The Iberian Lawyer IP & TMT Awards aim to highlight the excellence of the legal market in the field of intellectual property protection, telecommunications and media.
In an increasingly competitive market, intellectual property, also understood as the product of investments in research and development, both by institutions and by companies, is nowadays a competitive and systemic factor with a strong impact on the growth of a company and of the industrial system of which it is part.
The creation of trademarks and patents, their affirmation through the construction of reputation policies and their protection are therefore strategic assets of advanced societies and as such must be protected. Another increasingly important area of communication and information is the whole world of media, internet and telecommunications (TMT).
The winners will be recognize on July 6th, 2022 during the gala ceremony.
LAW FIRM OF THE YEAR
LAWYER OF THE YEAR
LAW FIRM OF THE YEAR – IP
LAWYER OF THE YEAR – IP
LAW FIRM OF THE YEAR – TRADEMARKS AND PATENTS
LAWYER OF THE YEAR – TRADEMARKS AND PATENTS
LAW FIRMS OF THE YEAR – COPYRIGHT
LAWYER OF THE YEAR – COPYRIGHT
LAW FIRM OF THE YEAR – DESIGN
LAWYER OF THE YEAR – DESIGN
LAW FIRM OF THE YEAR – ART
LAWYER OF THE YEAR – ART
LAW FIRM OF THE YEAR – LIFE SCIENCES
LAWYER OF THE YEAR – LIFE SCIENCES
LAW FIRM OF THE YEAR – ADVERTISING
LAWYER OF THE YEAR – ADVERTISING
LAW FIRM OF THE YEAR – LITIGATION
LAWYER OF THE YEAR – LITIGATION
LAW FIRM OF THE YEAR – CRIMINAL IP
LAWYER OF THE YEAR – CRIMINAL IP
LAW FIRM OF THE YEAR – FOOD
LAWYER OF THE YEAR – FOOD
LAW FIRM OF THE YEAR – SPORT
LAWYER OF THE YEAR – SPORT
LAW FIRM OF THE YEAR – FASHION
LAWYER OF THE YEAR – FASHION
LAW FIRM OF THE YEAR – DIGITAL TECH
LAWYER OF THE YEAR – DIGITAL TECH
LAW FIRM OF THE YEAR TMT
LAWYER OF THE YEAR TMT
LAW FIRM OF THE YEAR – INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
LAWYER OF THE YEAR – INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
LAW FIRM OF THE YEAR – MEDIA
LAWYER OF THE YEAR – MEDIA
LAW FIRM OF THE YEAR – TELECOMMUNICATIONS
LAWYER OF THE YEAR – TELECOMMUNICATIONS
LAW FIRM OF THE YEAR – PRIVACY
LAWYER OF THE YEAR – PRIVACY
LAW FIRM OF THE YEAR – E-SPORTS
LAWYER OF THE YEAR – E-SPORTS
TEAM OF THE YEAR SUSTAINABILITY
COO, myPartner
Head of Legal, Patents & Compliance, BAYER IBERIA
Legal Counsel, Vinci Energies Portugal
Country Legal Counsel Portugal & Greece, Cyprus and Malta, Citibank
Chief Compliance Officer, General Counsel and DPO of Critical TechWorks, BMW Group
IT Director, Dentsu Portugal
Legal Director–Counsel, The Walt Disney Company Portugal
VP & Head of Legal and Compliance, Siemens Healthineers
Head of Legal Compliance, ZEISS Iberia
Chief Technology Officer & Co-Founder, Stellium Consulting
CEO, Visapress
Senior Legal Manager & Counsel Iberia, Procter & Gamble Portugal
Legal Director, Group Ghost – Corporate Management
CEO, i2S Brokers
Head of Legal Department, Minsait
Associate General Counsel, Feedzai
Senior Legal Counsel for Refining, Logistics & Commercial, Galp
Head of Legal Department, IBM
CEO, EUROSISTRA PORTUGAL
Country Chief Legal Officer, Novartis Farma
COO/VP, AMT Consulting
CEO, Softstore
Introduction to the 2022 edition
ART.1 – PROMOTERS, PURPOSE AND VALIDITY PERIOD: on the initiative promoted by Iberian Legal Group, in order, among other things, to stimulate competition and the growth of the Ip&Tmt world, the “Ip&Tmt Portugal” (by now the “event “) with the aim of recognizing the excellence of the legal sector (a.k.a Ip&Tmt Law Firms and/or Individual Lawyers and Professionals) who have distinguished themselves for the activities carried out in the year 2021 (hereinafter the “Reference Period of Activities”).The Initiative is governed in the manner indicated below.
ART. 2 – METHOD OF PARTECIPATION AND SELECTION: participation in the Initiative is reserved for Ip&Tmt Law Firms and for Individual Lawyers and Professionals who have given their assistance with particular focus, in Portugal, to domestic and international companies on the national territory in the Activity Reference Period (separately and jointly, hereinafter the “Participants”).
A. FIRST PHASE: IDENTIFICATION AND CLASSIFICATION OF THE PARTICIPANTS
Participants will be preliminarily identified and nominated through questionnaires; based on the results of the research carried out during the Activity Reference Period, Iberian Legal Group, will draw up the lists of Participants by inserting them into one or more of the following pre-determined categories:
LAW FIRM OF THE YEAR
LAWYER OF THE YEAR
LAW FIRM OF THE YEAR – IP
LAWYER OF THE YEAR – IP
LAW FIRM OF THE YEAR – TRADEMARKS AND PATENTS
LAWYER OF THE YEAR – TRADEMARKS AND PATENTS
LAW FIRMS OF THE YEAR – COPYRIGHT
LAWYER OF THE YEAR – COPYRIGHT
LAW FIRM OF THE YEAR – DESIGN
LAWYER OF THE YEAR – DESIGN
LAW FIRM OF THE YEAR – ART
LAWYER OF THE YEAR – ART
LAW FIRM OF THE YEAR – LIFE SCIENCES
LAWYER OF THE YEAR – LIFE SCIENCES
LAW FIRM OF THE YEAR – ADVERTISING
LAWYER OF THE YEAR – ADVERTISING
LAW FIRM OF THE YEAR – LITIGATION
LAWYER OF THE YEAR – LITIGATION
LAW FIRM OF THE YEAR – CRIMINAL IP
LAWYER OF THE YEAR – CRIMINAL IP
LAW FIRM OF THE YEAR – FOOD
LAWYER OF THE YEAR – FOOD
LAW FIRM OF THE YEAR – SPORT
LAWYER OF THE YEAR – SPORT
LAW FIRM OF THE YEAR – FASHION
LAWYER OF THE YEAR – FASHION
LAW FIRM OF THE YEAR TMT
LAWYER OF THE YEAR TMT
LAW FIRM OF THE YEAR – INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
LAWYER OF THE YEAR – INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
LAW FIRM OF THE YEAR – MEDIA
LAWYER OF THE YEAR – MEDIA
LAW FIRM OF THE YEAR – TELECOMMUNICATIONS
LAWYER OF THE YEAR – TELECOMMUNICATIONS
LAW FIRM OF THE YEAR – PRIVACY
LAWYER OF THE YEAR – PRIVACY
LAW FIRM OF THE YEAR – E-SPORTS
LAWYER OF THE YEAR – E-SPORTS
LAW FIRM OF THE YEAR – DIGITAL TECH
LAWYER OF THE YEAR – DIGITAL TECH
b. SECOND PHASE: LIST OF THE FINALISTS: Iberian Legal Group will draw up a list of finalists based on the qualitative and quantitative research carried out from the moment the submissions are received to the time the finalists list is published. The list will be announced and published by June 6th, 2022.
c. THIRD PHASE: Iberian Legal Group will present the ranking list of the Finalists during the Jury meeting and will propose to the Jury the name of one Law Firm and one individual Professional as candidates for each category, motivating his/her vote.
The Jury, having received the lists of the finalists (a.k.a. “Law firms” and “Individual Lawyers and / or Professionals”) for each of the categories identified and after having listened to the vote pitch and the motivation from Iberian Legal Group, through their own vote (one vote per capita), will decide the winners to whom the recognition will be awarded. The Jury will be composed of:
– recognized experts from the corporate world in the sector;
– representative of Iberian Lawyer, appointed by Iberian Legal Group (even in the case of more than one representative, Iberian Legal Group will have the right to only one vote);
– any representatives of industry associations.
The Jury will be chaired by the representative of Iberian Legal Group.
The criteria taken into consideration by the Jury for the assignment of awards to the best “Law Firm” Finalists will be as follows:
1. transactions carried out (value and number) in the Reference Period of the Activities;
2. significant growth factors during the Activity Reference Period (eg promotions, hiring or leaving of new professionals, mergers or acquisitions with other international firms or networks, national or international expansion);
3. positioning and image
The criteria taken into consideration by the Jury for awarding the awards to the best “Single Lawyers and Professionals” Finalists will be as follows:
1. technical, legal and negotiating skills;
2. knowledge of business dynamics related to the product sector (industry);
3. commitment and ability to relate to the customer;4. professional reputation among colleagues.
ART. 3 – COMMUNICATION OF THE BEST FINALISTS AND AWARD CEREMONY: the communication of the names of the top finalists (a.k.a. “Law Firms” and “Individual Lawyers and Professionals”) for each of the categories identified, will be communicated during the Gala Evening. Iberian Legal Group reserves the right to promptly communicate to the Participants/Finalists further details regarding the modalities of participation and conduct of the Gala Evening.
ART. 4 – FORMALIZATION AND RETREIVING OF AWARDS: the awarding of recognition to the top Finalists (a.k.a. Law Firms or Individual Lawyers and Professionals) for each of the categories identified will be formalized by the Jury, through a representative identified by Iberian Legal Group, during the evening. The recognition will have no economic value, as it is a purely symbolic public recognition.
The formalization of the recognition will take place only towards the relative top Finalist (a.k.a. Law Firms or Individual Lawyers and Professionals), for each category of reference, who must personally participate in the Evening and collect the recognition assigned to him/her.Failure to retrieve the recognition award during the evening by an institutional representative of the winners in any category will be irrevocably understood as a waiver of the same, which, in this case, will be automatically assigned to the next top Finalist of the corresponding category, classified immediately after the renouncing winner, and/or in any case will be irrevocably assigned by Iberian Legal Group in an indisputable way.
Iberian Legal Group authorizes the winners to utilize the image benefits resulting from obtaining the “Iberian Lawyer awards”.
Participation is free and every firm or individual professional can request to vincenzo.rozzo@iberianlegalgroup.com the questionnaire to apply by providing objective data no later than April 20th, 2022.
Iberian Lawyer reserves the right to include in the list of participants also firms and/or companies and/or professionals even if they have not self-candidated and whose names are points of reference in their market.
THOUGHT LEADERSHIP
Octávio Castelo Paulo – SRS Advogados
With more than 25 years of experience, the professional is one of the most recognized lawyer in the TMT Portuguese market. He advises very important clients on domestic and cross border corporate M&A deals.
MARKET LEADER
Abreu Advogados
The firm has received the highest amount of positive feedback from the market, both in IP and Tmt fields. The lawyers are competent, proactive, with a technical skills and market knowledge.
LAW FIRM OF THE YEAR
Travassos, Albuquerque & Associados
The firm is considered as a niche boutique to techs, start-ups, produtcs licences, implementations. Working mainly with software licences, which have now a huge importance with the new normal world and the remote work, this firm has the right team to legally support clients in this field.
LAWYER OF THE YEAR
Magda Cocco – VdA
She has in-depth knowledge and experience in the relevant fields of the new digital economy, such as telecommunications, media, intellectual property data and emerging technology across several jurisdictions, notably in Portugal and Portuguese-speaking countries.
LAW FIRM OF THE YEAR IP
Travassos, Albuquerque & Associados
It was a very productive year for our IP team of the firm. We can mention the participation in the heated tobacco project, a revolutionary project with considerable commercial and sustainability dimension.
LAWYER OF THE YEAR IP
João de Travassos – Travassos, Albuquerque & Associados
The professional has advised a huge client with his investments in Angola, and a client with an expanded strategy in several jurisdictions, taken as advantage the opportunity the moment gave to new products specially in the techs sector.
LAW FIRM OF THE YEAR TMT
VdA
The firm has a great expertise in the more traditional branche, like media, telecommunication, banking and finance as well as on the more innovative, like AI, blockchain, NFTs, data protection and cybersecurity, with the most valuable clients in the country and in Portuguese speaking African countries.
LAWYER OF THE YEAR TMT
Magda Cocco – VdA
The lawyer is recognized as an eminent practitioner in the TMT market in Portugal. She has many important clients in various industries like banking, insurance, telecommunications, with an incredible expertise shared with her team as the head of the practice.
BEST PRACTICE TELECOM M&A
SRS Advogados
The firm was one of the protagonists of one of the most important acquisition in the telecoms market in 2021 and consolidated client’s position as the main infrastructure provider for wireless telecommunication in Europe.
BEST PRACTICE DIGITAL TECH
Cerejeira Namora, Marinho Falcão
According to market’s opinion, the firm’s team has technical skills, great knowledge of the industry, a problem solving approach. The firm has received a huge number of positive feedbacks in the digital tech field.
LAW FIRM OF THE YEAR TRADEMARKS AND PATENTS
Cuatrecasas
The law firm offers a full service over the Intellectual Property matters. It can count on very important clients in trademarks and patents prosecution, in the most various industries like electronics and white goods, automotive, life & healthcare and online gambling.
LAWYER OF THE YEAR TRADEMARKS AND PATENTS
Filipe Baptista – Baptista, Monteverde & Associados
Co-Founder of one of the most known IP boutique in the country, the lawyer is recognized excellence in Trademarks and Patents Litigation. He has a lot of work from international clients in Portugal and he has a deep knowledge of the market.
LAW FIRM OF THE YEAR COPYRIGHT
PRA – Raposo, Sá Miranda & Associados
The law firm is a reference in Portugal for the copyright matters. They assist both public and private company with a very high specialization on music, movies and newspaper industries.
LAWYER OF THE YEAR COPYRIGHT
João Miranda de Sousa – Garrigues
He’s a very skilled professional over trademark infringement and copyright litigation matters. He works all over the Iberian Peninsula and its experience is now wide known and recognized by the market.
LAW FIRM OF THE YEAR INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
Travassos, Albuquerque & Associados
The firm had a large growth in this area in the last year supported by an expansion of the team by acquisition of young lawyers focused on the matter. They assisted many clients among private and public bodies, both with a national and international relevance.
LAWYER OF THE YEAR INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
Magda Cocco – VdA
She has a great expertise in the area, acknowledged by the market, with many important clients. The lawyer assists several companies in the extraterrestrial space operations industry related to satellite telecommunication and manages deals in the most innovative IT areas.
LAW FIRM OF THE YEAR DESIGN
Antas da Cunha Ecija & Associados
The firm assisted a well-known design company in their registration all over the most important countries in the world, developing their strategies for the protection of the Intellectual Property both offline and online.
LAWYER OF THE YEAR DESIGN
Clàudia Xara-Brasil – CCA Law Firm
She’s the design champion in the IP department of her firm and assisted one of most prestigious wine productor in Portugal. The client was involved in a litigation over the design of a strategical asset, winning in first instance.
LAW FIRM OF THE YEAR ART
Miranda & Associados
The firm assisted the foundation born to protect the intellectual properties rights of the best-selling artist of Portugal. The firm work for them includes trademark protection as well as litigation issues.
LAWYER OF THE YEAR ART
Ana Mira Cordeiro – Sérvulo
The lawyer is expert in new technologies, data protection and cryptocurrencies and she assisted a well-known Portuguese Art Gallery in their project with NFTs, the very next step in the resource gathering for the art industry.
LAW FIRM OF THE YEAR MEDIA
Vasconcelos Arruda & Associados
The firm is very active in the media industry with many important international clients operating in Portugal, helping them in being compliant with the Portuguese law and protecting its intellectual property rights in the country.
LAWYER OF THE YEAR MEDIA
Ricardo Henriques – Abreu Advogados
The lawyer assisted one of the most important financial and payments company in the world in the advertising and marketing matters on the media, helping them to develop a strategy for the Portuguese market.
LAW FIRM OF THE YEAR LIFE SCIENCES
BAS – Sociedade de Advogados
The firm is specialized on the health and life sciences matters, assisting their clients on a holistic point of view, including privacy and data protection as well as licensing of health facilities.
LAWYER OF THE YEAR LIFE SCIENCES
Marta Alves Vieira – VdA
As Head of intellectual property litigation department of her firm, she led the most important patent infringement causes in the country both giving legal and strategic assistance to her clients, included the largest Big Pharma companies in the world active in Portugal.
LAW FIRM OF THE YEAR ADVERTISING
PLMJ
The law firm has a remarkable expertise in media, telecommunications and advertising areas. They assisted a very important media company in a litigation about TV advertising, bringing, with success, as defensive strategy the new European legislation recently incorporated into Portuguese law.
LAWYER OF THE YEAR ADVERTISING
Inês Arruda – Vasconcelos Arruda & Associados
The lawyer is very skilled on media and advertising matters. She advised many important clients assuring the advertisements they brought on TV were compliant with the applicable legislations and sector guidelines.
LAW FIRM OF THE YEAR TELECOMMUNICATIONS
Morais Leitão
As a large full-service firm it’s very active in the telecommunication industry and they handle the matter with an all-round view over the market with focuses on litigation, patents, copyright and licensing matters. They represent one of the most important operators in the country.
LAWYER OF THE YEAR TELECOMMUNICATIONS
Ana Mira Cordeiro – Sérvulo
The lawyer has a strong expertise in the telecommunications area, like voice and data services and licensing of infrastructure and radio spectrum. She advises telecommunication regulatory Portuguese bodies and thanks to the strong international alliance of her firm they assisted many important international clients.
LAW FIRM OF THE YEAR LITIGATION
Baptista, Monteverde & Associados
The law firm is a boutique born with a genetic expertise in patent litigations. They affirm on the Portuguese market and now can count on very important international clients with their issues in Portugal.
LAWYER OF THE YEAR LITIGATION
João Miranda de Sousa – Garrigues Portugal
He’s a very skilled litigator on trademarks and copyright infringements. His background is rich and comes from a very important experience in the most important European institution for Trademarks and Copyright protection.
LAW FIRM OF THE YEAR CRIMINAL IP
Cuatrecasas
The law firm has an excellent expertise in white collar crimes both in the private and public sectors and among other areas, it’s very active in the protection of copyrights and intellectual rights.
LAWYER OF THE YEAR CRIMINAL IP
Hugo Monteiro de Queirós – PLMJ
He’s the co-head of the intellectual property and information technology in his firm. He’s a very skilled lawyer and his expertise is well recognized both by the market and the peers. He focuses on pharmaceutical patent infringement cases.
LAW FIRM OF THE YEAR PRIVACY
Travassos, Albuquerque & Associados
The firm, among many others, advised an important client on a complex privacy matter regarding data of his employees. The complexity of the advisory was in the nature of the entity, a big logistic operator under the regulation of the stock exchange listed companies.
LAWYER OF THE YEAR PRIVACY
Inês Antas de Barros – VdA
She has been involved in many data privacy and other similar projects, including data protection risk management, international flows of personal data, implementation of privacy compliance programs, privacy policies, codes of conducts, cross-border data transfer agreements and more.
LAW FIRM OF THE YEAR FOOD & BEVERAGE
Vasconcelos Arruda & Associados
The firm assisted an important Portuguese food company in the definition of the brand expansion strategy in Portugal and other jurisdictions, most in the Middle East. The strategy included the registration of a new key-trademark, which involved the negation with third parties to avoid related issues.
LAWYER OF THE YEAR FOOD & BEVERAGE
José Luís Arnaut – CMS Portugal
The lawyer followed many food and beverage companies in Portugal in many IP related matters like advertising, litigation and trademarks.
LAW FIRM OF THE YEAR SPORT
CCA Law Firm
The law firm was active against piracy for a client operating in the sports media industry. By their intervention on one of the most common problems in the broadcasting industry, they help the client in reducing loss due to the piracy activities.
LAWYER OF THE YEAR SPORT
Vasco Stilwell d’Andrade – Morais Leitão
The lawyer is very expert in the protection of intellectual property in many industries. He can count among his clients the most important sport brand in Portugal and the coordination of its trademarks protection all over the world with the local firms.
LAW FIRM OF THE YEAR E-SPORTS
PLMJ
The firm assisted a company active in the sport streaming services. The consultancy was around many aspects like competition and contractual matters. Important was the support gave in the procedure of sale of broadcasting rights, recently subjected to governmental approval.
LAWYER OF THE YEAR E-SPORTS
Tiago Bessa – VdA
He is highly skilled in the regulation market. Over the last years, he has worked in major operations, which raised complex and intricate issues across legal and regulatory areas. According to the market’s opinion, he’s one of the most competent lawyers in the e-sports field.
LAW FIRM OF THE YEAR FASHION
CMS Portugal
The firm assisted many fashion companies on the prosecution of brand protection. The most relevant was a very large multinational company, they assisted in litigation proceedings before criminal and civil court to defend the brand from attempts of infringement and unfair competition.
LAWYER OF THE YEAR FASHION
Hugo Monteiro de Queirós – PLMJ
The lawyer assists a well-known American fashion brand in many IP related issues, in particularly in anti-infringement criminal proceedings. This matter is particularly significant as it involves counterfeit products, being the enforcement very important to the fashion/retail sector.
LAW FIRM OF THE YEAR DIGITAL TECH
Miranda & Associados
The firm had several clients in the digital technology market. They gave a full assistance to a very important IT company in the country and managed the IP rights in a negotiation for another client involved in a digitalization process with an external partner.
LAWYER OF THE YEAR DIGITAL TECH
Ricardo Henriques – Abreu Advogados
The lawyer is the co-head of the IP&TMT department of his firm. He focuses on preventing or resolving information technology litigation, with a particular expertise on technology licensing, data protection and other regulatory issues.
The Iberian Lawyer IP & TMT Awards aim to highlight the excellence of the legal market in the field of intellectual property protection, telecommunications and media.
In an increasingly competitive market, intellectual property, also understood as the product of investments in research and development, both by institutions and by companies, is nowadays a competitive and systemic factor with a strong impact on the growth of a company and of the industrial system of which it is part.
The creation of trademarks and patents, their affirmation through the construction of reputation policies and their protection are therefore strategic assets of advanced societies and as such must be protected. Another increasingly important area of communication and information is the whole world of media, internet and telecommunications (TMT).
The winners will be recognize on July 6th, 2022 during the gala ceremony.
LAW FIRM OF THE YEAR
LAWYER OF THE YEAR
LAW FIRM OF THE YEAR – IP
LAWYER OF THE YEAR – IP
LAW FIRM OF THE YEAR – TRADEMARKS AND PATENTS
LAWYER OF THE YEAR – TRADEMARKS AND PATENTS
LAW FIRMS OF THE YEAR – COPYRIGHT
LAWYER OF THE YEAR – COPYRIGHT
LAW FIRM OF THE YEAR – DESIGN
LAWYER OF THE YEAR – DESIGN
LAW FIRM OF THE YEAR – ART
LAWYER OF THE YEAR – ART
LAW FIRM OF THE YEAR – LIFE SCIENCES
LAWYER OF THE YEAR – LIFE SCIENCES
LAW FIRM OF THE YEAR – ADVERTISING
LAWYER OF THE YEAR – ADVERTISING
LAW FIRM OF THE YEAR – LITIGATION
LAWYER OF THE YEAR – LITIGATION
LAW FIRM OF THE YEAR – CRIMINAL IP
LAWYER OF THE YEAR – CRIMINAL IP
LAW FIRM OF THE YEAR – FOOD
LAWYER OF THE YEAR – FOOD
LAW FIRM OF THE YEAR – SPORT
LAWYER OF THE YEAR – SPORT
LAW FIRM OF THE YEAR – FASHION
LAWYER OF THE YEAR – FASHION
LAW FIRM OF THE YEAR – DIGITAL TECH
LAWYER OF THE YEAR – DIGITAL TECH
LAW FIRM OF THE YEAR TMT
LAWYER OF THE YEAR TMT
LAW FIRM OF THE YEAR – INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
LAWYER OF THE YEAR – INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
LAW FIRM OF THE YEAR – MEDIA
LAWYER OF THE YEAR – MEDIA
LAW FIRM OF THE YEAR – TELECOMMUNICATIONS
LAWYER OF THE YEAR – TELECOMMUNICATIONS
LAW FIRM OF THE YEAR – PRIVACY
LAWYER OF THE YEAR – PRIVACY
LAW FIRM OF THE YEAR – E-SPORTS
LAWYER OF THE YEAR – E-SPORTS
TEAM OF THE YEAR SUSTAINABILITY
COO, myPartner
Head of Legal, Patents & Compliance, BAYER IBERIA
Legal Counsel, Vinci Energies Portugal
Country Legal Counsel Portugal & Greece, Cyprus and Malta, Citibank
Chief Compliance Officer, General Counsel and DPO of Critical TechWorks, BMW Group
IT Director, Dentsu Portugal
Legal Director–Counsel, The Walt Disney Company Portugal
VP & Head of Legal and Compliance, Siemens Healthineers
Head of Legal Compliance, ZEISS Iberia
Chief Technology Officer & Co-Founder, Stellium Consulting
CEO, Visapress
Senior Legal Manager & Counsel Iberia, Procter & Gamble Portugal
Legal Director, Group Ghost – Corporate Management
CEO, i2S Brokers
Head of Legal Department, Minsait
Associate General Counsel, Feedzai
Senior Legal Counsel for Refining, Logistics & Commercial, Galp
Head of Legal Department, IBM
CEO, EUROSISTRA PORTUGAL
Country Chief Legal Officer, Novartis Farma
COO/VP, AMT Consulting
CEO, Softstore
Introduction to the 2022 edition
ART.1 – PROMOTERS, PURPOSE AND VALIDITY PERIOD: on the initiative promoted by Iberian Legal Group, in order, among other things, to stimulate competition and the growth of the Ip&Tmt world, the “Ip&Tmt Portugal” (by now the “event “) with the aim of recognizing the excellence of the legal sector (a.k.a Ip&Tmt Law Firms and/or Individual Lawyers and Professionals) who have distinguished themselves for the activities carried out in the year 2021 (hereinafter the “Reference Period of Activities”).The Initiative is governed in the manner indicated below.
ART. 2 – METHOD OF PARTECIPATION AND SELECTION: participation in the Initiative is reserved for Ip&Tmt Law Firms and for Individual Lawyers and Professionals who have given their assistance with particular focus, in Portugal, to domestic and international companies on the national territory in the Activity Reference Period (separately and jointly, hereinafter the “Participants”).
A. FIRST PHASE: IDENTIFICATION AND CLASSIFICATION OF THE PARTICIPANTS
Participants will be preliminarily identified and nominated through questionnaires; based on the results of the research carried out during the Activity Reference Period, Iberian Legal Group, will draw up the lists of Participants by inserting them into one or more of the following pre-determined categories:
LAW FIRM OF THE YEAR
LAWYER OF THE YEAR
LAW FIRM OF THE YEAR – IP
LAWYER OF THE YEAR – IP
LAW FIRM OF THE YEAR – TRADEMARKS AND PATENTS
LAWYER OF THE YEAR – TRADEMARKS AND PATENTS
LAW FIRMS OF THE YEAR – COPYRIGHT
LAWYER OF THE YEAR – COPYRIGHT
LAW FIRM OF THE YEAR – DESIGN
LAWYER OF THE YEAR – DESIGN
LAW FIRM OF THE YEAR – ART
LAWYER OF THE YEAR – ART
LAW FIRM OF THE YEAR – LIFE SCIENCES
LAWYER OF THE YEAR – LIFE SCIENCES
LAW FIRM OF THE YEAR – ADVERTISING
LAWYER OF THE YEAR – ADVERTISING
LAW FIRM OF THE YEAR – LITIGATION
LAWYER OF THE YEAR – LITIGATION
LAW FIRM OF THE YEAR – CRIMINAL IP
LAWYER OF THE YEAR – CRIMINAL IP
LAW FIRM OF THE YEAR – FOOD
LAWYER OF THE YEAR – FOOD
LAW FIRM OF THE YEAR – SPORT
LAWYER OF THE YEAR – SPORT
LAW FIRM OF THE YEAR – FASHION
LAWYER OF THE YEAR – FASHION
LAW FIRM OF THE YEAR TMT
LAWYER OF THE YEAR TMT
LAW FIRM OF THE YEAR – INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
LAWYER OF THE YEAR – INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
LAW FIRM OF THE YEAR – MEDIA
LAWYER OF THE YEAR – MEDIA
LAW FIRM OF THE YEAR – TELECOMMUNICATIONS
LAWYER OF THE YEAR – TELECOMMUNICATIONS
LAW FIRM OF THE YEAR – PRIVACY
LAWYER OF THE YEAR – PRIVACY
LAW FIRM OF THE YEAR – E-SPORTS
LAWYER OF THE YEAR – E-SPORTS
LAW FIRM OF THE YEAR – DIGITAL TECH
LAWYER OF THE YEAR – DIGITAL TECH
b. SECOND PHASE: LIST OF THE FINALISTS: Iberian Legal Group will draw up a list of finalists based on the qualitative and quantitative research carried out from the moment the submissions are received to the time the finalists list is published. The list will be announced and published by June 6th, 2022.
c. THIRD PHASE: Iberian Legal Group will present the ranking list of the Finalists during the Jury meeting and will propose to the Jury the name of one Law Firm and one individual Professional as candidates for each category, motivating his/her vote.
The Jury, having received the lists of the finalists (a.k.a. “Law firms” and “Individual Lawyers and / or Professionals”) for each of the categories identified and after having listened to the vote pitch and the motivation from Iberian Legal Group, through their own vote (one vote per capita), will decide the winners to whom the recognition will be awarded. The Jury will be composed of:
– recognized experts from the corporate world in the sector;
– representative of Iberian Lawyer, appointed by Iberian Legal Group (even in the case of more than one representative, Iberian Legal Group will have the right to only one vote);
– any representatives of industry associations.
The Jury will be chaired by the representative of Iberian Legal Group.
The criteria taken into consideration by the Jury for the assignment of awards to the best “Law Firm” Finalists will be as follows:
1. transactions carried out (value and number) in the Reference Period of the Activities;
2. significant growth factors during the Activity Reference Period (eg promotions, hiring or leaving of new professionals, mergers or acquisitions with other international firms or networks, national or international expansion);
3. positioning and image
The criteria taken into consideration by the Jury for awarding the awards to the best “Single Lawyers and Professionals” Finalists will be as follows:
1. technical, legal and negotiating skills;
2. knowledge of business dynamics related to the product sector (industry);
3. commitment and ability to relate to the customer;4. professional reputation among colleagues.
ART. 3 – COMMUNICATION OF THE BEST FINALISTS AND AWARD CEREMONY: the communication of the names of the top finalists (a.k.a. “Law Firms” and “Individual Lawyers and Professionals”) for each of the categories identified, will be communicated during the Gala Evening. Iberian Legal Group reserves the right to promptly communicate to the Participants/Finalists further details regarding the modalities of participation and conduct of the Gala Evening.
ART. 4 – FORMALIZATION AND RETREIVING OF AWARDS: the awarding of recognition to the top Finalists (a.k.a. Law Firms or Individual Lawyers and Professionals) for each of the categories identified will be formalized by the Jury, through a representative identified by Iberian Legal Group, during the evening. The recognition will have no economic value, as it is a purely symbolic public recognition.
The formalization of the recognition will take place only towards the relative top Finalist (a.k.a. Law Firms or Individual Lawyers and Professionals), for each category of reference, who must personally participate in the Evening and collect the recognition assigned to him/her.Failure to retrieve the recognition award during the evening by an institutional representative of the winners in any category will be irrevocably understood as a waiver of the same, which, in this case, will be automatically assigned to the next top Finalist of the corresponding category, classified immediately after the renouncing winner, and/or in any case will be irrevocably assigned by Iberian Legal Group in an indisputable way.
Iberian Legal Group authorizes the winners to utilize the image benefits resulting from obtaining the “Iberian Lawyer awards”.
Participation is free and every firm or individual professional can request to vincenzo.rozzo@iberianlegalgroup.com the questionnaire to apply by providing objective data no later than April 20th, 2022.
Iberian Lawyer reserves the right to include in the list of participants also firms and/or companies and/or professionals even if they have not self-candidated and whose names are points of reference in their market.
THOUGHT LEADERSHIP
Octávio Castelo Paulo – SRS Advogados
With more than 25 years of experience, the professional is one of the most recognized lawyer in the TMT Portuguese market. He advises very important clients on domestic and cross border corporate M&A deals.
MARKET LEADER
Abreu Advogados
The firm has received the highest amount of positive feedback from the market, both in IP and Tmt fields. The lawyers are competent, proactive, with a technical skills and market knowledge.
LAW FIRM OF THE YEAR
Travassos, Albuquerque & Associados
The firm is considered as a niche boutique to techs, start-ups, produtcs licences, implementations. Working mainly with software licences, which have now a huge importance with the new normal world and the remote work, this firm has the right team to legally support clients in this field.
LAWYER OF THE YEAR
Magda Cocco – VdA
She has in-depth knowledge and experience in the relevant fields of the new digital economy, such as telecommunications, media, intellectual property data and emerging technology across several jurisdictions, notably in Portugal and Portuguese-speaking countries.
LAW FIRM OF THE YEAR IP
Travassos, Albuquerque & Associados
It was a very productive year for our IP team of the firm. We can mention the participation in the heated tobacco project, a revolutionary project with considerable commercial and sustainability dimension.
LAWYER OF THE YEAR IP
João de Travassos – Travassos, Albuquerque & Associados
The professional has advised a huge client with his investments in Angola, and a client with an expanded strategy in several jurisdictions, taken as advantage the opportunity the moment gave to new products specially in the techs sector.
LAW FIRM OF THE YEAR TMT
VdA
The firm has a great expertise in the more traditional branche, like media, telecommunication, banking and finance as well as on the more innovative, like AI, blockchain, NFTs, data protection and cybersecurity, with the most valuable clients in the country and in Portuguese speaking African countries.
LAWYER OF THE YEAR TMT
Magda Cocco – VdA
The lawyer is recognized as an eminent practitioner in the TMT market in Portugal. She has many important clients in various industries like banking, insurance, telecommunications, with an incredible expertise shared with her team as the head of the practice.
BEST PRACTICE TELECOM M&A
SRS Advogados
The firm was one of the protagonists of one of the most important acquisition in the telecoms market in 2021 and consolidated client’s position as the main infrastructure provider for wireless telecommunication in Europe.
BEST PRACTICE DIGITAL TECH
Cerejeira Namora, Marinho Falcão
According to market’s opinion, the firm’s team has technical skills, great knowledge of the industry, a problem solving approach. The firm has received a huge number of positive feedbacks in the digital tech field.
LAW FIRM OF THE YEAR TRADEMARKS AND PATENTS
Cuatrecasas
The law firm offers a full service over the Intellectual Property matters. It can count on very important clients in trademarks and patents prosecution, in the most various industries like electronics and white goods, automotive, life & healthcare and online gambling.
LAWYER OF THE YEAR TRADEMARKS AND PATENTS
Filipe Baptista – Baptista, Monteverde & Associados
Co-Founder of one of the most known IP boutique in the country, the lawyer is recognized excellence in Trademarks and Patents Litigation. He has a lot of work from international clients in Portugal and he has a deep knowledge of the market.
LAW FIRM OF THE YEAR COPYRIGHT
PRA – Raposo, Sá Miranda & Associados
The law firm is a reference in Portugal for the copyright matters. They assist both public and private company with a very high specialization on music, movies and newspaper industries.
LAWYER OF THE YEAR COPYRIGHT
João Miranda de Sousa – Garrigues
He’s a very skilled professional over trademark infringement and copyright litigation matters. He works all over the Iberian Peninsula and its experience is now wide known and recognized by the market.
LAW FIRM OF THE YEAR INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
Travassos, Albuquerque & Associados
The firm had a large growth in this area in the last year supported by an expansion of the team by acquisition of young lawyers focused on the matter. They assisted many clients among private and public bodies, both with a national and international relevance.
LAWYER OF THE YEAR INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
Magda Cocco – VdA
She has a great expertise in the area, acknowledged by the market, with many important clients. The lawyer assists several companies in the extraterrestrial space operations industry related to satellite telecommunication and manages deals in the most innovative IT areas.
LAW FIRM OF THE YEAR DESIGN
Antas da Cunha Ecija & Associados
The firm assisted a well-known design company in their registration all over the most important countries in the world, developing their strategies for the protection of the Intellectual Property both offline and online.
LAWYER OF THE YEAR DESIGN
Clàudia Xara-Brasil – CCA Law Firm
She’s the design champion in the IP department of her firm and assisted one of most prestigious wine productor in Portugal. The client was involved in a litigation over the design of a strategical asset, winning in first instance.
LAW FIRM OF THE YEAR ART
Miranda & Associados
The firm assisted the foundation born to protect the intellectual properties rights of the best-selling artist of Portugal. The firm work for them includes trademark protection as well as litigation issues.
LAWYER OF THE YEAR ART
Ana Mira Cordeiro – Sérvulo
The lawyer is expert in new technologies, data protection and cryptocurrencies and she assisted a well-known Portuguese Art Gallery in their project with NFTs, the very next step in the resource gathering for the art industry.
LAW FIRM OF THE YEAR MEDIA
Vasconcelos Arruda & Associados
The firm is very active in the media industry with many important international clients operating in Portugal, helping them in being compliant with the Portuguese law and protecting its intellectual property rights in the country.
LAWYER OF THE YEAR MEDIA
Ricardo Henriques – Abreu Advogados
The lawyer assisted one of the most important financial and payments company in the world in the advertising and marketing matters on the media, helping them to develop a strategy for the Portuguese market.
LAW FIRM OF THE YEAR LIFE SCIENCES
BAS – Sociedade de Advogados
The firm is specialized on the health and life sciences matters, assisting their clients on a holistic point of view, including privacy and data protection as well as licensing of health facilities.
LAWYER OF THE YEAR LIFE SCIENCES
Marta Alves Vieira – VdA
As Head of intellectual property litigation department of her firm, she led the most important patent infringement causes in the country both giving legal and strategic assistance to her clients, included the largest Big Pharma companies in the world active in Portugal.
LAW FIRM OF THE YEAR ADVERTISING
PLMJ
The law firm has a remarkable expertise in media, telecommunications and advertising areas. They assisted a very important media company in a litigation about TV advertising, bringing, with success, as defensive strategy the new European legislation recently incorporated into Portuguese law.
LAWYER OF THE YEAR ADVERTISING
Inês Arruda – Vasconcelos Arruda & Associados
The lawyer is very skilled on media and advertising matters. She advised many important clients assuring the advertisements they brought on TV were compliant with the applicable legislations and sector guidelines.
LAW FIRM OF THE YEAR TELECOMMUNICATIONS
Morais Leitão
As a large full-service firm it’s very active in the telecommunication industry and they handle the matter with an all-round view over the market with focuses on litigation, patents, copyright and licensing matters. They represent one of the most important operators in the country.
LAWYER OF THE YEAR TELECOMMUNICATIONS
Ana Mira Cordeiro – Sérvulo
The lawyer has a strong expertise in the telecommunications area, like voice and data services and licensing of infrastructure and radio spectrum. She advises telecommunication regulatory Portuguese bodies and thanks to the strong international alliance of her firm they assisted many important international clients.
LAW FIRM OF THE YEAR LITIGATION
Baptista, Monteverde & Associados
The law firm is a boutique born with a genetic expertise in patent litigations. They affirm on the Portuguese market and now can count on very important international clients with their issues in Portugal.
LAWYER OF THE YEAR LITIGATION
João Miranda de Sousa – Garrigues Portugal
He’s a very skilled litigator on trademarks and copyright infringements. His background is rich and comes from a very important experience in the most important European institution for Trademarks and Copyright protection.
LAW FIRM OF THE YEAR CRIMINAL IP
Cuatrecasas
The law firm has an excellent expertise in white collar crimes both in the private and public sectors and among other areas, it’s very active in the protection of copyrights and intellectual rights.
LAWYER OF THE YEAR CRIMINAL IP
Hugo Monteiro de Queirós – PLMJ
He’s the co-head of the intellectual property and information technology in his firm. He’s a very skilled lawyer and his expertise is well recognized both by the market and the peers. He focuses on pharmaceutical patent infringement cases.
LAW FIRM OF THE YEAR PRIVACY
Travassos, Albuquerque & Associados
The firm, among many others, advised an important client on a complex privacy matter regarding data of his employees. The complexity of the advisory was in the nature of the entity, a big logistic operator under the regulation of the stock exchange listed companies.
LAWYER OF THE YEAR PRIVACY
Inês Antas de Barros – VdA
She has been involved in many data privacy and other similar projects, including data protection risk management, international flows of personal data, implementation of privacy compliance programs, privacy policies, codes of conducts, cross-border data transfer agreements and more.
LAW FIRM OF THE YEAR FOOD & BEVERAGE
Vasconcelos Arruda & Associados
The firm assisted an important Portuguese food company in the definition of the brand expansion strategy in Portugal and other jurisdictions, most in the Middle East. The strategy included the registration of a new key-trademark, which involved the negation with third parties to avoid related issues.
LAWYER OF THE YEAR FOOD & BEVERAGE
José Luís Arnaut – CMS Portugal
The lawyer followed many food and beverage companies in Portugal in many IP related matters like advertising, litigation and trademarks.
LAW FIRM OF THE YEAR SPORT
CCA Law Firm
The law firm was active against piracy for a client operating in the sports media industry. By their intervention on one of the most common problems in the broadcasting industry, they help the client in reducing loss due to the piracy activities.
LAWYER OF THE YEAR SPORT
Vasco Stilwell d’Andrade – Morais Leitão
The lawyer is very expert in the protection of intellectual property in many industries. He can count among his clients the most important sport brand in Portugal and the coordination of its trademarks protection all over the world with the local firms.
LAW FIRM OF THE YEAR E-SPORTS
PLMJ
The firm assisted a company active in the sport streaming services. The consultancy was around many aspects like competition and contractual matters. Important was the support gave in the procedure of sale of broadcasting rights, recently subjected to governmental approval.
LAWYER OF THE YEAR E-SPORTS
Tiago Bessa – VdA
He is highly skilled in the regulation market. Over the last years, he has worked in major operations, which raised complex and intricate issues across legal and regulatory areas. According to the market’s opinion, he’s one of the most competent lawyers in the e-sports field.
LAW FIRM OF THE YEAR FASHION
CMS Portugal
The firm assisted many fashion companies on the prosecution of brand protection. The most relevant was a very large multinational company, they assisted in litigation proceedings before criminal and civil court to defend the brand from attempts of infringement and unfair competition.
LAWYER OF THE YEAR FASHION
Hugo Monteiro de Queirós – PLMJ
The lawyer assists a well-known American fashion brand in many IP related issues, in particularly in anti-infringement criminal proceedings. This matter is particularly significant as it involves counterfeit products, being the enforcement very important to the fashion/retail sector.
LAW FIRM OF THE YEAR DIGITAL TECH
Miranda & Associados
The firm had several clients in the digital technology market. They gave a full assistance to a very important IT company in the country and managed the IP rights in a negotiation for another client involved in a digitalization process with an external partner.
LAWYER OF THE YEAR DIGITAL TECH
Ricardo Henriques – Abreu Advogados
The lawyer is the co-head of the IP&TMT department of his firm. He focuses on preventing or resolving information technology litigation, with a particular expertise on technology licensing, data protection and other regulatory issues.
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