Francisco Côrte-Real
Senior Associate Lawyer • Lisbon
Francisco Côrte-Real is a senior associate and has been with Abreu Advogados since 2020, working primarily in the areas of sports law and litigation & arbitration.
He specialises in providing legal advice to sports clubs and federations, athletes and other sports professionals, as well as in drafting sports employment contracts and handling transactions involving the acquisition of shares in sports clubs.
He also has experience in initiating and handling litigation and arbitration proceedings involving sports clubs and federations, athletes and other sports agents, as well as major companies in the automotive sector, private clients, and small, medium and large companies from various sectors of activity, both national and international.
He has contributed to the drafting of articles and publications relating to sports law, as well as on corporate restructuring processes, for publication in international journals.
Experience
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Advising sports organisations and football clubs on litigation, regulatory, employment and corporate matters;
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Representing sports organisations, athletes and federations in sports arbitration proceedings before the Court of Arbitration for Sport and the Portuguese Sports Arbitration Tribunal;
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Advising national sports federations on obtaining public sports utility status;
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Advising on transactions involving the acquisition, by foreign investors, of shareholdings in Portuguese public limited sports companies;
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Advising major companies in the automotive sector, handling judicial, administrative and arbitration proceedings;
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Advising private clients and companies, both domestic and foreign, on debt recovery in general legal proceedings.
Education
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Universidade Católica Portuguesa
Law Degree (2020)
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Universidade Católica Portuguesa/Liga Portugal
Post-graduation in Organization and Management in Professional Football (2020)
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Universidade Autónoma de Lisboa
Post-graduation in Sports Law (2023)
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Universidade Católica Portuguesa
Post-graduation in Contract Disputes, Mediation and Arbitration (2025)
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