I recently participated in a private peer-to-peer roundtable discussion with four colleagues - local legal leaders – and we spent some time envisioning various aspects of the future of our industry.

Recentemente, participei numa mesa-redonda privada de discussão entre pares com quatro colegas – líderes jurídicos locais – e dedicámos algum tempo a imaginar vários aspetos do futuro da nossa indústria.

Global electricity generation to power data centers is expected to grow by more than 280% by 2035. Natural gas and coal are projected to supply over 40% of the additional...

Portugal's recent Ordinance 292/2025/1 (Portaria) removes Hong Kong, Liechtenstein, and Uruguay from the list of "jurisdictions with clearly more favorable tax regimes."

Portugal has gained increasing recognition as a hub for innovative businesses and a vibrant tech ecosystem.

A recente Portaria n.º 292/2025/1 remove Hong Kong, o Liechtenstein e o Uruguai da lista de "países, territórios ou regiões com regimes fiscais claramente mais favoráveis".

In January João Taborda da Gama spoke about "Regulation and Ethical Dilemmas in the Application of Entheogens" at the HEAL Forum at the University of Beira Interior in Covilhã...

Portugal's upcoming transposition of the EU Pay Transparency Directive will require companies with over 100 employees to disclose salary ranges, justify pay gaps exceeding 5%, and shift the burden of proof to employers in discrimination disputes. Drawing on the counterintuitive success of radical transparency at Brazilian manufacturer Semco, this analysis examines what Portuguese employers must prepare for as the June 2026 deadline approaches.

Portugal tem ganho cada vez mais reconhecimento como centro de negócios inovadores e de ecossistemas tecnológicos vibrantes.

Portugal's administrative reform agenda is advancing through expert consultation, with legal scholars and practitioners convening to shape the revision of key procedural codes governing public procurement, administrative actions, and state accountability. Gama Glória partner Luís Fábrica contributed insights on the reform of the Código do Procedimento Administrativo, emphasizing digitalization, procedural simplification, and strengthened individual guarantees.

The Defense Readiness Omnibus and its associated legislative package is a clear and credible signal that the EU is confronting some of the long-standing structural barriers to its defense industrial capacity.

European financial sector tax reform is imminent, with the European Parliament and Commission acknowledging that current VAT exemption rules from the 1970s no longer reflect modern fintech business models. Leaders of digital banks, payment companies, and financial platforms face a critical window to influence policy outcomes that will fundamentally reshape their tax obligations and competitive positioning.

Unlike patents or copyright, trade secrets rely on secrecy for both their value and their legal protection. Every company holds information it wants to keep confidential in order to maintain an edge over competitors.

Forty years ago, the CEO of a Brazilian manufacturer, Semco, opened the company’s books and discovered that, in this case, full financial transparency produced better decisions and higher revenue. What Ricardo Semler did voluntarily at Semco, the EU Pay Transparency Directive now requires — in a considerably narrower form — of every employer in Europe.

O Defense Readiness Omnibus e o pacote legislativo que o acompanha representam um sinal claro e credível de que a UE está a enfrentar alguns dos bloqueios estruturais e persistentes que limitam a sua capacidade industrial de defesa.

João Taborda da Gama continues to shape international discourse on psychedelic regulation, speaking at major European forums on the legal, ethical, and philosophical tensions surrounding controlled substances. His recent presentations in Ukraine and Portugal examine who holds authority over consciousness-altering therapies, whether existing frameworks reflect coherent principles or accumulated habit, and what risks and possibilities fall outside medicalization's reach.

If we acknowledge that large language models could bring about an age of poor-quality analysis and reasoning in the field of law, then we can still protect ourselves.

In venture capital transactions, liquidation preferences determine how proceeds are distributed between investors and founders during exits or liquidations. This analysis examines how these common-law mechanisms operate within Portugal's more formalistic corporate law framework, exploring the structural and interpretive challenges that arise when embedding such clauses in bylaws versus shareholder agreements across different liquidity scenarios.

À primeira vista, a exigência da Diretiva parece modesta: os empregadores devem ser capazes de explicar por que pagam o que pagam. No entanto, para muitas organizações, esta pergunta revelar-se-á mais difícil do que se esperaria.

Personal data regulation is a familiar constraint. Both EU and non-EU companies struggle to comply with the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), which applies whenever data can be linked to an identifiable individual.