Mariana Duarte
Associated Partner • Lisbon
Mariana Duarte is an associated partner and has been at Abreu Advogados since 2013. With over a decade of experience at the firm, her practice focuses on litigation, with a particular emphasis on pre-litigation and litigation relating to inheritance, contractual and non-contractual civil liability, and corporate matters.
She represents clients in a wide range of legal proceedings, including declaratory actions, interim relief proceedings, proceedings for the recognition of foreign judgments, probate proceedings and proceedings concerning parental responsibilities, as well as in domestic and international arbitration proceedings.
She frequently handles pre-litigation and complex, multi-jurisdictional disputes across various sectors, including inheritance, telecommunications, software, construction, aviation, corporate and property disputes.
She provides support in proceedings conducted across multiple international jurisdictions, notably in the United Kingdom, the Netherlands, Germany and Angola, and has extensive experience in coordinating with foreign legal teams to ensure that international clients receive cohesive, high-quality representation, regardless of the complexity or geographical scope of the dispute.
She is a trainer certified by the IEFP, I.P.
Experience
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Advice on arbitration proceedings relating to shareholder disputes concerning a shareholders’ agreement, involving multiple jurisdictions;
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Advice on proceedings for the piercing of the corporate veil and fraudulent conveyance claims, including associated interim relief proceedings, with a view to recovering a substantial debt;
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Advising on transnational litigation relating to aviation;
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Advising on litigation relating to unfair competition involving football clubs;
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Advising on proceedings for the recognition under Portuguese law of foreign judgments and their enforcement in Portugal;
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Advising on proceedings arising from litigation in the pharmaceutical sector;
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Advising on highly complex probate proceedings;
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Advice on contract negotiation and review.
Education
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Faculdade de Direito da Universidade de Lisboa
Law Degree (2012)
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Faculdade de Direito da Universidade de Lisboa
Postgraduate Diploma in Corporate Litigation
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Faculdade de Direito da Universidade Católica Portuguesa
Master of Laws (Merit Scholarship as the top student in the academic portion of her Master of Laws, (2015)