Mafalda Rodrigues Branco

Joined VdA in 2024. Managing Associate of the Investigations & White-Collar practice.

Advises on criminal litigation matters, with a focus on economic and financial crimes and regulatory and misdemeanours, notably in the telecommunications, competition, privacy, pharmaceutical, and environmental sectors.

Has extensive experience in corporate risk management, advising both national and multinational entities on the design and development of compliance programmes in the fields of corruption prevention, anti-money laundering and terrorist financing, and whistleblower protection.

Conducts internal investigations to prepare companies’ defences following the launch of sanction procedures and in the context of due diligence exercises and periodic compliance reviews.

2022 – Rising Star Award in the Arbitration category – Women in Business Law

Law degree, Catholic University of Lisbon, Faculty of Law.

Master in Litigation, Catholic University of Lisbon, Faculty of Law.

Post-graduation in Law Enforcement, Compliance and Criminal Law in Banking and Finance, University of Lisbon, Faculty of Law.

Before joining the firm, she worked at SRS Legal as a Managing Associate in the Dispute Resolution Department.

  • A Reputação de Manhã é Ouro, à Tarde Prata e à Noite Mata” (Reputation in the Morning is Gold, in the Afternoon Silver, and at Night it Kills), Advocatus Magazine, 2024

Admitted to the Portuguese Bar Association. 

English.

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