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members

Our firm places a strong emphasis on its people. Teamwork and coordination between its lawyers are guiding concepts, as is the enduring belief in continuous investment and drawing on the pool of exceptional talents and diverse experiences of all its lawyers. The firm seeks lawyers with outstanding academic and personal achievements and urges them to continue with their legal education; the firm boasts an unparalleled team of foreign-trained lawyers graduated in Masters in Law programmes (LL.M.) at prestigious Universities such as Harvard, Georgetown, Columbia, Oxford and Salamanca. No other law firm in the country can boast these solid international credentials.

Moreover, members of the firm ser ve as professors at Paraguay's most prestigious law schools and universities, at the undergraduate and graduate level, such as Universidad Nacional de Asunción, Universidad Católica de Asunción, Universidad Americana, and Universidad Columbia, while also giving frequent lectures and conference on legal subjects throughout the country.

Members of Moreno Ruffinelli & Asociados have also authored and published numerous law books and law-related articles, both in the country and abroad. Publications by its lawyers include standard text-books in local law schools ( Derecho Civil – Personas, Parte General, by José Moreno Ruffinelli; Curso de Derecho Civil – Hechos y Actos Jurídicos, by José Moreno Rodríguez), in-depth monographic legal studies ( Teoría de la Causa, José Moreno Rodríguez, Régimen Patrimonial del Matrimonio, José Moreno Ruffinelli), and articles published in first-rate international publications, such as Kluwer International ( Remedies for Sellers of Goods, Chapter on Paraguay, by Roberto Moreno ) .

The firm and its lawyers are continuously involved in counselling and drafting key legislation and influencing policy formation. Many members have held high positions in the public sphere, and some have served as consultants for Congress and other individual legislative initiatives. This is a way of nurturing the development of the country's legal infrastructure which is deemed as fundamental by the firm.

Languages spoken by the firm's members fluently include English, German, French, Italian, Portuguese and Spanish .

continuing legal education

The firm's strong emphasis on its people translates into a plan of continuing legal education for all of its members. This plan includes legal education both at the international and at the local level, as well as programmes which are not necessarily legal in content but that are fundamental for a lawyer's training (e.g. writing skills or public speaking).

In the past years, Moreno Ruffinelli & Asociados program of continuing legal education abroad has boasted members studying in the United States (Columbia University, Georgetown, Harvard), in the United Kingdom (Oxford University), in Spain (Universidad de Salamanca) and in Argentina ( Universidad Nacional de Rosario , Universidad de Buenos Aires ).

Moreover, Moreno Ruffinelli has sponsored member participation in legal education programs locally with renowned institutions such as Georgetown University, Universidad Católica de Asunción, the CMI Group, Universidad Torcuato di Tella, Universita di Bologna and others.

The firm is currently furthering even more activities and programs to fulfill its goal of counting the leading team of lawyers in Paraguay.