Tiago da Mota joins Tesla as managing counsel Southern Europe
Tiago da Mota, former country head-senior legal counsel for Portugal at Samsung Electronics, has joined Tesla as the new managing counsel Southern Europe from January 2025, according to exclusive information gathered by Iberian Lawyer. Da Mota will oversee all business and commercial legal activities for Tesla in Portugal, Spain, and Italy.
Admitted to the Portuguese and Brazilian Bar Associations, Mota specializes in advising national and multinational companies, and representing industry players in high-stakes business matters, contracts, transactions, and complex legal disputes. His main areas of practice are business, commercial, regulatory, and corporate law.
Before joining Samsung, he was legal director at The Walt Disney Company and legal director at FOX Networks Group, for Portugal and Portuguese-speaking African countries.