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About
Provided by Mafalda Ferreira Santos
Practice Areas
Arbitration & Litigation; Restructuring & Insolvency
Career
At SÉRVULO since 2018, Mafalda Ferreira Santos is a partner in the firm’s Litigation department, focusing her practice in the areas of Restructuring and Insolvency and Arbitration. She holds a Master’s in Legal Sciences from the Faculty of Law of the University of Lisbon. Mafalda Ferreira Santos started her professional career in 1997 at the law firm «F. Castelo Branco, P. Rebelo de Sousa & Associados - Sociedade de Advogados» (Portuguese Legal Group, AEIE) and in «P. Rebelo de Sousa & Associados, Simmons & Simmons.». From 2003 to 2013 Mafalda Ferreira Santos was an associate at the law firm «Gonçalves Pereira, Castelo Branco & Associados», currently «Cuatrecasas, Gonçalves Pereira & Associados, Sociedade de Advogados, SP, RL», where she became partner in 2013. Mafalda Ferreira Santos has lectured the Interdisciplinary Juridical Practice discipline from 2004 to 2017, at the Faculty of Law of the Nova University of Lisbon. She joined the Bar Association in 1997.
Chambers Review
Europe
Mafalda Ferreira Santos assists clients with contentious matters within insolvency, including pre-litigation and litigation proceedings, as well as revitalisation proceedings and credit claims.
Mafalda Ferreira Santos regularly advises on banking and real estate disputes, with the proven ability to assist with international matters. She has further experience in disputes regarding distribution agreements and product liability.
Contributions
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Strengths
Provided by Chambers
"She has an outstanding capacity of diagnosing the situations, appraising the risks and identifying all possible solutions."
"She has a great and profound knowledge of the matters and dedicates herself fully to them."
"Mafalda Ferreira Santos has excellent communication skills and availability to clarify issues."
"Mafalda Ferreira Santos has a great and profound knowledge. She dedicates herself fully to these matters and is always thinking about us and our needs."
"Mafalda is very attentive to the details. She is a team leader who has everything well documented and she can be assertive without losing diplomacy."
"She has an outstanding capacity of diagnosing the situations, appraising the risks and identifying all possible solutions."
"She has a great and profound knowledge of the matters and dedicates herself fully to them."
"Mafalda Ferreira Santos has excellent communication skills and availability to clarify issues."
"Mafalda Ferreira Santos has a great and profound knowledge. She dedicates herself fully to these matters and is always thinking about us and our needs."
"Mafalda is very attentive to the details. She is a team leader who has everything well documented and she can be assertive without losing diplomacy."