PARES reinforces Litigation and Arbitration team

Alexandre Marques de Carvalho joins from Jardim, Sampaio e Associados. Mariana Brandão Rodrigues joins from SRS Legal.

PARES has just announced the reinforcement of its Litigation and Arbitration team, with the integration of Alexandre Marques de Carvalho and Mariana Brandão Rodrigues. The lawyers join the Firm as Associates.

According to João de Freitas e Costa, Managing Partner of the Firm: "The integration of Alexandre and Mariana comes in a context of marked increase in workload in an area that has seen a very relevant increase in demand in recent years". And he adds: "These two reinforcements also reflect what has been our positioning over the years: to grow organically, in order to build a team capable of offering our clients effective support in our areas of specialization". The Managing Partner of PARES concludes, emphasizing: "The Litigation and Arbitration area is a central area in our Firm's strategy. In this sense, we will continue to invest in its growth, whenever justified".

Alexandre Marques de Carvalho joins from Jardim, Sampaio e Associados, where he developed his practice over the last 10 years, initially as a Trainee and, subsequently, as a Lawyer. In recent years, he has focused essentially on issues related to civil litigation, with special focus on liability actions, contractual and non-contractual, also providing advisory services in criminal and administrative offense areas.

Alexandre Marques de Carvalho holds a Law degree from the Faculty of Law of the University of Lisbon and a master's degree in Corporate Law (with specialization in Labor Law) from ISCTE.

Mariana Brandão Rodrigues joins from SRS Legal, where she worked for the last 2 years, mainly in the areas of Criminal, Administrative Offenses, Civil Law and Litigation. Between 2020 and 2023 she collaborated with the office of Dr. Ricardo Sá Fernandes, first as a Trainee and, subsequently, as a Lawyer.

Mariana Brandão Rodrigues holds a Law degree from the Faculty of Law of the Portuguese Catholic University. She also holds a Master of Laws - LLM in Forensics, Criminology and Law from Maastricht University Faculty of Law (curricular part) and a postgraduate course in Compliance for Corruption Prevention from the Faculty of Law of Nova University of Lisbon.

PARES' Litigation and Arbitration area is led by Partners Sandra Severino and Pedro Carreira Albano, and by Managing Associate Ricardo Dionísio Mota. The team currently comprises 17 lawyers.

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