Sofia Martins

Practice Areas

Dispute Resolution

Career

Sofia Martins joined Miranda & Associados, where she co-heads the heads the disputes practice, in 2014.

Sofia has extensive experience in representing clients in a wide range of civil, commercial and investment disputes, ranging from construction to energy, in Portugal and abroad, and has acted as sole arbitrator, co-arbitrator and presiding arbitrator in several cases.

Sofia sits on the Board of Portuguese Arbitration Association since 2014. She also served as an officer of the IBA Arbitration Committee and co-editor of the IBA International Arbitration Guide between 2017 and 2022, and is a member of the ICC ADR and Arbitration Committee. Previously she was one of the co-chairs for CEA-40 and APASub40, having also sat on the board of the Arbitration Centre of the Portuguese Chamber of Commerce and Industry (2012 – 2019).

She is recognized by the most relevant publications, such as Chambers, Legal 500 and WWL. Sofia participates regularly in industry conferences as speaker, in Portugal and abroad, and lectures in several courses in the main law schools in Portugal, also frequently writing on arbitration related matters.