Joana Mota Agostinho > Cuatrecasas > Lisbon, Portugal > Lawyer Profile
Cuatrecasas Offices
Avenida Fontes Pereira de Melo, 6
Lisbon 1050-121
Portugal
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Joana Mota Agostinho
Position
Partner
Career
Specialist in advising national and international clients on cybersecurity and privacy, in auditing privacy management systems for companies in various industries, in defining compliance strategies and mitigation measures, and in services such as privacy as a service (particularly privacy-by-design support services and data breach response services).
Joana Mota Agostinho assists clients with digital transformation projects and the regulatory and contractual side of operations development in electronic communications and postal services, IT, outsourcing, cloud computing, emerging technologies, intellectual property, ecommerce, advertising and media.
She has advised clients from a wide range of industries, particularly banking; energy; healthcare and pharmaceutical; hotels; insurance; and technology, media and telecommunications. Before joining Cuatrecasas, she worked for other law firms in Portugal and for three years in the Legal and Regulatory Department of the Portuguese regulatory authority, ANACOM.
Co-author of the chapters on Portugal in The Privacy, Data Protection and Cybersecurity Law Review, 7th Edition (2020) and in International Transfers Data Guidance.
Lawyer Rankings
Portugal > Data privacy and data protection
(Next Generation Partners)The ‘very cohesive’ team at Cuatrecasas excels in privacy matters relating to sensitive data in the healthcare sector. Additionally, the practice is well positioned to advise clients across the telecoms, hardware and electronics, banking, technology and retail sectors. The team is jointly led by Sónia Queiróz Vaz, noted for her focus on privacy and data protection issues, including Big Data, e-commerce and long-distance agreements, and Joana Mota Agostinho, who is a key port of call for clients hailing from the TMT and other highly regulated industries.
Portugal > TMT
With extensive experience in the telecoms, media, banking, technology, fintech, IT and e-commerce industries, Cuatrecasas‘s TMT practice is praised for its ‘great knowledge’ of sector-related mandates, including data protection, regulatory compliance, advertising and licensing agreements. Joana Mota Agostinho advises domestic and international clients on electronic communications, new technologies, intellectual property, data protection and cybersecurity. She leads the team alongside IP specialist Sónia Queiróz Vaz, who also advises on big data, e-commerce and data protection mandates.
Lawyer Rankings
- Next Generation Partners Portugal > Data privacy and data protection
- Data privacy and data protection Portugal
- TMT Portugal
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