Miguel Lourenço e Silva joined VdA in 2016. He is a senior associate at the Litigation & Arbitration practice area focusing on civil and commercial litigation and national and international arbitration. Miguel is primarily involved in court and arbitration proceedings, representing clients from many different industries, such as banking, energy, construction, infrastructure, manufacture, sports, security, and real estate, to name a few.
Law degree – Universidade Católica Portuguesa Law School.
Master’s degree in Business Law - Universidade Católica Portuguesa Law School. Completed the Research-Oriented Master’s program with a dissertation entitled “Das Alterações Qualitativas e Quantitativas Decorrentes da Fusão de Sociedades – Revisitando a Dimensão Jurídica de um Fenómeno de Matriz Socioeconómica” [Qualitative and Quantitative Changes resulting from Company Mergers - Revisiting the Legal Dimension of a Socio-economic Phenomenon].
Completed the Curso de Prova em Processo Civil | Uma Perspectiva Teórico-Prática [Course on Evidence in Civil Procedure | A Theoretical-Practical Perspective] – Universidade Nova de Lisboa Law School.
Post-graduate studies in Arbitration - Universidade Nova de Lisboa Law School.
Miguel has co-authored several books and articles, including:
Admitted to the Portuguese Bar Association.
Admitted to the Timor-Leste Bar Association.
Member of the Comissão CAC Futuro [Future CAC Committee] of the Center for Commercial Arbitration of the Portuguese Chamber of Commerce and Industry.
English, French.