VdA

Litigation & Arbitration

Group Executive Partner Disputes & Restructuring | Partner Litigation & Arbitration

Frederico Gonçalves Pereira joined VdA in 1995. He is Disputes & Restructuring Group Executive Partner and Litigation & Arbitration Partner.

Responsible for creating VdA’s Litigation & Arbitration department, Frederico Gonçalves Pereira has vast experience of over thirty years in civil and commercial litigation and pre-litigation, as well as corporate restructurings and insolvencies, often leading high profile complex arbitration proceedings, in Portugal as in all VdA Legal Partners’ jurisdictions – across Lusophone and Francophone Africa and East-Timor.

English, French

Admitted to the Portuguese Bar Association. Admitted to the Timor-Leste Bar Association (Conselho de Gestão e Disciplina). Member of the Board of the Portuguese Litigation Lawyers Circle.

Law Degree, University of Lisbon, Faculty of Law. Masters Degree in Civil Law, University of Lisbon, Faculty of Law. Admitted to the preparation of a Ph.D. thesis in Corporate Law, University of Lisbon, Faculty of Law. Harvard Business School - Leading Professional Services Firm course, 2009.