Mr Ricardo Costa Macedo > Caiado Guerreiro > Lisbon, Portugal > Lawyer Profile

Caiado Guerreiro
RUA CASTILHO, Nº 39, 15º
1250-068 LISBON
Portugal

Work Department

Life Sciences, Insurance and Intellectual Property

Position

Partner

Career

Ricardo Costa Macedo heads the Intellectual Property and Life Sciences groups at Caiado Guerreiro. His practice covers a wide range of contentious and non-contentious patent, trademark, design and other Intellectual Property related rights, such as trade secrets and unfair competition, in particular in the pharmaceutical, home care, food and insurance sectors.

Ricardo Costa Macedo graduated from the Faculty of Law of the Catholic University of Lisbon, in 1998. He undertook postgraduate studies in Information Society Law, at the Faculty of Law of the University of Lisbon, in 2000, and in Commercial Law, at the College of Law, London, in 2003.

He is admitted to the Portuguese Bar Association and regularly publishes in matters relating to his fields of expertise.

Languages

Portuguese, English, French and Spanish.

Memberships

Ricardo Costa Macedo is a member of the Portuguese Bar Association (Ordem dos Advogados).

He is also a member of the European Lawyers Association (ELA) and of the International Bar Association (IBA).

Ricardo Costa Macedo is the partner that represents Caiado Guerreiro at the international lawyers network Globalaw.

Education

  • Postgraduate Studies in Commercial Law College of Law, London, 2003
  • Postgraduate studies in Information Society Law Faculty of Law of the University of Lisboa, 2000
  • Law Degree Faculty of Law of the Catholic University of Lisbon, 1998

Lawyer Rankings

Portugal > Intellectual property

Caiado Guerreiro‘s IP team provides an ‘excellent’ quality of service, excelling in both contentious and non-contentious matters. The team earns further praise for its strong relationships with offices across Europe and Africa, enabling it to advise on a host of cross-border matters. The group is led by Ricardo Costa Macedo, who is well versed in patent litigation in the pharmaceutical sector.