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About
Provided by Jorge Cesa
Practice Areas
Commercial contracts, Corporate/M&A, Product Liability, Dispute Resolution and Arbitration.
Career
Jorge is experienced in handling contracts, arbitration, and litigation involving M&A, procurement, sales, distribution and EPC. He advises clients from the broadcasting, agricultural, tobacco, electronic, and machinery sectors and frequently undertakes the role of arbitrator. He authored several books and articles mainly regarding the breaches of contracts.
Professional Memberships
OAB; Brazil-Germany Chamber of Commerce (AHK); ICC.
Publications
Several legal articles and books in Brazil and abroad mainly on contract law.
Personal
PhD (USP); Visiting Scholar (University of Edinburgh); Foreign Researcher (Universität Augsburg), Master’s Degree and LL.B (UFRGS).
Practice Areas
One of the founding partners of Souto Correa Advogados, Jorge Cesa Ferreira da Silva has wide experience in many legal practice areas. He works as a legal counsel, legal reviewer and as arbitrator, both in consultancy and in judicial and arbitration proceedings.
His track record includes relevant Brazilian cases involving civil, contractual, and extra-contractual liability.
In 2019, he relevantly participated in counselling the rapporteur of the Brazilian Chamber of Deputies in the proceedings for passing the Economic Freedom Act (Law 13.874/2019).
He has been a professor of Civil Law at the Pontifical Catholic University of Rio Grande do Sul (PUC-RS), at UNISINOS, at the Superior School of the Judiciary (AJURIS) and at the Superior School Foundation of the Public Prosecutor’s Office (ESMP), as well as a researcher linked to the University of Augsburg (Germany) between 2003 and 2006. He is the author of books, articles, and translations published in Brazil, Europe, and the United States, especially in the area of contracts.
Publications
- A boa-fé e a violação positiva do contrato, Rio de Janeiro [Good faith and positive breach of contract, Rio de Janeiro]. Renovar, 2002;
- Adimplemento e extinção das obrigações [Obligation performance and termination]. São Paulo: Revista dos Tribunais, 2006;
- Inadimplemento das obrigações [Nonperformance of Obligations]. São Paulo: Revista dos Tribunais, 2006;
- Antidiscriminação e contrato: a integração entre proteção e autonomia. [Antidiscrimination and contracts: the integration between protection and autonomy]. São Paulo: Revista dos Tribunais, 2020;
- Several articles and translations published in Brazil and in other countries.
Chambers Review
Brazil: Regions
Jorge Cesa is a prominent practitioner who has a stellar reputation for his work in sophisticated judicial and arbitration disputes. He reaches the top-tier position in the rankings this year after receiving great endorsements from peers and clients about his consistent and outstanding work.
Brazil: Contentious
Jorge Cesa is known for his experience in recall campaigns, legal opinions regarding consumer law and administrative proceedings, for clients in the food and technology sectors. He also provides compliance assessment to companies in the hospitality industry.
Strengths
Provided by Chambers
"Jorge Cesa has extensive experience. He brings insightful discussions to the table given that he is also an academic."
"Jorge Cesa has extensive experience. He brings insightful discussions to the table given that he is also an academic."