Joana Reis Barata
Joana Reis Barata rejoined VdA in 2021. She is a Senior Associate in the IP Litigation practice.
She has been involved in various judicial and arbitral disputes related to intellectual property, particularly concerning patent infringement and nullity actions in the pharmaceutical sector. Additionally, Joana provides legal advice to national and international companies across all areas of Intellectual Property.
Doctoral student in Law, University of Lisbon, Faculty of Law.
Master’s in Law, University of Lisbon, Faculty of Law.
Postgraduate degree in Law Enforcement, Compliance and Criminal Law in banking, financial and economic activities, Research Centre for Criminal Law and Criminal Sciences.
Postgraduate degree in Corporate Criminal Law, Research Centre for Criminal Law and Criminal Sciences.
Postgraduate degree in Medical Law and Criminal Justice, Research Centre for Criminal Law and Criminal Sciences.
Law degree, University of Lisbon, Faculty of Law.
Assistant Lecturer in the Legal Sciences Group at the University of Lisbon, Faculty of Law, since 2017.
Lecturer in various postgraduate courses organised by the Research Centre for Private Law (CIDP) of the University of Lisbon, Faculty of Law.
Before joining the firm, Joana worked at Morais Leitão, Galvão Teles, Soares da Silva & Associados - Sociedade de Advogados, S.P. R.L. as an Associate (2019-2021), having previously worked at VdA as a trainee lawyer (2017-2019).
She is the author of several articles in the areas of Civil Law, Civil Procedure Law, Industrial Property Law and Criminal Law, published specialised journals and collective works, namely:
- “Report on Portugal” (co-authored with João Gouveia de Caires), in Third Parties in Criminal Proceedings: A Comparative Law Study, Stefano Ruggeri, Antonella Falcone, Viviana Di Nuzzo (eds.), Springer, 2024;
- “As providências cautelares ex parte no Código da Propriedade Industrial - utopia ou realidade?” (co-authored with Beatriz Lima and Tiago de Oliveira), in A Prática do Litencioso - Reflexões e Tendências de Direito Substantivo e Processual, Coimbra: Almedina, 2024;
- “O regime jurídico dos conhecimentos fortuitos em ambiente digital: contribuição da plain view doctrine à luz da legislação portuguesa”, in Novos Desafios da Prova Penal, Vol. II, Coimbra: Almedina, 2023;
- “O direito das contraordenações enquanto ‘terra de ninguém’: O efeito do recurso judicial das decisões das autoridades administrativas. Um olhar sobre a jurisprudência do tribunal constitucional”, Revista Portuguesa de Ciência Criminal, No. 2/2022 (Apr-Aug 2022);
- “O desassossego do Tribunal da Relação de Lisboa quanto à aplicação do regime de apreensão de mensagens de correio eletrónico”, in Prof. Dr Augusto Silva Dias in Memoriam, Lisbon: AAFDL Editora, 2022.
Admitted to the Portuguese Bar Association.
Researcher at the Research Centre for Private Law (CIDP) and the Research Centre for Criminal Law and Criminal Sciences (CIDPCC).
English.