VdA achieved 39 nominations in the first edition of Legal 500's Iberia Awards 2025, standing out as the Portuguese firm with the highest number of nominations and the second in the Iberian Peninsula.
In total, VdA received 14 Firm nominations, 24 individual nominations and 1 Deal of the Year nomination, reinforcing its leading presence in the Iberian market.
VdA is nominated in the following categories:
• Law Firm of the Year – Portugal
• Deal of the Year - KKR’s acquisition of Greenvolt
• Banking and Finance Firm of the Year
• Capital Markets Firm of the Year
• Corporate and M&A Firm of the Year
• Data Privacy and Data Protection Firm of the Year
• Dispute Resolution Firm of the Year
• Energy and Natural Resources Firm of the Year
• EU and Competition Firm of the Year
• Intellectual Property Firm of the Year
• Public Law Firm of the Year
• Real Estate Firm of the Year
• Tax Firm of the Year
• TMT Firm of the Year
• White-Collar Crime Firm of the Year
On the individual categories, VdA has the following nominations:
• Lawyer of the Year: Pedro Cassiano Santos
• Lawyer of the Year – Portugal: Magda Cocco
• Banking and Finance Next Generation Partner of the Year: Benedita Aires
• Capital Markets Lawyer of the Year: Pedro Cassiano Santos
• Corporate and M&A Lawyer of the Year: Cláudia Cruz Almeida
• Corporate and M&A Next Generation Partner of the Year: Maria Cunha Matos
• Data Privacy and Data Protection Lawyer of the Year: Magda Cocco
• Data Privacy and Data Protection Next Generation Partner of the Year: Inês Antas de Barros
• Dispute Resolution Lawyer of the Year: Frederico Gonçalves Pereira
• Dispute Resolution Next Generation Partner of the Year: Carla Gonçalves Borges
• Employment Next Generation Partner of the Year: Benedita Gonçalves
• Energy and Natural Resources Lawyer of the Year: Ana Luís de Sousa
• EU and Competition Lawyer of the Year: Nuno Ruiz
• Intellectual Property Next Generation Partner of the Year: Marta Alves Vieira
• Projects and Project Finance Lawyer of the Year: Teresa Empis Falcão
• Public Law Lawyer of the Year: Paulo Pinheiro
• Public Law Next Generation Partner of the Year: Ana Marta Castro
• Real Estate Next Generation Partner of the Year : Pedro Pereira Coutinho
• Restructuring and Insolvency Next Generation Partner of the Year: Teresa Pitôrra
• Tax Next Generation Partner of the Year: Francisco Cabral Matos
• TMT Lawyer of the Year: Magda Cocco
• TMT Next Generation Partner of the Year: Tiago Bessa
• Transport Lawyer of the Year: Paulo de Barros Baptista
• White-Collar Crime Lawyer of the Year: Sofia Ribeiro Branco
The awards ceremony will take place on 27 November at the Four Seasons in Madrid.
