Team
Meet our team
Jorge Alberto Zugno
Partner
Areas of Activity
- Corporate Law
- Mergers and Acquisitions
- Tax Law
- International Contracts
- Real Estate Law
- Administrative Law
Professional Experience
- Partner of zugnopeña Advogados since January 2011
- Partner of Tozzini Freire Advogados from September 2001 to December 2008
- Partner of Ferreira da Silva, Mariotti, Zugno & Nygaard Advogados Associados, from 1993 to 1999
- Self-employed with private office, from 1983 to 1999
- Corporate 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 more than 30 years of experience advising national and foreign companies, especially in the areas of mergers and acquisitions, contracts, real estate law, public law and corporate advisory.
Training and Academic Activity
- Bachelor of Law from the Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul – UFRGS in 1978
- Extension Course in Public International Law at the Hague Academy of International Law, Netherlands, in 1987
- Postgraduate in Economic and Business Law – MBA, from Fundação Getúlio Vargas, in 2008
Languages
- Portuguese
- English
- Spanish
In 2020 and 2021, partner Jorge Zugno was recognized by Análise Advocacia 500, the most prestigious national editorial, as one of the most admired lawyers in Brazil.
Lawyers are selected through research carried out among directors and legal coordinators of the largest companies in the country.