Vasco Granate > PLMJ > Lisbon, Portugal > Lawyer Profile

PLMJ
Av. Fontes Pereira de Melo, 43
1050-119 Lisboa
Portugal
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Work Department

Intellectual Property

Position

Associate

Career

Vasco is an associate in the Intellectual Property practice. With 5 years’ professional experience, he advises clients in the areas of patents, mostly in the pharmaceutical sector, and trademarks and copyright in a wide range of sectors.

He has also focused on litigation in the area of intellectual property, with an emphasis on arbitration proceedings and court proceedings arising from the invocation of industrial property rights relating to medicines and trademark litigation. Vasco also drafts contracts in intellectual property matters.

He has a master’s degree in tax law from the Faculty of Law of the Universidade Católica Portuguesa in Lisbon and earned his law degree from the same faculty.

Before joining PLMJ, Vasco was a lawyer at Vieira de Almeida.

Languages

Portuguese and English

Education

Law degree from Universidade Católica Portuguesa, Lisbon, 2015

Admitted to the Portuguese Bar Association, 2018

Master’s degree in tax law, from the Faculty of Law of Universidade Católica Portuguesa, 2016

Lawyer Rankings

Portugal > Intellectual property

Noted for its ‘knowledgeable, engaged and hands-on’ approach, the team at PLMJ is well positioned to handle the full scope of IP matters, including patent litigation, unfair competition, trade secrets, copyright disputes and trade mark prosecution. Its sectorial expertise is equally broad, covering the media, entertainment and life sciences industries, among others. Practice head Hugo Monteiro de Queirós is recommended for his focus on IP contentious matters, with special emphasis on the technology, mobility and communications sectors. Managing associate Inês de Castro Ruivo boasts extensive experience in the drafting and negotiation of contracts involving IP rights, particularly software licences and IT services agreements, while Vasco Granate stands out for his strong performance in arbitration and litigation involving pharmaceutical patents.