Legal 500 strengthens positioning of Abreu Advogados with five new upgrades

The law firm was recognised in the results published today, with a new leadership position among the main national offices, having been awarded Tier 1 status in the areas of Real Estate and Construction, Tax, Intellectual Property and Angola: foreign firm.

 

The Legal 500 Directory published its 2022 results and Abreu Advogados is, once again, in the spotlight for the main practice areas analysed, having been classified as a Top Tier Firm in Real Estate and Construction, Tax, Intellectual Property and Angola: foreign firm. The firm also received the distinction of Tier 2 in the areas of Banking and Finance, Commercial, Corporate And M&A, Employment, Energy and Natural Resources, Projects and Project Finance, Transport, Porto: Leading Commercial Firms and Mozambique: foreign firm.

In the categories of Data Privacy and Data Protection, EU & Competition Law, Fraud and White Collar Crime, Insolvency and Restructuring, Public Law and TMT, Abreu Advogados was recognised in Band 3 and, finally, in Capital Markets, in Band 4.

Abreu Advogados has once again strengthened its position, with robustness and resilience, with the recognition of this directory in 18 different categories in Portugal, 2 in Mozambique and 1 in Angola.

In today’s results, four of Abreu’s practice areas were ranked in Tier 1 and nine in Tier 2. Amongst the distinctions, we highlight the rise to Tier 1 of the Real Estate and Construction practice, and also the rise to Tier 2 of Banking and Finance, Dispute Resolution and Mozambique: foregin firm.

Legal 500 also recognised the individual performance of its lawyers, awarding the following distinctions:

  • Alexandra Courela is Leading Individual in Tax
  • Alexandra Nascimento Correia is Next Generation Partner in Dispute Resolution
  • António Andrade is a Leading Individual in Intellectual Property
  • Carmo Sousa Machado maintains her position as Leading Individual in Employment
  • Francisco Patrício is Leading Individual in Restructuring & Insolvency
  • José Carlos Vasconcelos is Next Generation Partner in Porto Leading Firms
  • Manuel Durães Rocha is a Leading Individual in Intellectual Property
  • Manuel Santos Vítor is a Leading Individual in Corporate/M&A and Energy and Natural Resources
  • Maria Dulce Soares is a Leading Individual in Porto Leading Firms
  • Miguel Teixeira de Abreu is a member of the Tax Hall of Fame
  • Nuno Luís Sapateiro is a Rising Star in Transports
  • Patrícia Viana is Next Generation Partner in Real Estate and Construction
  • Pedro Barosa is a Next Generation Partner in Fraud and White Collar Crime
  • Rodrigo Formigal is a Next Generation Partner in Banking and Finance
  • Zara Jamal is a Leading Individual in Mozambique Foreign Firm

 

The legal innovation and excellence of Abreu Advogados’ performance were recognised by the most recent edition of the Legal 500. The results presented in the reputed legal directory are the result of an independent assessment of the work carried out in 2021, gathering information from clients and peers. This directory evaluates firms in 150 jurisdictions, comparing them in order to obtain a global vision of the legal market.

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