WHY CASHEW?

Is a nationally renowned legal scholar, speaker, and author of several publications. His practice is largely focused on Civil and Business Law. He holds a Juris Doctorate degree (1995), a master’s degree (2002) and a Ph.D. (2016) in Law from Pontifícia Universidade Católica de São Paulo (PUC-SP). He has been a professor at PUC-SP since 1997 and has been honored several times since then. At PUC-SP Ferriani has also been elected Head of the Departments of Civil Law, Civil Procedure, and Labor Law for two consecutive terms (2009/2011 – 2011/2013), also serving as Deputy Head in two other terms (2007/2009 – 2009/2007). He is a lawyer, he renders legal opinions, and he is the Chairman of the Commission for Civil Law Studies of the centenary Institute of Lawyers of São Paulo (IASP, Instituto dos Advogados de São Paulo).

Is a lawyer with extensive experience in civil litigation and remarkable practice in strategic cases of large corporations. He is a Ph.D. student at the Law School of University of São Paulo (USP). He holds a master’s degree in Civil Law from the Law School of University of São Paulo (USP), a graduate degree in Civil Procedure from Pontifícia Universidade Católica de São Paulo (PUC/SP), and a Juris Doctorate degree from Universidade Paulista – UNIP (2000). In the academic area, he has been a professor of the Graduate Course at Complexo Jurídico Damásio de Jesus (2009/2010) and a volunteer professor of Civil Law at PUC/SP (2004/2006). He is also a speaker and the author of several articles. He has been Advisor to the 3^rd Panel of the Court of Ethics and Discipline of OAB/SP (2010/2015) and currently serves as Rapporteur of the 6^th Panel of the Court of Ethics and Discipline of OAB/SP (since 2015). He has been a member of the Committee of Jurists responsible for designing Geraldo Alckmin’s Government Plan. He is a member of the Banking Law Commission and the Permanent Commission for the Study of Precatories of the Institute of Lawyers of São Paulo – IASP.

Holds a Juris Doctorate degree from Faculdades Metropolitanas Unidas (1988) and a master’s degree in Social Relations Law/Diffuse and Collective Rights from Pontifícia Universidade Católica de São Paulo (PUC-SP) (2003). He is an experienced legal scholar in Brazil. He has worked in academia as a professor of Civil Law and of Public and Private Law Institutions at Faculdade Capital (1989/2004). In addition, he has been an assistant professor of Civil Procedure and Court Practice at PUC-SP (1989/2007). He is an active member of the Institute of Lawyers of São Paulo (IASP) and a former member of the Infrastructure and Logistics Committee of the Bar Association of the State of São Paulo (OAB/SP) (2013/2018). Also, he has served as chairman of Club Athletico Paulistano’s Advisory Board. He is a lawyer admitted to the Portuguese Bar Association (OAP).

Is an attorney spanning more than 25 years of experience in litigation. He holds a Juris Doctorate degree from Pontifícia Universidade Católica de São Paulo (PUC/SP), a graduate degree in Tax Law from Centro de Extensão Universitária (CEU), a graduate degree in Civil Procedure from PUC/SP, and a master’s degree in Comparative Civil Law from PUC/SP. He is currently a Ph.D. candidate (credits completed) in Commercial Law at PUC/SP. He is a professor-author of the Banking Law Course at FGV Online, a professor of FGV’s GVLAW Banking Law program for Court Schools for judges across the country, and a professor at Escola Paulista da Magistratura (Court School for judges of the State of São Paulo). He is author and coordinator of publications by Editora Atlas, Revista dos Tribunais, Saraiva, and IASP. He has coordinated the journal Revista de Direito Bancário e de Mercado de Capitais (Banking Law and Capital Markets), edited by Revista dos Tribunais as Professor Arnoldo Wald’s successor (2011/2015). He is a member of the Scientific Committee of IMODEV (Improving Public Policies in a Digital World) of the Paris 1 Panthéon Sorbonne University, Chair of the Americas, a member of the Scientific Committee of the Luso-Brazilian Annual Colloquium of University of Lisbon Law School (2013/2019), a member of the Sectional Commission of the Federal Council of the Brazilian Bar Association (OAB), which organized the scientific aspects of the XXII National Lawyering Conference (Rio de Janeiro, 2014) and the XXIII National Lawyering Conference (São Paulo, 2017). He holds chair number five at the Paulista Academy of Legal Letters. He is a member of the Community of Portuguese-Speaking Jurists (CJLP – Comunidade de Juristas de Língua Portuguesa), a member of the Superior Council for Legal and Legislative Affairs of the Federation of Industries of the State of São Paulo (FIESP), a member of the Superior Council of Law of the Federation of Commerce of São Paulo FECOMERCIO SP, an honorary member of the Lawyering Defense Movement (MDA), the Treasure Director of Fundação Nuce and Miguel Reale, with whom he has worked from 1990 to 2006. He has been decorated in 2014 with the São Paulo Judicial Military Merit Necklace by the Military Appellate Court of the State of São Paulo, in 2015 with the “Ramos de Azevedo Award” by the Supreme Court of the State of São Paulo for relevant services provided to the Judiciary of São Paulo, in 2016 with the COMENDADOR HENRIQUE GUILHERME FERNANDO HALFELD MERIT medal by the City Government of Juiz de Fora, State of Minas Gerais, in 2016 with the Clóvis Bevilácqua medal of merit for Legal Practice by the Institute of Lawyers of Ceará – IAC, in 2016 with the Raymundo Faoro Trophy for Merit in Legal Practice by the Federal Council of the Brazilian Bar Association (OAB), and in 2017 with the Flávio Queiroz Cavalcante Medal of Merit for Legal Practice by the Institute of Lawyers of Pernambuco. He has been Chairman of the Committee for Solo Law Firms of the Federal Council of the Brazilian Bar Association (OAB) and is the author of the draft which (without amendments) was passed into the Federal Law no. 13.247/16, which changed the Statute of Lawyers to create a new legal framework for law firms in Brazil. He has been Chairman of the College of Chairmen of all Institutes of Lawyers in Brazil (2015/2016), Chairman of the Institute of Lawyers of São Paulo (appointed for the three-year terms of 2013/2015 and 2016/2018), Honorary Chairman of the College of Chairmen of the Institutes of Lawyers in Brazil. He is a lawyer admitted to the Portuguese Bar Association (OAP) and a Magistrate appointed as Jurist of the Electoral Circuit Court of the State of São Paulo (appointed by the Brazilian President until July 31, 2020).