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17/02/23
Reading Time: 10 min
Porto Alegre
Luis Renato Ferreira da Silva
Partner
+55 (51) 3025-2223
lrenato@tozzinifreire.com.br
Practice areas:
Arbitration
Litigation
Mergers and Acquisitions
Crisis Management
Corporate Law and Foreign Investment
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With a strong vision and deep knowledge of our company, Luis Renato Ferreira da Silva understands our preferred approach and brings clarity to proposals, guiding and aligning M&A objectives to ensure they are achieved.
Professional experience
Specialist in Corporate Law, Contract Law, Litigation and Arbitration related to such matters at TozziniFreire´s Porto Alegre office, Luis Renato is also a professor at Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, and brings to the firm a distinguished academic background focused on Civil and Contract Law. In private practice, he has built a reputation for his exceptional performance in frequent work before the State Court of Rio Grande do Sul and the Superior Court of Justice in Brasília, and many other arbitration proceedings.
Education
- Doctor of Laws degree from the Law School of USP (Universidade de São Paulo).
- Master's degree from the Law School of UFRGS (Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul).
- Graduate of the Law School of PUCRS (Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio Grande do Sul), 1987.
Languages
- English
- Spanish
Rankings and Awards
Luis is consistently recognized as a leading lawyer in international legal publications such as Chambers Brazil, Latin Lawyer XNUMX, The Legal XNUMX, IFLR XNUMX and Análise Advocacia XNUMX. Luis is LACCA Approved for Corporate and M&A.
Additional activities
- Associate Professor of the Department of Private Law and Civil Procedure at UFRGS (Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul).
- Member of CAM/CCBC (Arbitration and Mediation Center of the Brazil-Canada Chamber of Commerce) list of referees; CAMERS/FIERGS (Arbitration, Mediation and Conciliation Chamber of the Center for Industries of the State of Rio Grande do Sul) and CAM/FEDERASUL (Chamber of Mediation and Arbitration of the Trade Federation of Rio Grande do Sul).
Publications
- Article “The Concept of Contract – Permanence and Function”, from the book Law, Culture, Method. Readings of the Work of Judith Martins-CostaRio de Janeiro: GZ Publishing, 2019.
- Chapter “The Practice, Construction and Solidification of Arbitration” (co-author), from the book
- Reciprocity and Contract. Porto Alegre: Livraria do Advogado Editora, 2013.
- Chapter “Principles of Contract Law in the Consumer Protection Code: Private Autonomy and Good Faith. Some Reflections on their Harmonization”, from the book Consumer Contracts and Economic Activity
- Chapter “On Fraud”, from the book General Theory of Civil Law
- Chapter “The Social Function of Contract in the New Civil Code and its Connection with Social Solidarity”, from the book The New Civil Code and the ConstitutionPorto Alegre: Livraria do Advogado, 2003.
- Contract Review: From the Civil Code to the Consumer Protection Code. Rio de Janeiro: Forensics, 1998.
- Chapter “On Contractual Rules in Mercosur”, from the book Mercosur, its Legal, Economic and Political Effects on Member StatesPorto Alegre: Livraria do Advogado, 1997.
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