VdA is featured in the Women in Business Law Awards 2023, being nominated in several categories for these awards, which aim to honour women at the forefront of legal work, as well as firms that have produced initiatives and programmes to support and encourage women and promote diversity in the legal market.

In this edition VdA is nominated in 2 firm categories and 12 individual categories.

In the firm categories VdA is nominated for the "Pro Bono Work National Firm of the Year" and "Portugal Firm of the Year" awards.

In the individual highlights VdA has the following nominations: Carla Gonçalves Borges for "Commercial Arbitration Lawyer of the Year" and "Litigator of the Year", Maria Leonor Piconez for "Corporate Rising Star", Ana Luís de Sousa for "Energy Natural Resources & Mining Lawyer of the Year", Assunção Cristas for "Environment Lawyer of the Year", Magda Cocco for "Information Communication Technology Lawyer of the Year" and also "Media & Entertainment Lawyer of the Year", Joana Piriquito Santos for "IP Rising Star", Francisca Paulouro for "Life Sciences Lawyer of the Year", Matilde Líbano Monteiro for "Litigation Rising Star", Maria Cunha Matos for "Private Equity Lawyer of the Year" and Teresa Teixeira Mota for "Tax Rising Star".

The winners will be announced at a ceremony to be held on 28 June in London.

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