Ms Maria da Assunção da Cunha Reis > Morais Leitão, Galvão Teles, Soares da Silva & Associados > Lisbon, Portugal > Lawyer Profile

Morais Leitão, Galvão Teles, Soares da Silva & Associados
RUA CASTILHO, 165
1070-050 LISBOA
Portugal
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Position

Maria da Assunção da Cunha Reis joined Morais Leitão in 2012. She is a member of the firm’s litigation and arbitration team.

Career

Her practice is mainly focused on private data protection, criminal and misdemeanor litigation, as well as on finance and economics.

Languages

Portuguese and English.

Memberships

Portuguese Bar Association (admitted in 2014). International Association of Privacy Professionals (IAPP, since 2021).

Education

Law Degree (Católica Lisbon School of Law, 2011). Master’s Degree in Forensics (Católica Lisbon School of Law, 2014). I Postgraduate Course of Law Enforcement, Compliance and Criminal Law in the banking, financial and economic activities (University of Lisbon School of Law, 2016). General Data Protection Regulation Course (Católica Lisbon School of Business & Economics, 2017).

Lawyer Rankings

Portugal > Data privacy and data protection

(Rising stars)

Maria da Assunção da Cunha ReisMorais Leitão, Galvão Teles, Soares da Silva & Associados

Noted for its ‘great knowledge’ and ‘high quality of advice’, the data privacy and protection team at Morais Leitão, Galvão Teles, Soares da Silva & Associados acts for a diverse range clients in all stages of data protection work, from compliance programmes to investigations and disputes. Adopting a cross-practice approach, the team boasts specialists from a wide range of fields including TMT, labour, criminal, corporate and insurance law. Practice head Tiago Félix da Costa, praised for his ‘professionalism’, seamlessly integrates his data protection practice with a litigation focus, showcasing an impressive track record in handling some of Portugal’s most significant date protection and cybersecurity cases. Other practitioners to note include Helena Tapp Barroso, who is often instructed by clients across the technology, banking, insurance, pharmaceuticals and automotive industries in relation to contractual matters and compliance issues, and sssociate Maria da Assunção da Cunha Reis.