MFA Legal & Tech hires Leonor Gambôa Machado
MFA Legal & Tech has hired Leonor Gambôa Machado to its technology, digital and regulatory practice. She joins the law firm as an associate, moving from Cuatrecasas, where she has practised for the past four years.
Leonor Gambôa Machado holds a law degree and a postgraduate qualification in consumer law from the Faculty of Law of NOVA University Lisbon. She also completed a postgraduate programme in corporate law at the Faculty of Law of the University of Coimbra. In addition, she completed two intensive courses at Jurisnova: Consumer Law and Alternative Dispute Resolution for Consumer Disputes and Data Protection (GDPR). Since 2021, she has been a researcher at NOVA Consumer Lab in the area of consumer law.
According to Samuel Fernandes de Almeida, managing partner, “Leonor is a good example of the attractiveness of our project and reflects the profile of lawyer we seek at MFA: a solid legal background, experience at tier 1 law firms and a strong link to academia.”
According to Jorge Silva Martins, partner and head of the technology, digital and regulatory practice, “in addition to the undeniable value of the technical skills Leonor brings and her enormous potential, this hire represents another important step in delivering our vision for MFA”.
