Team
Our Team
Partners
Maria Inês Santos
Vanda Amado Neto
Associates
Marco Gadanha
Nádia Santos
Sara Bernardes
João Pêra
Trainee Lawyer
Carolina Sofia Abrantes
Administrative
Conceição Alcântara
Catarina Constantino
Banking Law, Litigation, Arbitration, Civil Law, Criminal Law, Insolvency, Labor Law, Industrial Property Law, Personal Data Protection, Succession Law, Commercial Law, and Corporate Law.
- Attendance of the postgraduate course in Corporate Law at the Catholic University of Portugal in Lisbon. (2024-2025)
- Registered with the Portuguese Attorney Order since September 1997.
- Law Degree from the Portuguese Catholic University of Lisbon. Colégio de São João de Brito – Lisbon.
- Founding Member of MAGNA Law Firm (to present).
- Lawyer / Coordinator of the Legal Affairs and Litigation Department at Caixa de Crédito Agrícola Mútuo de Caldas da Rainha, Óbidos e Peniche, C.R.L. (October 2014 to July 2018).
- Lawyer in the Legal Assistance and Litigation Department at Caixa de Crédito Agrícola Mútuo de Caldas da Rainha, Óbidos e Peniche, C.R.L. (June 2000 to October 2014).
- Legal Advisor / Coordinator at the Leiria Regional Office of DECO – Portuguese Association for Consumer Protection (January 1998 to January 2000).
- Lawyer in the Legal Assistance and Litigation Department at Caixa de Crédito Agrícola Mútuo de Porto de Mós, C.R.L. (September 1997 to May 2000).
- Trainee Lawyer in the Legal Assistance and Litigation Department at Caixa de Crédito Agrícola Mútuo de Porto de Mós, C.R.L. (April 1997 to September 1997).
- Legal Advisor at DECO – Portuguese Association for Consumer Protection, Lisbon (March 1996 to April 1997).
- Trainee Lawyer and private practice as a self-employed lawyer at own law office in Porto de Mós (1995 to 1997).
- Conference “The General Data Protection Regulation” – Lisbon Regional Council of the Portuguese Bar Association (May 2018).
- Course “Anti-Money Laundering & Counter Terrorism Financing – Update” – Instituto de Formação Bancária / Caixa Central de Crédito Agrícola Mútuo (March 2017).
- Course “Forcoord – Coordination Training 2015” – Caixa Central de Crédito Agrícola Mútuo (October to November 2015).
- Workshop “Forensic Practice and Negotiation” – Almedina (April 2014).
- Workshop “The New Code of Civil Procedure – Declaratory Proceedings” – Almedina (October 2013).
- Conference “The New Insolvency and Business Recovery Code (CIRE) and Corporate Recovery Procedures” – RSA / IGFSS / Debates & Discursos (May 2012).
- Seminar “Bank Guarantees” – Caixa Central de Crédito Agrícola Mútuo (March 2010).
- Course “The New Unprovisioned Cheque Law” – Caixa Central – Caixa Central de Crédito Agrícola Mútuo, C.R.L. (March 1998).
- Attendance of the Credit Risk Analysis Course – Instituto de Formação Bancária, Lisbon (1997 to 1998).
- Attendance of the Pre-Litigation and Litigation Course – Caixa Central – Caixa Central de Crédito Agrícola Mútuo, C.R.L. (November 1997).
- Seminar “Balance Sheet Interpretation and Business Valuation” – Portuguese Bar Association / SEG – Economic and Management Services (1996).
- Attendance of the Business Management Course – Escola de Negócios – Association for Higher Business Studies (1994).
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A lawyer must possess the strength, fighting spirit, and dedication required to accompany every case from its beginning to its conclusion, always in the defence of the client.
Maria Inês Santos