Abreu Advogados secures 13 nominations at The Legal 500 Iberia Awards 2026

Abreu Advogados has been nominated in 13 categories at The Legal 500 Iberia Awards 2026, spanning both individual and firm-wide distinctions. This recognition reflects the quality of the work carried out by the firm’s teams and reinforces its position in the Iberian legal market.

Among the nominations, Carmo Sousa Machado’s inclusion in the Lawyer of the Year – Portugal category stands out as one of the most prestigious distinctions at these awards, recognising lawyers with an outstanding career and a significant impact on the Portuguese legal market.

At firm level, Abreu Advogados has been nominated for:

Law Firm of the Year – Intellectual Property

At individual level, the firm has ten nominated lawyers, six more than in the previous edition, accounting for a total of 12 nominations:

Diogo Pereira Duarte – Capital Markets, Next Generation Partner of the Year
Manuel Santos Vitor – Corporate and M&A, Lawyer of the Year
Ricardo Henriques – Data Privacy and Data Protection, Lawyer of the Year and TMT, Lawyer of the Year
Carmo Sousa Machado – Lawyer of the Year – Portugal and Employment, Lawyer of the Year
Patrícia Viana – Real Estate, Lawyer of the Year
Francisco Patrício – Restructuring and Insolvency, Lawyer of the Year
Alexandra Courela – Tax, Lawyer of the Year
Nuno Luís Sapateiro – Transport, Next Generation Partner of the Year
João Marques de Almeida – Transport, Lawyer of the Year
Ana Rita Duarte de Campos – White-Collar Crime, Lawyer of the Year

The Legal 500 Iberia Awards recognise the law firms and legal professionals that have stood out most across Portugal and Spain, based on the independent research conducted by the international legal directory The Legal 500.

The awards are structured around three main levels of recognition: practice area and sector awards at Iberian level; jurisdiction-wide awards recognising firms and lawyers in Portugal and Spain; and broader Iberian categories, including Iberia Firm of the Year, Deal of the Year and Lawyer of the Year.

The Legal 500 Iberia Awards 2026 ceremony will take place on 26 November at the Four Seasons Hotel in Madrid.