VdA maintains its leading position in the IFLR ranking, being distinguished as Tier 1 across all categories assessed for the Portuguese jurisdiction: Banking, Capital Markets Debt, Capital Markets Equity, M&A, Project Development, Project Finance, and Restructuring & Insolvency.

In the individual categories, 31 VdA lawyers were recognised, including 1 Market Leader, 21 Highly Regarded, 5 Women Leaders, 1 Notable Practitioner, 3 Rising Stars Partners, and 5 Rising Stars, making VdA the firm with the highest number of distinguished lawyers.

The IFLR1000 distinctions are based on the opinions of in-house counsels from national and international financial institutions, reflecting the ongoing recognition of VdA’s excellence and leadership across its various practice areas.

Highly regarded

Ana Luís de Sousa

Cláudia Cruz Almeida 

Francisco Sá Carneiro 

Frederico Gonçalves Pereira

Helena Vaz Pinto

Hugo Moredo Santos

João Afonso Fialho 

João Vieira de Almeida 

Jorge Bleck

José Miguel Oliveira

José Pedro Fazenda Martins

Manuel Protásio

Paula Gomes Freire 

Paulo de Barros Baptista 

Paulo Olavo Cunha

Paulo Trindade Costa 

Pedro Simões Coelho

Rodrigo Esteves de Oliveira 

Teresa Empis Falcão

Vanda Cascão

Teresa Pitôrra 

Market Leader

Pedro Cassiano Santos

Notable practitioner

Benedita Aires

Rising Star Parner

Maria Cunha Matos

Sofia Bobone

Tiago Correia Moreira

Rising Star

Cristina Melo Miranda 

Francisca César Machado

Maria Carrilho

Sebastião Nogueira

Soraia Ussene

Women Leaders

Ana Luís de Sousa

Cláudia Cruz Almeida

Paula Gomes Freire

Teresa Empis Falcão

Vanda Cascão