Hugo Monteiro de Queirós > PLMJ > Lisbon, Portugal > Lawyer Profile

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

Work Department

Intellectual Property

Position

Partner

Career

Hugo is a partner and head of the Intellectual Property practice who has more than 15 years’ professional experience. He advises on patents, trademarks, designs, copyright, software licensing, information technologies, data protection and advertising. Hugo has also focused on litigation in the area of intellectual property, with an emphasis on dealing with arbitration and court cases involving industrial property rights relating to medicines and trademarks. He also drafts opinions and contracts in the area of intellectual property.

Hugo has been an Official Industrial Property Agent since 2012 and a European Trademark and Design Attorney since 2016.

With a master’s degree in private legal sciences from the Faculty of Law of the University of Porto, he also completed a postgraduate course in arbitration at the Faculty of Law of Universidade Nova de Lisboa.

Hugo is a frequent speaker at universities and at Portuguese and international congresses and seminars.

Before joining PLMJ, he was a lawyer at BMA, ABBC and CMS Rui Pena & Arnaut.

Languages

Portuguese, English and German

Education

Law Degree from the University of Porto, 2001

Admitted to the Portuguese Bar Association, 2004

Master’s in private legal sciences from the Faculty of Law of the University of Porto, 2010

6th University Extension Course in Arbitration at the Faculty of Law of Universidade Nova de Lisboa, 2015

Guest assistant professor at the University of Porto, 2011

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.