About

Indra is Spain’s leading consulting and technology multinational and one of the most prominent in Europe and Latin America. Leading the legal affairs of Indra’s Portuguese branch, Luís Graça Rodrigues has established a strong in-house legal department that has supported the company’s international expansion. A highly skilled lawyer with experience in a variety of practice areas, Graça Rodrigues had worked as an external counsel for Portuguese law firms prior to his role in Indra. In 2007 he decided to start his own practice, whilst also working as legal counsel for public procurement at the National Authority for Road and Safety, until 2011 when he decided to join Indra. As Indra’s inaugural in-house counsel in Portugal, Graça Rodrigues implemented all the company legal policies and procedures and provided training to the commercial teams that have now developed a good understanding of legal work. He admits that creating a legal department from scratch was a big challenge, which makes it the highlight of his career to date. ‘This allowed me to bring together all the experience and know-how previously acquired as a lawyer in private practice and at law firms, as well as my experience as a legal counsel for public procurement at the National Authority for Road Safety (ANSR). I then adapted this to the company’s specific needs. Following on from that, this shaped me as the lawyer I am today’ he says proudly. In his current role he has been highly involved in the expansion of Indra in the Portuguese-speaking African countries. ‘In order to deal with Indra’s expansion I attended some specialised courses on Angolan law, I subscribed to legal databases for Angola and Mozambique and I invested a considerable part of my time studying the legal regime of Cape Verde, Angola and Mozambique’ says Graça Rodrigues. This additional work has had demonstrable benefits both internally and externally, as he was recently invited to speak at three conferences in Mozambique.