Joana Neves
Joana Neves joined VdA in 2007. Managing Associate at the Litigation & Arbitration practice area, her practice focuses on commercial and investment arbitration (national and international) as well as civil and commercial litigation, covering not only Portugal but also different jurisdictions in Portuguese-speaking countries where VdA Legal Partners network operates, notably Angola and Cabo Verde.
Joana has been representing clients across a variety of sectors, including telecommunications, banking and financial services, insurance, energy, oil & gas and infrastructures.
Joana lectures in courses and speaks in seminars and conferences on matters related to arbitration and civil procedure. She has been acting as Coach for the Faculty of Law of the University of Lisbon in the Willem C. Vis International Commercial Arbitration Moot.
Law Degree, Nova University of Lisbon, Faculty of Law.
Post-Graduation in Arbitration, Nova University of Lisbon, Faculty of Law.
LLM in International Business Law, King's College London.
Author or co-author of various articles namely:
- “Ubi jus, ubi remedium – reflexões acerca do direito à ação judicial e do direito de indemnização contra o responsável pelo tratamento ou o subcontratante”, co-author, in e-book O Contencioso da União Europeia e a cobrança transfronteiriça de créditos: compreendendo as soluções digitais à luz do paradigma da Justiça eletrónica europeia (e-Justice), 2020
- “A indemnização por expropriação nos tratados bilaterais de investimento celebrados por Portugal”, co-author, in António Menezes Cordeiro (coord.), Estudos Comemorativos dos 30 anos do Centro de Arbitragem Comercial da Câmara de Comércio e Indústria Portuguesa, Almedina, 2019
- “2019 Global Arbitration Review Know-How on Challenging and Enforcing Arbitration Awards in Portugal”
- “2017 Global Arbitration Review Know-How on Enforcement in Portugal”
- "Os Efeitos da Insolvência na Arbitragem Internacional: Problemas de Direito Aplicável", in Estudos em Homenagem ao Conselheiro Artur Maurício, Tribunal Constitucional (coord), Coimbra Editora, 2015
- “Lei da Arbitragem Voluntária Comentada”, co-author, Mário Esteves de Oliveira (coord), Almedina, 2014
- "O Princípio da Competência dos Tribunais Arbitrais para decidirem sobre a sua própria Competência", in Análise de Jurisprudência sobre Arbitragem, Almedina, 2011
Admitted to the Portuguese Bar Association.
English, French, Spanish.
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Legal 500
Portugal | Dispute Resolution - Tier 1
"Impressive knowledge of the detail of long-running, fact-heavy cases."