Kennedys

Insurance and reinsurance,Professional Indemnity, Public bodies, Commercial and Civil law

Paulo is a Partner and head of Kennedys Lisbon office, he is qualified in Portugal since 1989. Paulo is a highly experienced non litigation, litigation and arbitration lawyer, advises and represents local and international insureres and reinsurers, banks, financial institutions and various companies.

Paulo is specialized in civil and professional liability, clinical negligence, commercial and corporate law; his experience includes dealing with major catastrophic claims; drafting policy wordings for various international insurers and reinsurers in the UK, Spain, Portugal, Brazil and Angola; advising a telecommunication group on corporate and contract matters.

2011 - Present: Partner, Kennedys Lisbon;2001 - 2011: Founding Partner of Almeida & Athayde Law Firm;1991 - 1995: Soares da Veiga Law Firm;1991 - 2010: Lisbon City Hall Legal Adviser.

Portuguese, English, Spanish, French.

IBA – International Bar Association;AIDA Portugal – Insurance Law International Association;

FDCC-Federation of Defense & Corporate Counsel.

Law degree from Faculty of Law at Universidade Lusíada, Lisboa, 1989