Miguel de Almada

Practice Areas

Arbitration and Litigation (International and Domestic Arbitration, Civil and Commercial Litigation). Large-scale Litigation and Class Action. Construction & Real Estate Litigation. Corporate and M&A Disputes. Insolvency and Special Situations. Antitrust Private Enforcement. Restructuring, Insolvency and Special Situations. Business and Human Rights.

Career

Miguel de Almada joined Cuatrecasas in 2019. He is the head of the litigation and arbitration team in Lisbon.

He has extensive dispute resolution experience, having focused his practice mainly in the areas of civil and commercial litigation and arbitration (domestic and international), together with the intervention in criminal litigation cases. He acts as lawyer and arbitrator and has vast experience in advising on pre-litigation and on judicial litigation and arbitration in several sectors, including construction, projects, concessions, public-private partnerships, joint ventures, corporate, mergers and acquisitions, energy, retail, distribution and retail, food industry, telecommunications, banking and financial services.

Professional Memberships

Member of the Portuguese Bar Association. Vice-President of the General Assembly of the Portuguese Arbitration Association. Vice-President of the Board of the Portuguese Chapter of the Spanish Club of Arbitration.

Member of the ICC Arbitration and ADR Committee, the Portuguese Arbitration Committee of the ICC, the Clube Español del Arbitraje, the Chartered Institute for Arbitrators and INSOL Europe.

Publications

Author of several articles in the field of Arbitration.

Personal

Since 2009, he is a teacher in the Post-Graduation Course in Arbitration of the Law Faculty of the Nova University but also in the subject of Interdisciplinary Juridical Practices of the Bachelor in Law of the same Faculty. He often participates as a speaker in work sessions, seminars and conferences in his areas of practice both in Portugal and abroad.