Ernesto Tzirulnik

EDUCATION
Pontifícia Universidade Católica de São Paulo, LL.B.
Universidade de São Paulo, Doctorate. Economic Law

RECOGNITION
Chambers and Partners Global: Insurance, Band 1
Chambers and Partners Latin America: Insurance, Band 1
Who’s Who Legal: Insurance, Recommended Lawyer

INSTITUTIONAL
Founder and President of the IBDS – Instituto Brasileiro de Direito do Seguro
Coordinator of the Comission responsible for the elaboration of a preliminary draft of the Insurance Contract Bill, currently in discussion at the Brazilian National Congress (PL 3.555/2004, PL 8.034/2010, PLS 477/2013 and PL 8290/2014, gathered in the current PLC 29/2017)
Consultant for the Infrastructure Comission of Federal Council at OAB – Ordem dos Advogados do Brasil
Founder and associate with the IDEC – Instituto Brasileiro de Defesa do Consumidor
Director and advisor to the SBCS – Sociedade Brasileira de Ciências do Seguro (1989 – 2009)
Director of the AIDA – Associação Internacional de Direito do Seguro – Seção Brasil (1989 – 2000)
Former honorary advisor to the Fonds Scientifique Jean Bastin (Belgium)

He presides the Special Committee on Insurance and Reinsurance of the Brazilian Bar Association – Sao Paulo Chapter (OAB/SP).

ACADEMIC
Guest lecturer in the specialization course “Banca, Bolsa e Seguro” at the Faculty of Law of University of Coimbra
Guest Lecturer in the postgraduate course “Derecho de Seguro” at the Faculty of Law of the Universidad de Buenos Aires
Guest lecturer in the course “Postgrado Internacional em Derecho de Seguros” at the Faculty of Law of the University of Montevideo
Professor of “Redação e Estratégia Contratuais” subject at the Law School of São Paulo at Escola de Fundação Getúlio Vargas (2007 – 2008)
Guest lecturer at Escola Superior de Advocacia da OAB – Federal Council, São Paulo, Paraná, Pernambuco
Visiting Professor in the specialization courses of Business Law and Contract Law at Pontifícia Universidade Católica de São Paulo – COGEAE
Professor in the Insurance and Reinsurance Law course at Fundação Getúlio Vargas – São Paulo
Guest lecturer in the Insurance and Reinsurance Law course at Fundação Getúlio Vargas – Rio de Janeiro
Coordinator of the Insurance Law course at Escola Superior da Magistratura de São Paulo (2001 – 2004)

LANGUAGES
Portuguese
English
Spanish
French (reading & research)
Italian (reading & research)