law, Technology and Innovation at EBRADI. Bachelor of Laws from the Federal University of Viçosa (UFV). She was Director of the “Law for Startups” Committee of OAB/MG (Minas Gerais Bar Association) and is a member of the National Association of Data Privacy Professionals (ANPPD) and of the Law & Technology Study Group of the UFMG Law School (DTec). She works with contracts, compliance, data protection and innovation.

PhD and Master's in Computational Intelligence from the Federal University of Minas Gerais (UFMG). Degree in Computer Engineering from the Federal Institute of Minas Gerais – Bambuí Campus (IFMG). Technical training in Internet Computing at INPA. He works as an Artificial Intelligence Systems Architect at FITec and was previously a Computer Vision Engineer at SVA Tech. Computing professor at IGTI. Member of the Machine Intelligence and Data Science Laboratory (MINDS). IT lead at the Research Center for Law, Technology and Innovation (Centro DTIBR). He works as a researcher in Machine Learning Algorithms, Data Science, Computer Vision and Digital Image Processing.

Attorney. Master's student in Law at UFMG, in the research line on State, Regulation and Economic and Social Development. Postgraduate degree in Civil Procedure Law. Bachelor of Laws from UFMG. Legal specialist on Jusbrasil's artificial intelligence for lawyers team.

Information Security specialist with more than 10 years of experience in the field. He has led cybersecurity teams and data protection implementation projects in companies. Postgraduate degree in Strategic IT Management from PUCRS. He actively takes part in international conferences and research on cyber risk strategy and management.

Master's in Systems and Computing (UFRN, 2014), specialist in Digital Law (UERJ/ITSRio, 2025) and in the Internet of Things (UTFPR, 2020), Bachelor's in Computer Science (UFRN, 2012). Her public sector career ranges from university teaching to the justice system. A civil servant and analyst at the Public Defender's Office of the State of Paraná, she has worked with privacy and data protection since 2019, starting the discussions on the LGPD (Brazilian General Data Protection Law) at the institution. She is part of the InovaDEF innovation lab (DPEPR), leads the Data Curitiba Embassy and sits on the GovDados Ethics Council. New member of the Research Center for Law, Technology and Innovation – DTIBR. A speaker, professor and researcher, her interests include privacy, data protection, digital public infrastructure, data justice, open innovation, human-computer interaction, requirements engineering and access to justice.

Attorney and consultant in Privacy, Data Protection and Artificial Intelligence Governance. Bachelor of Laws from the Federal University of Ouro Preto (UFOP) and Industrial Automation Technician from IFMG. She holds EXIN certifications in Privacy and Data Protection and in Information Security, as well as complementary training in Digital Law, Artificial Intelligence and Compliance. She works with privacy, data protection, AI governance, risk management and regulatory compliance. She is a member of the Mulheres da LGPD group and has experience in projects related to Law, Technology and Innovation. She is interested in applied research at the intersections of Law, Technology, Data Protection and Artificial Intelligence.

Master's in Law from the Graduate Program of Faculdade Milton Campos, with a concentration in Law in Economic and Social Relations. Bachelor of Laws from Faculdade Milton Campos. Undergraduate research fellow funded by the Minas Gerais State Research Support Foundation (FAPEMIG). Researcher in the Law and Technology Study Group – DTec (UFMG). Researcher in the Research Group on Private Law, Entrepreneurship and New Technologies (FDMC). Member of the technological development project Processo Eletrônico em Sistema Simulado (Electronic Proceedings in a Simulated System) – PRESS. Attorney. Partner and Founder of the law firm Cordeiro Moreira Advogados. Specialist in Civil Procedure Law, Business Law and New Technologies.

Bachelor of Laws from PUC Minas, specialist in Business Law from PUC Minas and CEDIN, Master's student in Technological Innovation and Intellectual Property at UFMG, researcher focusing on public innovation policy, and founding attorney of NCampos Advogados, NCampos Marcas e Patentes and the N.Point Gestão de Contratos platform. General Secretary of the Business Law Committee and Chair of the Law for Startups Committee of OAB/MG. Consultant on public innovation policy and on data protection and privacy compliance programs for SEBRAE/MG.

Auditor at UFMG, working on assessments and advisory services on the LGPD, Information Security and related topics. Consultant responsible for preparing UFMG's Personal Data Protection Impact Report. PhD candidate in Sociology at UFMG, with a thesis in progress on Cybercrime. Master's in Public Administration from Fundação João Pinheiro. Bachelor of Laws from UFMG.