Beatriz Duarte Santos
Joined VdA in 2019. Senior Associate of the Investigations & White-Collar practice.
Her activity is focused on highly complex criminal litigation, particularly related to cybercrime, the suspension of financial operations, organised crime, and economic and financial crime more generally (handling corruption cases in the public and private sectors, including fraud, scams, tax crimes, and money laundering, among others).
Has extensive experience in defending administrative offence cases, particularly in the banking, communications, insurance, health, pharmaceutical, and energy sectors, covering various fields of law, including competition, environmental, and privacy law.
Law degree from the Faculty of Law, Universidade de Lisboa.
Masters degree in Social Legal Sciences from the Nova School of Law, Universidade Nova de Lisboa.
Post-graduate degree in Legal Sciences from the Lisbon School of Law, Universidade Católica Portuguesa.
Post-graduate degree in Bioethics, from the Faculty of Law, Universidade de Lisboa.
Before joining the firm, she worked at João Nabais & Associados as a Trainee Lawyer and Junior Associate.
- Inês Sotto Mayor & Beatriz Duarte Santos, “A suspensão temporária de operações bancárias” (The temporary suspension of banking operations), in A Prática do Contencioso – Reflexões e Tendências de Direito Substantivo e Processual, Coord. Frederico Gonçalves Pereira, Almedina, 2024
Admitted to the Portuguese Bar Association.
Portuguese Criminal Forum.
English, Spanish.