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Team


António Vigário

Born in Vila Nova de Gaia (1969), he received a degree in law from the University of Coimbra in 1994, and has been a member of the Portuguese Bar Association (Ordem dos Advogados) since 1996.
Practice Areas: Civil, commercial and labour litigation; commercial and corporate law; insolvency and corporate restructuring law; real estate law; commercial licensing; labour law; contract law; privacy and personal data protection.
Languages: English.
Other relevant experience: General Chairman of the Coimbra Academic Association from 1992 to 1994. Managing Member of the Porto Legal Association from 2009 to 2012. Founding partner of Jorge Neto & Associados, Sociedade de Advogados RL in 2010.
Publications: Autorização Administrativa para Implantação Comercial – Enquadramento no Direito das Implantações Comerciais ou Urbanismo Comercial e Novo Regime Jurídico [Administrative Authorization for Commercial Establishment: Framework under Commercial Establishments Law or Commercial Urban Development and New Legal System], Almedina, 2005; Regime de Autorização para Implantação Comercial: Objectos e Sujeitos [Commercial Establishment Authorization System: Objects and Subjects], Maia Jurídica, 2006; «A Privacidade na Sociedade Aberta» [Privacy in an Open Society], Ideias Perigosas para Portugal, Tinta da China, 2010.

João Paulo Pimenta

Born in Figueiró dos Vinhos (1969), he received a degree in Law from the University of Coimbra in 1994 and has been a member of the Portuguese Bar Association since 1995.

Practice Areas: Civil, commercial, labour, administrative and tax litigation; commercial and corporate law; insolvency and corporate resctructuring law; real estate law; labour law; contract law; family and successions law.

Languages: French, English and Spanish.

Other relevant experience: Member of the Superior Council of the Portuguese Bar Association; member of the examinig board of the Training Center of the District Council of Coimbra of the Portuguese Bar Association.

Publications: Colaborates on a permanent basis, since 1996, with the magazine “A Padaria Portuguesa” published by the professional association ACIP.

 

André Gonçalo Ferreira

Born in Coimbra (1986), he received a degree in law from the Coimbra University in 2011, and has been a member of the Portuguese Bar Association since 2013.
Practice Areas: Civil, labour and commercial litigation; insolvency and corporate restricturing law; commercial and corporate law; and family law.
Languages: English.

Patrícia Barros Cerqueira

Born in Porto (1974), trained as a solicitor, and enrolled in the Chamber of Solicitors (Câmara dos Solicitadores) since 2003 (professional ID card 4273).
Practice Areas: Notary public and registries, including preparation of deeds and various other documents; representation before tax authorities, property registry offices, commercial registry offices, civil registries and vehicle registries; preparation of deeds of distribution; authentication of documents, notarization of signatures
Other relevant experience: Responsible for registry and notary public services for a number of real estate companies.

José Nuno Santos

Born in Gouveia (1989), he received a degree in law from the University of Coimbra in 2012 and is a trainee lawyer registered on the Portuguese Bar Association (Ordem dos Advogados) since  2013.

Languages: English.

Sara Martins Lopes

Born in Vila Nova de Cerveira  (1991), she received a degree in law from the Coimbra University in 2015, and has been a member of the Portuguese Bar Association since 2016 as a Trainee Lawyer.
Practice Areas: Family law, civil litigation; insolvency and corporate restructuring law.
Languages: English and Spanish.

Other relevant experience: Currently attending a Master Degree in Children, Family and Sucession Law at Minho University Law School