Mariana Faden rejoined VdA in 2026. She is an Associate in the Competition & EU practice.
Between 2022 and 2025 she integrated VdA as an Associate Lawyer at the Competition & EU practice, having also integrated the Information, Communication & Technology practice.
Law degree University of Lisbon Faculty of Law.
Attendance Post-Graduation in E-Commerce (E-Commerce Law) by Centro de Investigação de Direito Privado (CIDP) and Instituto de Direito do Consumo (IDC) of the University of Lisboa Faculty of Law.
LLM European Law and Global Risk at Tilburg University.
She worked at the European Commission as a Blue Book Trainee in DG Competition, Cartels unit, between October 2025 and February 2026.
Before joining VdA, she worked as a summer intern at the firm in 2019, in the practice area of Banking &Finance.
Admitted to the Portuguese Bar Association.
English, Italian, Spanish.