Pedro Barosa

Partner | Lisbon

Practice Areas
Litigation and Arbitration
Criminal, Sanctions and Compliance
Desks
Italian Desk
Services
Compliance
Languages
  • English
  • Spanish
  • Italian
Contacts

Pedro Barosa is a Partner and has been at Abreu Advogados since 2019, working primarily in white collar crime and criminal litigation.

Previously, he was a lawyer at another firm for 14 years and has been involved in the majority of white collar crime and criminal high-profile cases in Portugal as a defense attorney.

With extensive experience in criminal litigation he has dedicated the last years to economic and financial criminal cases representing top management in the banking system. He also represented several nationally relevant corporate groups in criminal proceedings related to taxation.

Additionally, Pedro Barosa has solid experience in defending and representing family owned businesses and private clients; he is a regular contributor to the national press and has participated in a number of conferences dedicated to the subject of the significance of emotional intelligence to trial lawyers.

Fraud and White Collar Crime: Next Generation Partner, 2023

Compliance/White Collar Crime: “Highlighted”, 2022

Fraud and White Collar Crime: Next Generation Partner, 2022

Compliance/White Collar Crime: “Highlighted”, 2021

Fraud and White Collar Crime: Next Generation Partner, 2021

Fraud and White Collar Crime: Next Generation Partner, 2020

White Collar Crime, 2019

Tier 1 | Next Generation Lawyer for Fraud and White-Collar Crime, 2018

Experience

Ongoing legal advice to the Chairman of a private Portuguese bank;

Legal representation of a Director of a company owner of a Portuguese bank;

Legal representation of the Chairman of a Portuguese telephone service provider;

Legal representation of an important national corporate group in the real estate sector in a number of criminal proceedings;

Legal representation and assistance to several Portuguese municipalities and other public entities;

Ongoing legal representation and assistance to a multinational group in the real estate sector;

Legal representation of several pharmaceutical entities;

Legal representation and assistance to a national telecommunications group.

Association

Education

Faculdade de Direito da Universidade Católica Portuguesa

Law degree (2005)

Faculdade de Economia da Universidade Nova de Lisboa

Postgraduate diploma in Business and Law (2007)

United Nations Interregional Crime and Justice Institute (UN)

Postgraduate diploma in Forensic and Criminal Psychology (2016/2017)