Gonçalo Malheiro > Abreu Advogados > Lisbon, Portugal > Lawyer Profile

Abreu Advogados
Av. Infante D. Henrique, 26
1149-096
Portugal

Work Department

Litigation and Arbitration

Criminal, Sanctions and Compliance

Position

Partner

Career

Gonçalo Malheiro is a Professional Partner and has been at Abreu Advogados since 2017 working primarily in the areas of Litigation and Arbitration.

He focuses particularly on litigation proceedings in different areas of Law, such as civil and commercial litigation, insolvency, intellectual property, penal and criminal litigation as well as on several arbitration proceedings.

He has vast experience in participating in juridical proceedings before Common, Civil, Commercial, Criminal and Intellectual Property Courts as well as Arbitration Courts using the different procedural means available. Additionally, he provides support throughout the pre-litigation and negotiation phases which so often underly litigation.

Languages

Portuguese, English.

Memberships

Portuguese Bar Association
International Bar Association

Education

Law Degree from the Portuguese Catholic University (1995)

Master in Laws (LLM) from the School of International Arbitration, Queen Mary College, University of London (2007)

Lawyer Rankings

Portugal > Intellectual property

Praised for its ‘excellent technical capacity’ and ability to always be ‘at the forefront of legislative innovation’, the team at Abreu Advogados consistently provides high-quality service across a broad range of contentious and non-contentious IP matters. Acting for both domestic and international clients, the team is adept at handling trade mark and patent prosecution and litigation, unfair competition, copyright protection and licensing issues. At the helm of the practice is a trio of experts: Manuel Durães Rocha, who focuses primarily on matters related to the health and pharma sector; António Andrade, who is a reference for litigation and arbitration proceedings regarding patents, trade marks, designs, copyright and trade secrets; and Ricardo Henriques, who covers a wide array of IP matters, with a particular focus on technology. Elsewhere in the team, César Bessa Monteiro, jr is noted for his deep knowledge of innovation, trade secrets, design, and unfair competition, while Gonçalo Malheiro specialises in copyrights and tech litigation.