Mr João Alfredo Afonso > Morais Leitão, Galvão Teles, Soares da Silva & Associados > Lisbon, Portugal > Lawyer Profile

Mr João Alfredo Afonso

+351 213 817 426 joaoafonso@mlgts.pt

Work Department

Corporate and Commercial (Corporate Law, Mergers, Acquisitions and Joint ventures), Personal data privacy and protection.

Position

João Alfredo Afonso has handled mergers, acquisitions and sales of companies of varying sorts on behalf of domestic and foreign clients. His practice has also focused on IT and data protection matters and in the assistance to clients in the setting up of their business activities through the internet. He was involved in the corporate restructuring of a major consulting company on TMT matters, in the context of its worldwide restructuring, and in the structuring and execution of a major write-off operation of a wireless communications company in Portugal. João Alfredo Afonso also participated in one of the first IPOs of a Portuguese company (in the media area). He advises several internet companies, namely on gambling activities, media and financial services areas. Concerning data protection issues, he assists clients in getting the required registrations and/authorizations from the Portuguese Data Protection Commission for the processing and transferring of personal data. He focuses in particular in the transfer of data from Portugal to other countries. He also assists companies whose core business involves the provision of IT related services, notably in the preparation and negotiation of software license agreements.

Career

Qualified (1998). Partner (2011) and member of the corporate and commercial team, Morais Leitão, Galvão Teles, Soares da Silva & Associados.

Languages

Portuguese, English, French and Spanish.

Memberships

Portuguese Bar Association (admitted in 2000).

Education

Law Degree (Law Faculty of the Portuguese Catholic University, 1998).