Lexology Index, formerly Who's Who Legal, has released the results of its 2024 ranking. This ranking recognises the most notable lawyers in their practice areas, based on the recommendations of their colleagues and clients.

VdA remains in the spotlight in the following areas: Arbitration, Arbitration Future Leaders - Non-Partners, Arbitration Future Leaders - Partners, Banking - Financial, Banking - Regulatory, Crime Defence - Corporate, Capital Markets - Debt & Equity, Capital Markets - Structured Finance, Client Choice - Life Sciences, Competition, Competition Future Leaders - Non-Partners, Corporate Governance, Tax - Advisory, Tax - Controversy, Data - Data Privacy & Protection, Data - Data Security, Data - Information Technology, Energy - Oil & Gas, Energy - Electricity, Finance, Fintech, Fintech & Blockchain - Blockchain, Fintech & Blockchain - Fintech, Corporate Governance, Government - Government Contracts, IP - Patents, Labour & Employment, Life Sciences - Patent Litigation, Life Sciences - Regulatory, Life Sciences - Transactional, M&A, Mining, Private Client, Private Funds - Training, Project Finance, Real Estate, Restructuring & Insolvency, Telecoms & Media, Transport - Space & Satellites.

In the ‘Global Elite Thought Leader’ category:

In the ‘Thought Leader’ category:

In the ‘Future Leader’ category:

In the ‘Recommended’ category:

  • Ana Luís de Sousa - ‘Project Finance’;
  • Ana Marta Castro - ‘Government - Public Procurement’;
  • António de Magalhães Cardoso - ‘Life Sciences - Patent Litigation’;
  • Benedita Gonçalves - ‘Labour & Employment’;
  • Bruno de Zêzere Barradas - ‘Competition Future Leaders - Non-Partners’;
  • Carla Gonçalves Borges - ‘Arbitration Future Leaders - Partners’;
  • Fernando Resina da Silva - ‘Data - Information Technology’, ‘Fintech & Blockchain - Blockchain’, ‘Telecoms & Media’;
  • Francisca Paulouro - ‘Life Sciences - Regulatory’;
  • Francisco Cabral Matos - ‘Corporate Tax - Advisory’;
  • Helena Correia Mendonça - ‘Data - Data Security’;
  • Helena Vaz Pinto - ‘Capital Markets - Debt & Equity’;
  • Hugo Moredo Santos - ‘Banking - Finance’, ‘Capital Markets - Debt & Equity’, ‘Capital Markets - Structured Finance’;
  • Inês Antas de Barros - ‘Data - Privacy and Data Protection’;
  • João Afonso Fialho - ‘Energy - Oil & Gas’;
  • João Riscado Rapoula - ‘Private Clients’;
  • João Velez de Lima - ‘Corporate Tax - Advisory’, ‘Corporate Tax - Controversy’;
  • João Vieira de Almeida - ‘M&A’;
  • Joaquim Pedro Lampreia - ‘Corporate Tax - Advisory’, ‘Corporate Tax - Controversy’;
  • Jorge Bleck - ‘Capital Markets - Debt & Equity’; ‘Capital Markets - Structured Finance’, ‘M&A’;
  • José Pedro Fazenda Martins - ‘Capital Markets - Debt & Equity’, "Capital Markets - Structured Finance";
  • Magda Cocco - ‘Data - Privacy and Data Protection’, ‘Data - Data Security’, ‘Data - Information Technology’, ‘Telecommunications and Media’;
  • Manuel Protásio - ‘Banking - Finance’, ‘Mining’, ‘Project Finance’;
  • Margarida Couto - ‘Data - Privacy and Data Protection’, ‘Data - Information Technologies’;
  • Mariana França Gouveia - ‘Arbitration’;
  • Marta Alves Vieira - ‘IP - Patents’;
  • Miguel C. Reis - ‘Corporate Tax - Advisory’;
  • Nuno Ruiz - ‘Competition’;
  • Paula Gomes Freire - ‘Capital Markets - Debt & Equity’, ‘Capital Markets - Structured Finance’, ‘Banking - Finance’;
  • Paulo de Barros Batista - ‘Project Finance’;
  • Paulo Olavo Cunha - ‘Corporate Governance’;
  • Paulo Pinheiro - ‘Government - Public Procurement’; ‘Life Sciences - Regulatory’, ‘Life Sciences - Transactional’;
  • Pedro Corrêa de Oliveira - ‘Real Estate’;
  • Pedro Simões Coelho - ‘Banking - Financial’, ‘Banking - Regulatory’, ‘Capital Markets - Debt & Equity’, ‘Private Funds - Training’;
  • Ricardo Bordalo Junqueiro - ‘Competition’;
  • Rodrigo Esteves de Oliveira - ‘Government - Public Procurement’;
  • Sofia Ribeiro Branco - ‘Defence of Corporate Crime - Companies’;
  • Teresa Empis Falcão - ‘Project Finance’;
  • Tiago Bessa - ‘Telecoms & Media’;
  • Tiago Correia Moreira - ‘Fintech & Blockchain - Blockchain’;
  • Tiago Marreiros Moreira - ‘Corporate Tax - Advisory’, ‘Corporate Tax - Controversy’;
  • Vanda Cascão - ‘Energy - Power/Electricity’.