Miguel Pinto Cardoso > VdA > Lisbon, Portugal > Lawyer Profile
VdA Offices
Rua Dom Luis I, 28
1200-151 Lisboa
Portugal
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Miguel Pinto Cardoso
Work Department
Litigation & Arbitration
Position
Partner, Head of Litigation & Arbitration
Career
Joined VdA in 2013 and is the head Partner of the Litigation & Arbitration practice. His activity is focused in international and domestic arbitration and he has a broad experience in commercial litigation. He handles construction, Oil&Gas, finance, distribution, professional negligence and shareholders disputes, among others. He is often appointed as arbitrator.
Languages
English, French, Spanish
Memberships
Admitted to the Portuguese Bar Association.
Member of the board of the Lisbon Commercial Association Arbitration Centre (2013).
Founder member and member of the board of the Dispute Resolution Lawyer Association (2012 to date).
Founder member of the Portuguese Arbitration Association (2006).
Member of the Board of Directors of the “Associação Portuguesa de Centros Comerciais” (Portuguese Shopping Centres Association) and of the “Associação Portuguesa de Franchising” (Portuguese Franchise Association); Representative of Grupo Pão de Açúcar in the “Associação Comercial de Lisboa” (Lisbon Commercial Association) (1989 – 1992).
Education
Law Degree, Catholic University of Lisbon, Faculty of Law.
Lawyer Rankings
Portugal > Dispute resolution
(Leading partners)VdA retains a prominent position in the Portuguese disputes market, widely recognised as a ‘benchmark in the sector’, advising a prolific roster of clients on a range of matters from civil and commercial litigation and arbitration to shareholder, M&A, distribution and construction disputes. Practice co-head Frederico Gonçalves Pereira
, who is praised for his ‘strong experience’, specialises in restructuring and insolvency matters. Fellow co-head Carla Gonçalves Borges is noted for her focus on national and international civil and commercial litigation and arbitration. Mariana França Gouveia remains active in major cross-border disputes involving lusophone jurisdictions, while Miguel Pinto Cardoso focuses on international and domestic arbitration involving both commercial and investor-state disputes. Joana Neves shines in civil and commercial litigation, as well as arbitration proceedings, involving the telecoms, energy, tech, infrastructure, insurance and financial services sectors.
Lawyer Rankings
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- Banking and finance
- Capital markets
- Commercial, corporate and M&A
- Data privacy and data protection
- Dispute resolution
- Energy and natural resources
- EU and competition
- Fraud and white-collar crime
- Insolvency and restructuring
- Intellectual property
- Porto: Leading commercial firms
- Projects and project finance
- Public law
- Real estate and construction
- Tax
- TMT