Isabel Gião de Andrade > VdA > Lisbon, Portugal > Lawyer Profile
VdA Offices
Rua Dom Luis I, 28
1200-151 Lisboa
Portugal
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Isabel Gião de Andrade
Work Department
Governance
Position
Partner
Career
Joined VdA in 2010 and she is partner of Governance practice. Isabel has been actively involved in several national and international transactions mainly focused on mergers and acquisitions in different sectors of the economic activity, incorporating and restructuring of legal entities, organizing the contractual planning of commercial distribution and supply networks of goods and services. She actively assists clients of different industrial sectors, such as automotive, equipment and products manufacturing, on commercial, contractual and corporate matters.
Languages
English, French, Spanish
Memberships
Admitted to the Portuguese Bar Association.
Member of the Portuguese Association of European Law.
Education
Law Degree at Catholic University of Porto, Faculty of Law.
LL.M (Master of Laws) in European Law from the University College of London.
Post-graduation on Contracts Law from the School of Law of the Portuguese Catholic University of Porto.
Post-graduation on EC Competition Law from the King’s College of London.
Lawyer Rankings
Portugal > Porto: Leading commercial firms
(Leading individuals)VdA fields a robust Porto-based team, enriched with extensive expertise in ‘several areas of law’, spanning corporate and M&A, tax, employment, public law, dispute resolution, white-collar crime, TMT, data privacy, and real estate. The team is active across the manufacturing, energy, automotive, telecoms and technology sectors, and earns further praise for its cross-border capabilities. Focused on tax law, practice head João Velez de Lima regularly acts for clients in judicial and administrative tax litigation, international taxation issues and compliance work. Labour and employment specialist Manuel Cavaleiro Brandão is noted for his experience in contentious matters, including arbitration. Miguel Reis excels in domestic and international taxation issues, while Isabel Gião de Andrade works closely with clients in corporate governance issues and M&A deals. Recently promoted partner Benedita Gonçalves undertakes a range of labour and social security law work.
Lawyer Rankings
- Leading individuals Portugal > Porto: Leading commercial firms
- Porto: Leading commercial firms Portugal
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- Banking and finance
- Capital markets
- Commercial, corporate and M&A
- Data privacy and data protection
- Dispute resolution
- Energy and natural resources
- EU and competition
- Fraud and white-collar crime
- Insolvency and restructuring
- Intellectual property
- Porto: Leading commercial firms
- Projects and project finance
- Public law
- Real estate and construction
- Tax
- TMT