Team
Meet our team
Jorge Alberto Zugno
Partner
Areas of Expertise
- Corporate Law
- Mergers and Acquisitions
- Tax Law
- International Contracts
- Real Estate Law
- Administrative Law
Professional Experience
- Partner at Zugno & Peña Advogados since January 2011
- Partner at Tozzini Freire Advogados from September 2001 to December 2008
- Partner at Ferreira da Silva, Mariotti, Zugno & Nygaard Advogados Associados, from 1993 to 1999
- Autonomous with private office, from 1983 to 1999
- Companies lawyer from 1979 to 1983
- Professor of International Law at the Pontifical Catholic University of Rio Grande do Sul, from 1987 to 2004
- Jorge has over 30 years of experience in advising national and foreign companies, especially in the area of mergers and acquisitions, contracts, real estate law, public law and corporate advice.
Training and Academic Activity
- Bachelor of Laws from the Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS) on 1978
- Extension Course in Public International Law from the Academy of International Law at The Hague, Netherlands, on 1987
- Postgraduate in Economy and Company Law (MBA), from Fundação Getúlio Vargas (FVG), em 2008
Languages
- Portuguese
- English
- Spanish
On 2020 and 2021, partner Jorge Zugno was recognized, by the Análise Advocacia 500, the most prestigious national editorial, as one of the most admired lawyers in Brazil.
Lawyers are selected through research conducted between directors and legal coordinators from the largest companies in the country.