About
José Luiz Ragazzi is a Founding Partner at Tortoro, Madureira & Ragazzi Advogados in Brazil, focusing on consumer, banking and civil law, debt recovery, reorganization and arbitration. He holds a Ph.D. in Civil Procedural Law, is a professor in postgraduate programs, and formerly served as General Legal Superintendent (Debt Recovery) at Banco Safra.
Practice areas
ConsumerBanking & FinanceCivil LitigationDebt RecoveryRestructuring & InsolvencyArbitration
Office
Expertise
Civil Procedural LawDebt RecoveryConsumer ProtectionBankingReorganization/RestructuringArbitration
Education
- 2005 – Ph.D. in Civil Procedural Law, Pontifícia Universidade Católica de São Paulo (PUC/SP)
- 2001 – Master of Law (Constitutional Law), Instituição Toledo de Ensino (ITE)
- 1993 – Bachelor’s Degree in Legal Sciences, Faculdade de Direito de São Carlos (FADISC)
Admissions
- Portuguese Bar Association (OAP) — since Sep. 2023
- Brazilian Bar Association (OAB)
- Honorary Member, Special Commission on Lusophone Law (Federal Council) — since Oct. 2022
- Founding Fellow, Brazilian Association of Corporate Lawyers (ABRAC) — since Apr. 2021
- Founding Fellow, Federation of Portuguese Language Lawyers (FALP) — since Jul. 2020
- Member, Lawyers Institute of São Paulo (IASP) — Member of the Permanent Commission of Bankruptcy and Recovery Law (since Feb. 2021); Member of the Permanent Commission of Banking Law Studies (since Jan. 2021); Member of the Permanent Commission of Contract Law Studies (since Apr. 2022)
- Effective Member, Debt Recovery Committee of FEBRABAN — since Apr. 2019
Languages
PortugueseItalian