Jorge Cesa Ferreira da Silva > Souto Correa Advogados > Porto Alegre, Brazil > Lawyer Profile
Souto Correa Advogados Offices
AV CARLOS GOMES, 700
13TH ANDAR
PORTO ALEGRE, RS CEP 90480-000
Brazil
- Firm Profile
- Go to...
Jorge Cesa Ferreira da Silva
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)
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- City focus - Porto Alegre > Commercial, corporate and M&A
- City focus - Porto Alegre > Dispute resolution
- City focus - Porto Alegre > Labour
- City focus - Porto Alegre > Tax
Firm Rankings
- Tax > Customs
- Corporate and M&A: Mid-market
- Dispute Resolution: Litigation
- Intellectual property
- Life sciences
- Dispute Resolution: Arbitration
- Energy and natural resources > Electricity (and renewable energy)
- Environment
- Labour and employment
- Real estate
- Restructuring and insolvency
- Tax > Tax advisory
- TMT: Media