Marta Salgado Areias > PLMJ > Lisbon, Portugal > Lawyer Profile

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

Technology, Media and Telecommunications

Position

Senior Associate

Career

Marta is a senior associate in the Technology, Media and Telecommunications practice who has 5 years’ professional experience. She provides advice in the areas of privacy and data protection, intellectual property, consumer law and information technologies.

She has advised clients from various sectors of activity, including health, telecommunications, distribution and finance.

Marta is a member of the International Association of Privacy Professionals and completed a postgraduate course in intellectual law at the Faculty of Law of the University of Lisbon.

Before joining PLMJ, Marta was a lawyer at the law firms Morais Leitão, CCA and Sérvulo.

Languages

Portuguese, English, French, Italian and German

Memberships

International Association of Privacy Professionals

Education

Law degree from the University of Lisbon, 2012

Admitted to the Portuguese Bar Association, 2015

6th Postgraduate Course in Intellectual Law at the Portuguese Association of Intellectual Law at the Faculty of Law of the University of Lisbon, 2015

Attended master’s course in in legal-private law sciences (curricular part) at the Faculty of Law of the University of Porto

Lawyer Rankings

Portugal > TMT

Working with an impressive array of blue-chip multinational clients, PLMJ‘s TMT practice has strong expertise in M&A transactions, data protection, IT contracts, and administrative proceedings. Led by Pedro Lomba, the team earns praise for its ‘deep understanding of client needs and a proactive approach to solving complex legal issues’. Senior counsel Nádia da Costa Ribeiro specialises in regulatory issues pertaining to the telecoms sector. Marta Salgado Areias assists clients across a range of sectors with data protection and privacy, intellectual property, consumer law and information technology matters, while Rita de Sousa Costa is noted for her expertise in media, technology, and data protection issues.

Portugal > Data privacy and data protection

A regular port of call for a number of large corporations, PLMJ‘s dedicated practice showcases demonstrable experience in cross-border compliance projects, audits, data breaches, litigation and the data protection aspects of high-value M&A. Practice head Pedro Lomba  advises across a range of regulated sectors, including media, electronic communications, health, AI and advertising. A litany of major corporates turn to Inês Dias Pinheiro for her expertise in challenging data privacy and data protection compliance matters, and Marta Salgado Areias is noted for her expertise in IP, consumer law and IT matters.