Joined VdA in 2023. Associate of the Investigations & White-Collar practice.
Has handled various criminal cases, with a focus on economic and financial crimes, and regulatory and administrative offences, notably in the following sectors: communications, insurance, health, pharmaceutical, energy, environment, privacy, and online games and betting.
Regularly advises both national and multinational organisations on the design and development of compliance programmes to prevent corruption, combat money laundering and terrorist financing, and protect whistleblowers.
Law degree by the University of Lisbon - Faculty of Law.
Masters in Tax Law by the Portuguese Catholic University of Lisbon - Faculty of Law.
Post-graduation in M&A & Corporate Litigation by the Private Law Research Center - Faculty of Law, University of Lisbon.
XXVI Specialization Course in Economic, International and European Criminal Law by the Institute of Economic and European Criminal Law - Faculty of Law, University of Coimbra.
VII Specialization Course on Compliance and Criminal Law by the Institute of Economic and European Criminal Law - Faculty of Law, University of Coimbra.
Initial Pedagogical Training for Trainers Course.
Course on Criminal Law in Artificial Intelligence and Artificial Intelligence in Criminal Law organised by the Faculty of Law of the University of Lisbon.
Obtaining E-Evidence when Investigating and Prosecuting Crimes, Academy of European Law.
Lecturer at IDS (Instituto para o Desenvolvimento Social), where she taught several areas of law.
Before joining the firm Inês worked at Carlos Pinto de Abreu e Associados as a trainee and an associate.
She completed a summer internship in 2019 at Miranda e Associados, in the litigation and arbitration area of practice.
Admitted to the Portuguese Bar Association.
Member of ECBA (European Criminal Bar Association).
English, Spanish.