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

PLMJ
Av. Fontes Pereira de Melo, 43
1050-119 Lisboa
Portugal
Hugo Monteiro de Queirós photo

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

Standing out for its ‘responsiveness and client-focused approach’, the team at PLMJ is well-versed in a range of IP matters, including patent litigation, trade secrets, copyright disputes, and trade mark prosecution. Spearheading the team is Hugo Monteiro de Queirós, who is highly regarded for his focus on contentious IP matters, particularly in the tech, mobility, and communications sectors. Vasco Granate focuses on trade mark and patent litigation, while Inês Dias Pinheiro has extensive experience in trade mark prosecution and litigation, as well as unfair competition matters.