Abreu Advogados reaffirms position in Legal 500 for 2025

The 2025 edition of the Legal 500 EMEA ranking once again confirms the prominent position of Abreu Advogados, which has received a total of 50 recognitions across 21 practice areas and 31 individual nominations: 19 Leading Individuals, 8 Next Generation Partners, 3 Leading Associates, and 1 Hall of Fame. Notably, the areas of Intellectual Property and Tax have been classified as Top Tier.

On an individual level, the following new entries stand out:

• André Modesto Pinheiro – Leading Associate (Banking & Finance)

• Ana Panão – Leading Associate (Intellectual Property)

• Nuno da Cunha Barnabé – Leading Partner (Tax)

• Rui Ferreira de Almeida – Leading Associate (Projects and Project Finance)

• Mafalda Teixeira de Abreu – Leading Partner (Projects and Project Finance)

• Bruno Azevedo Rodrigues – Leading Partner (Projects and Project Finance)

• Manuel Andrade Neves – Leading Partner (Public Law)

Regarding promotions, Patrícia Viana (Real Estate) and Ricardo Henriques (TMT) have been elevated to Leading Partner, while Isabel Pinheiro Torres has been promoted to Next Generation Partner (Mozambique: Foreign Law Firms).

In addition to the ranked lawyers, Legal 500 also highlights 82 other Recommended Lawyers from Abreu Advogados within its practice area teams.

In the categories of Banking & Finance, Commercial, Corporate and M&A, Dispute Resolution, Employment, Energy and Natural Resources, Fraud and White-Collar Crime, Porto: Leading Commercial Firms, Projects and Project Finance, Real Estate and Construction, and Transports, Abreu Advogados has been recognised as Tier 2.

In Tier 3, the firm is ranked for Capital Markets, Data Privacy and Data Protection, EU and Competition, Insolvency and Restructuring, Public Law, and TMT.

With regard to the firm’s international network, FBL Advogados and JLA Advogados, Abreu’s partner firms in Angola and Mozambique, respectively, have maintained their Tier 2 ranking, as in 2024.

2025 Individual Results

• Pedro Ferreira Malaquias – Leading Partner (Banking & Finance)

• Rodrigo Formigal – Next Generation Partner (Banking & Finance)

• Manuel Santos Vítor – Leading Partner (Commercial, Corporate and M&A; Energy and Natural Resources)

• Alexandra Nascimento Correia – Leading Partner (Dispute Resolution)

• Carmo Sousa Machado – Leading Partner (Employment)

• Sofia Silva e Sousa – Next Generation Partner (Employment)

• Ana Grosso Alves – Next Generation Partner (Fraud and White-Collar Crime)

• Pedro Barosa – Next Generation Partner (Fraud and White-Collar Crime)

• Francisco Patrício – Leading Partner (Restructuring and Insolvency)

• António Andrade – Leading Partner (Intellectual Property)

• Manuel Durães Rocha – Leading Partner (Intellectual Property)

• José Carlos Vasconcelos – Next Generation Partner (Porto: Leading Commercial Firms)

• Maria Dulce Soares – Leading Partner (Porto: Leading Commercial Firms)

• Tiago Mendonça de Castro – Leading Partner (Real Estate and Construction)

• Patrícia Viana – Leading Partner (Real Estate and Construction)

• Miguel Teixeira de Abreu – Hall of Fame (Tax)

• Alexandra Courela – Leading Partner (Tax)

• Ricardo Henriques – Leading Partner (TMT)

• Nuno Luís Sapateiro – Next Generation Partner (Transports)

• João Marques de Almeida – Leading Partner (Transports)

• João Bravo da Costa – Next Generation Partner (Angola: Foreign Law Firms)

• Isabel Pinheiro Torres – Next Generation Partner (Mozambique: Foreign Law Firms)

• Zara Jamal – Leading Partner (Mozambique: Local Law Firms – JLA)

The results published in this prestigious legal directory stem from an independent assessment of work carried out in 2021, which includes gathering insights from clients and peers. This directory evaluates law firms in 150 jurisdictions, comparing them to provide a comprehensive view of the legal market.