Guilherme Santos Silva

Guilherme Santos Silva is a Partner and has been with Abreu Advogados since 2004 working primarily on matters related to commercial litigation and arbitration, commercial law, corporate, telecommunications, energy and maritime and transportation law.

He focuses particularly on issues related to international and multi-jurisdictional commercial litigation, working on national and international judicial and arbitration proceedings. Concurrently, he advises national and international companies on corporate and commercial law matters, providing assistance, on an ongoing basis, on the legal aspects of the companies’ day to day operations.

Additionally, he has led several cases related to construction, sales, mortgages, seizures and enforcement of debt on ships and airplanes and providing assistance throughout the respective litigation proceedings.

His work extends to Angola, where he works on investment operations and partnerships with Angolan firms, primarily in the areas of telecommunications and energy (Oil & Gas). He has been supporting the relationship with Abreu Advogado’s international lawyers in Angola, both in the area of commercial advisory and judicial and arbitration litigation.

He also has a special relationship with training, having been an assisting professor at Moderna University Faculty of Law, Lisbon for 15 years (1992 to 2008) and actively continues to provide training on matters related to his practice, specifically arbitration and maritime and transportation law.

Over the past year he has supported large international litigation proceedings linked to multiple jurisdictions, such as, the United Kingdom, Saudi Arabia, China, Switzerland, Angola, Germany, France, Israel, Brazil, Italy and Holland in addition to Portugal.