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Paulo Olavo Cunha

(+351) 21 311 3533 poc@vda.pt View profile

Work Department

Corporate and M&A and Governance

Position

Social & Corporate Advisory Group Senior Partner and Partner, Head of Governance

Career

Paulo Olavo Cunha joined VdA in 2005. Social & Corporate Advisory Group Senior Partner and Head Partner of Governance. Paulo is specialised in Company Law and has been responsible for major projects, transactions, and group restructuring operations.
He actively advises members of the board of directors of some of the major Portuguese companies in strategic and complex corporate related aspects.
Also providing highly specialized legal assistance to (listed) Public Companies with dealing with its shareholders relations and disputes.
In his advisory role to large companies, he integrated Corporate Governance and Corporate Sustainability and Ethics Committees as an expert, and prepared several Legal Opinions for management and supervisory bodies.
A law professor, Paulo is regularly called upon to issue legal opinions for the governing and supervisory bodies of major companies.

Languages

English, French, Spanish

Memberships

Member of the Portuguese Bar Association.
Member of the International Bar Association (IBA).
Editor of «Direito das Sociedades em Revista» (Review on Company Law).
Editor of «Revista de Direito da Insolvência» (Insolvency Law Review).
Member of the Catholic University Commercial and Economics Law Centre.
Founding member of the Portuguese Intellectual Property Law Association.
Listed arbitrator of the Arbitration Centre of the Lisbon Trade Association of the Portuguese Chamber of Commerce and Industry.

Education

Law Degree by Faculdade de Ciências Humanas of the Portuguese Catholic University of Lisbon.
Masters in Law, by the Faculty of Law of the Portuguese Catholic University of Lisbon.
PhD in Law by the Portuguese Catholic University of Lisbon.
Lawyer (since 1986) and Professor of Law.