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Margarida Bernardino

Margarida Bernardino

Senior Associate Lawyer • Lisbon

Margarida Bernardino is a senior associate and has been at Abreu Advogados since 2021, working mainly in the areas of criminal and administrative offences and civil litigation.

She regularly acts in dispute resolution, advising domestic and international clients during the pre-litigation and litigation phases in criminal, administrative and civil matters.

She handles court proceedings at all stages of the process, including participation in procedural steps such as preliminary hearings, preliminary hearings, and hearings for discussion and judgement.

She also has significant experience in compliance matters, advising clients on the creation, implementation and monitoring of compliance programmes, as well as on the identification, assessment and mitigation of legal and reputational risks.

She has been involved, on the defence side, in highly complex and significant administrative offence proceedings in the field of capital markets and competition law.

She is a member of ANJAP (National Association of Young Portuguese Lawyers) and a member of the Criminal Law Forum.

Practice Areas
Criminal, Sanctions and Compliance, Litigation and Arbitration
Idiomas
English
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Experience

  • Advice on criminal law matters, with a focus on economic criminal law and domestic violence offences, as well as criminal and administrative proceedings;

  • Advice on the preparation of legal due diligence;

  • Advice on civil law matters, particularly in relation to civil and contractual liability;

  • Monitoring of proceedings at all stages and frequent participation in trial hearings, preliminary hearings, examinations and similar proceedings;

  • Participation in projects to assess the effectiveness and update compliance programmes;

  • Advising clients on matters relating to the prevention of money laundering;

  • Administrative offence litigation, in particular in the following regulatory areas: competition, telecommunications, audiovisual and the environment;

  • Litigation in disciplinary liability proceedings.

Margarida Bernardino

Education

  • Faculdade de Direito da Universidade de Lisboa

    Law Degree (2018)

  • Centro de Investigação de Direito Privado

    Postgraduate Diploma in Insolvency Law (2018)

  • Faculdade de Direito da Universidade Católica Portuguesa

    Master of Laws (Forensic Master) (2020)

  • Centro de Investigação de Direito Privado

    Postgraduate Diploma in Law Enforcement, Compliance and Corporate Responsibility (2022)

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