Eduardo Chemale Selistre Peña

Partner

eduardo.pena@zugnoepena.com.br

Areas of Expertise

Civil and Corporate Litigation
Business
Corporate Law
Banking Law
Administrative Improbity and Anticorruption
Contracts

Professional Experience

Partner at Zugno & Peña Advogados since April 2016
CEO at Arena Porto-Alegrense S.A. from March 2015 to March 2016
Legal Director at Arena Porto-Alegrense S.A. from October 2013 to March 2015
Legal Manager at the OAS Group in São Paulo from March 2010 to October 2013
Lawyer at Arruda Alvim and Thereza Alvim Advogados Associados in São Paulo from June 2008 to March 2010
Judge Advisor at the Rio Grande do Sul Court of Justice from 1999 to 2008

Eduardo Peña has expertise in strategic litigation, an area in which he has been active in both reference offices and internally in large companies. He also served as manager, having assumed the position of company president with more than 100 employees. He had a great experience, in the judiciary, in which he remained a judge advisor for more than ten years.

Training and Academic Activity

Doctor in Civil Procedural Law from PUC-SP (2012)
Master of Laws from PUC-RS (2006)
Postgraduate from the Rio Grande do Sul Magistracy School (1999)
Graduated from PUC-RS (1999)
Professor of Civil Procedural Law in Undergraduate and Postgraduate at Uniritter and Unisinos from March 2016 to 2019
Professor of Administrative Misconduct courses at the São Paulo Lawyers Association (AASP) and at the Rio Grande do Sul Advocacy School (ESA)
Author of the books “Judges’ powers and attributions”, “The Appeal as a means of challenging the first -degree interlocutory decisions” and “Course and Judgment of Proceedings in the Courts”, as well as several articles and research

Languages

Portuguese
English
Spanish

On 2019, 2020 and 2021, partner Eduardo Peña was recognized by Análise Advocacia 500, the most prestigious national editorial, as one of the most admired lawyers in Brazil.