GC Influencers
Most Influential GCs - Portugal
Marta Almeida Afonso of REN - Redes Energéticas Nacionais, SGPS, S.A.
Marta Almeida Afonso heads the legal department at REN, also acting as company secretary. She joined the company in 2015, following over a decade as an associate at Linklaters in Lisbon.
Sources are quick to recommend her as an influential counsel for her technical knowledge and team-management skills, one reporting: “She is well prepared from a technical point of view.” Another interviewee further notes: “She has done a very good job of organising the department and creating it from scratch.”
Almeida Afonso adeptly handles the complex corporate and regulatory issues the company faces as holder of the concession of large energy infrastructure networks in Portugal, with expertise in negotiating international agreements.
She is a law graduate from the University of Lisbon and holds an MBA from The Lisbon MBA.