Jorge Cesa Ferreira da Silva > Souto Correa Advogados > Porto Alegre, Brazil > Lawyer Profile

Jorge Cesa Ferreira da Silva

+ 55 51 3018 0500 jorge.cesa@soutocorrea.com.br View profile View profile

Work Department

Arbitration; Contracts; Litigation; Consumer and Product Liability; and Wealth and Succession Planning.

Position

Partner

Career

Jorge has vast experience dealing with contracts, chiefly concerning procurement, sales, distribution, M&A, EPC, energy, and real estate contracts, as well as government contracts. Over the years, he has successfully advised clients from the technology, contruction, entertainment, energy, tobacco, electronic, and machinery sectors regarding contractual issues, taking part of negotiations and/or litigation. He has also been involved in several very important tort cases in Brazil. Frequently Jorge undertakes the role of arbitrator, being included in the arbitrators list of the most important Brazilian centers for Arbitration and Mediation.

Languages

Portuguese (native), English and German

Memberships

• German-Brazilian Chamber of Industry and Commerce (AHK-RS)
• Vice-president of CAMERS – Center for Arbitration and Mediation of the Industrial Center of the Rio Grande do Sul State
• Internation Chamber of Commerce – ICC

Education

• Doctorate degree in Civil Law from the University of São Paulo (USP) – 2018
• Visiting Scholar at the University of Edinburgh (UK) – 2009
• Master’s degree in Private Law from the Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS)- 1998
• Bachelor of Laws and Social Sciences from UFRGS – 1992

Personal

Director of the German-Brazilian Chamber of Commerce and Industry in Rio Grande do Sul (AHK/RS)