Matilde Líbano Monteiro
Matilde Líbano Monteiro
Matilde joined VdA in 2015. She is a Managing Associate of the Litigation & Arbitration practice area where she has been focusing on civil, corporate and commercial litigation, as well as domestic and international arbitration, including investment arbitration, bot h i n Portugal and in Portuguese speaking African countries, notably Mozambique, Angola, Cape Verde and Sao Tome & Príncipe.
More specifically, Matilde’s recent work has focused on M&A and corporate / shareholder disputes, comprising both litigation and arbitration proceedings, as well as contract disputes in a wide range of industries, including banking, private equity, energy, infrastructure, telecommunications, water sector, health care sector, amongst others.
In the arbitration field, she has dealt with numerous institutional and ad hoc arbitral proceedings in the past years, notably ICC, ICSID and UNCITRAL rules.
Matilde is a co-chair of the Under 40 Committee of the Portuguese Arbitration Association and she lectures in courses and speaks in seminars and conferences, in the fields of arbitration and civil procedure.
Rising Star Award, Women in Business Law Awards - Arbitration - 2024
Law degree, Nova University of Lisbon, Faculty of Law.
Masters degree "Global Legal Studies", Portuguese Catholic University (Lisbon), Faculty of Law and Duke University Law School.
Advanced Postgraduate degree in Arbitration, University of Lisbon, Faculty of Law.
Before joining VdA, Matilde worked as advisor to the Secretary of State for Infrastructure, Transports and Communications, from March 2013 to March 2015, and as trainee and associate at Morais Leitão, Galvão Teles, Soares da Silva & Associados, between January 2009 and February 2013.
Author / co-athor of publications in her fields of expertise, namely:
- “International Arbitration in Portugal, Chapter 10: Interim Measures and Preliminary Orders”, co-author, Wolters Kluwer, 2020.
- “2019 Global Arbitration Review Know-How on Challenging and Enforcing Arbitration Awards in Portugal”, co-author.
- “Pedidos entre Demandados na Arbitragem: Notas sobre Evoluções Recentes a Partir do Direito Português”, in Revista Brasileira de Arbitragem, 2017.
- “2017 Global Arbitration Review Know-How on Enforcement in Portugal”, co-author.
Admitted to the Portuguese Bar Association.
Member of the Portuguese Arbitration Association.
English, Spanish, French.
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Portugal | Dispute Resolution - Tier 1
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