Mr Ricardo do Nascimento Ferreira > Morais Leitão, Galvão Teles, Soares da Silva & Associados > Lisbon, Portugal > Lawyer Profile
Morais Leitão, Galvão Teles, Soares da Silva & Associados Offices
RUA CASTILHO, 165
1070-050 LISBOA
Portugal
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Mr Ricardo do Nascimento Ferreira
Work Department
Litigation and Arbitration. Intellectual Property. Health and Pharmaceuticals.
Position
His practice focuses on several areas of civil and commercial law and on contentious and non-contentious matters of intellectual property and pharmaceutical law, notably involving the pharmaceutical industry. He assists and represents national and foreign clients in pre-litigation matters and conducts and participates in domestic and multi-jurisdictional judicial and arbitration proceedings.
He’s a regular speaker at conferences and academic activities related to litigation, arbitration and intellectual propriety. He has published several articles in national and foreign legal reviews on those subjects.
Ricardo do Nascimento Ferreira is an arbitrator in several arbitration institutions. He is a member of the Under-40 Counselling Commission of the Portuguese Arbitration and Intellectual Property International Chamber of Commerce.
Winner of the Iberian Lawyer “40 under Forty Awards” (Life Sciences) in 2021.
Career
Ricardo do Nascimento Ferreira joined Morais Leitão in 2005 and became a partner in 2020. He is head of a litigation and arbitration team.
Languages
Portuguese, English, Italian and Spanish.
Memberships
Portuguese Bar Association (admitted in 2008).
Education
Law Degree (Nova Law School, 2005). Postgraduate Studies in Industrial Property Law (University of Lisbon School of Law, 2007). Attends the PhD Program and is preparing his doctoral thesis on the area of Industrial Property (Nova Law School).
Lawyer Rankings
Portugal > Dispute resolution
The dispute resolution team at Morais Leitão, Galvão Teles, Soares da Silva & Associados offers a high level of expertise across the full range of disputes, with a particular focus on civil, commercial and corporate litigation. Arbitration proceedings at the domestic and international levels also feature on the group’s diverse caseload, which has registered a recent uptick in class actions and private enforcement cases. Francisco Cortez focuses on commercial litigation, while also maintaining an active arbitration practice, and leads the team alongside Filipe Vaz Pinto, who handles international arbitration cases. Sofia Vaz Sampaio oversees one of the two Lisbon-based litigation and arbitration teams within the department, focusing on civil and commercial litigation and arbitration, and Ricardo do Nascimento Ferreira leads the other, specialising in IP and pharmaceutical law.
Portugal > Intellectual property
Praised for its ‘in-depth knowledge of technology law and intellectual property’, the team at Morais Leitão, Galvão Teles, Soares da Silva & Associados possesses capabilities across the gamut of IP matters. The practice is particularly active in patent litigation, primarily focusing on the telecoms, new media and pharmaceutical sectors. The team earns further praise for its ability to engage in multijurisdictional trade mark work, spanning prosecution, licensing and enforcement matters. Ricardo do Nascimento Ferreira and Vasco Stilwell d’Andrade jointly lead the team. Ferreira is noted for his focus on patent law and IP disputes, while d’Andrade has been lauded for his ability to ‘provide flawless and unique advice’. Associate Maria Almeida e Silva possesses the ability to advise clients on the full scope of contentious IP matters, including patent litigation, design and copyright infringement cases. Maria Luísa Cyrne is a name to note for software and media-related issues.
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