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Luís Fraústo Varona

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Work Department

Litigation and Arbitration

Sports

Criminal, Sanctions and Compliance

Restructuring and Insolvency

Position

Professional Partner

Career

Luís Fraústo Varona is a Professional Partner and has been at Abreu Advogados since 2007, focusing on commercial and civil litigation, arbitration and mediation, insolvency and corporate restructuring.

He has experience in litigation in the areas of civil construction and public works, logistics and transport, chemical industry, large national and international food and beverage distributors, healthcare services provision, sports, and other areas where disputes may result in litigation.

He has also been involved with international litigations, providing advice by networking with lawyers participating in the Abreu International Legal Solutions service in the countries concerned.

Additionally, he has experience in advising national and international companies in different sectors on contracting or subcontracting phases, with a view to preventing and/or anticipating litigation in the event of defective compliance or non-compliance, by means of warranty clauses, or jurisdiction or arbitration agreements.

He has played a key role in advising on pre-litiginous and litiginous matters, and in negotiations leading to the conclusion of agreements.

Languages

Portuguese, English.

Memberships

Portuguese Bar Association
International Bar Association

Education

Law degree from the University of Lisbon Faculty of Law (1996)

Seminar on “Jurisdiction in Private International Law”, given by Prof. Andrew Guzman, in the scope of the Master of Laws (LL.M.) degree, Portuguese Catholic University, Faculty of Law (2007)

“Insurance Contract Law” course by Prof. Pedro Soares Martinez, under the aegis of the Portuguese Association of Insurers (2008)

International Legal English Certificate (ILEC), University of Cambridge, Cambridge English Language Assessment (2015)