VdA stands out in the 2023 edition of Best Lawyers as "Law Firm of the Year" in the "Litigation" and "Capital Markets Law" categories.

The six lawyers distinguished as "Lawyer of the Year" are João Medeiros in "Litigation", Joaquim Pedro Lampreia  in "Derivatives", Manuel Protásio in "Project Finance and Development Practice", Margarida Couto in "Technology Law", Paula Gomes Freire in "Banking & Finance Law" and Tiago Marreiros Moreira in "Tax Law".

The directory recognizes 19 lawyers in the new category Ones To Watch 2023, with Afonso Ramos Ascensão in "Real Estate Law", Andreia Vidal Tam in "Corporate Law" and "Mergers and Acquisitions Law", Artur de Bragança Teixeira in "Arbitration and Mediation", Carolina Cordeiro dos Santos in "Labour and Employment Law", Carolina Tita Maurício in "Corporate Law", Carolina França Barreira in "Corporate Law", Diana Leandro in "Corporate Law", Filipe Pacheco de Carvalho in "Real Estate Law", Filipa Baeta in "Criminal Defense", Francisca César Machado in "Banking and Finance Law", Francisco Salvador Barradas in "Real Estate Law", João Carlos Assunção in "Intellectual Property Law" and "Litigation", Joana Reis Barata in "Litigation", Mariana Afonso e Cunha in "Public Law,  Margarida Figueiredo Barreto in "Real Estate Law", Martim van Zeller Bettencourt in "Real Estate Law", Pedro Sassetti Coimbra in "Corporate Law" and "Mergers and Acquisitions Law", Sara Santos Dias in "Banking and Finance Law" and Tiago de Oliveira in "Intellectual Property Law" and "Litigation".

77 lawyers were also recommended, in a total of 150 individual recommendations distributed by 36 categories:

Vasco Vieira de AlmeidaAntónio Magalhães CardosoJoão Vieira de AlmeidaAna Luís de SousaAna Marta CastroBenedita AiresCarla Gonçalves BorgesCláudia da Cruz AlmeidaFernando Resina da SilvaFrancisco Cabral Matos; Francisco Sá CarneiroFilipa CottaFrederico Gonçalves PereiraHelena Vaz PintoHugo Moredo Santos,  Inês Antas de Barros Isabel Gião de AndradeJoão Afonso FialhoJoão MedeirosJoão Velez de LimaJoaquim Pedro LampreiaJorge M. BleckJosé Pedro Fazenda MartinsMagda CoccoManuel Cavaleiro BrandãoManuel ProtásioMargarida CoutoMiguel C. ReisMiguel Marques dos SantosMiguel Pinto CardosoNuno RuizPaula Gomes FreirePaulo de Barros BaptistaPaulo Olavo CunhaPaulo PinheiroPaulo Trindade CostaPedro Cassiano SantosPedro FerreirinhaPedro Pereira CoutinhoPedro Simões CoelhoRaul Mota CerveiraRicardo Bordalo JunqueiroRodrigo Esteves de OliveiraRui AndradeSamuel Fernandes de AlmeidaSofia Ribeiro BrancoTeresa Empis FalcãoTiago BessaTiago Correia MoreiraTiago Marreiros MoreiraVanda Cascão; Assunção CristasFrancisca PaulouroSofia BarataTiago PilóConceição GamitoRita MarquesTeresa PitôrraAna Falcão AfonsoAmérico Oliveira FragosoAndré Gaspar MartinsBenedita GonçalvesCláudia Coutinho da CostaFrederico Antas;  Inês Gomes Ferreira; Joana Lobato HeitorJoão Riscado RapoulaLisa Ventura LopesMarta SilvaOrlando Vogler Guiné Pedro Ferreira de Sousa, Rita MagalhãesSalomé Corte-Real; Sara NazaréBárbara MiragaiaTeresa Teixeira Mota.

This international ranking dedicated to the corporate law sector and indicates the best lawyers in their area of practice as a result of the recognition of their peers.

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