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“We spend a lot of time on the answers to our questions when sometimes what we need to do is change our questions.”

Thiago Hansen – Professor of Legal Theory at UFPR

WHY AND FOR WHAT PURPOSE

We believe that to offer quality services with added value, one needs to find the right balance between experience, strategic vision, technical capacity, awareness as well as proximity.

These are the elements which we adapt to make a real difference in each client’s specific case.

We favour a close working relationship, taking a stance from the outset that is both alert and inquisitive, both natural and rigorous, effective and creative. Because finding a solution does not mean that we do not have to imagine, analyse and innovate.

We aim to give our clients reassurance that they have a partner for their specific needs who can provide them with a vision of the whole.

“Nothing exists on its own and the most insignificant of things is connected to the whole.”

Émile-Auguste Chartier
– philosopher and essayist

“Nothing exists on its own and the most insignificant of things is connected to the whole.”

Émile-Auguste Chartier – philosopher and essayist

WHY AND FOR WHAT PURPOSE

We believe that to offer quality services with added value, one needs to find the right balance between experience, strategic vision, technical capacity, awareness as well as proximity.

These are the elements which we adapt to make a real difference in each client’s specific case.

We favour a close working relationship, taking a stance from the outset that is both alert and inquisitive, both natural and rigorous, effective and creative. Because finding a solution does not mean that we do not have to imagine, analyse and innovate.

We aim to give our clients reassurance that they have a partner for their specific needs who can provide them with a vision of the whole.

WHY AND FOR WHAT PURPOSE

We believe that to offer quality services with added value, one needs to find the right balance between experience, strategic vision, technical capacity, awareness as well as proximity.

These are the elements which we adapt to make a real difference in each client’s specific case.

We favour a close working relationship, taking a stance from the outset that is both alert and inquisitive, both natural and rigorous, effective and creative. Because finding a solution does not mean that we do not have to imagine, analyse and innovate.

We aim to give our clients reassurance that they have a partner for their specific needs who can provide them with a vision of the whole.

“Nothing exists on its own and the most insignificant of things is connected to the whole.”

Émile-Auguste Chartier – philosopher and essayist

AREAS OF LAW

LITIGATION
LABOUR AND PUBLIC EMPLOYMENT
PUBLIC LAW
COMMERCIAL AND CORPORATE
REAL ESTATE

AREAS OF LAW

LITIGATION
LABOUR AND PUBLIC EMPLOYMENT
PUBLIC LAW
COMMERCIAL AND CORPORATE
REAL ESTATE

AREAS OF LAW

LITIGATION
LABOUR AND PUBLIC EMPLOYMENT
PUBLIC LAW
COMMERCIAL AND CORPORATE
REAL ESTATE

OUR TEAM

Rita Granado Antunes

Partner

E-mail:

Litigation | Corporate and Commercial | Real Estate | Labour

Academic Training

  • Law Degree (FDL)
  • Postgraduate Diploma in Legal Science and Legislation (FDL)
  • Master’s Degree in Legal Sciences (curricular part – FDL)
  • Founding Partner of GAN, Sociedade de Advogados, SP, RL.

  • Consultant

  • Member of the Board of Directors of AMA IP

  • Senior Lawyer at Rui Pena, Arnaut & Associados, RL.

  • Consultant to the Legislative Policy and Planning Office of the Ministry of Justice

  • Lawyer at Vieira de Almeida & Associados, RL.

QUEM

Joana Almeida Neves

Partner

E-mail:

Labour and Public Employment | Public Law | Litigation

Academic Training

  • Law Degree (FDL)
  • Postgraduate Diploma in Labour and Social Security Law (IDT, FDL)
  • Postgraduate Diploma in Public Procurement Law and Practice (UCP)
  • Founding Partner of GAN, Sociedade de Advogados, SP, RL.

  • Consultant at BAS - Sociedade de Advogados, SP, RL

  • Director of the Legal Support Office at ESPAP IP

  • Legal Adviser to the Board of Directors at AMA IP

  • Associate Lawyer at Miranda, Correia, Amendoeira & Associados, Sociedade
    de Advogados, RL

  • Associate Lawyer at TMA - Tenreiro Martins, Maricato & Associados, Sociedade de Advogados RL

  • Trainee Lawyer at Fonseca, Barroso & Vicente, Sociedade de Advogados RL

Marta Raquel Baptista

Lawyer

E-mail:

Professional Experience

  • Associate Lawyer at GAN, Sociedade de Advogados, SP, RL.
  • Trainee Lawyer and Lawyer at Vieira Fonseca & Associados, Sociedade de Advogados RL

Academic Training

  • Law Degree (FDUC)
  • Master’s Degree with Honours in Administrative Law (FDUC)
  • Renewable Energy, Cogeneration and Energy Efficiency Law Research Project (DaeDe of the IJFDUC)
  • Specialisation Course in Public Procurement (Nova Law)

Marta Raquel Baptista

Lawyer

E-mail:

Academic Training

  • Law Degree (FDUC)
  • Master’s Degree with Honours in Administrative Law (FDUC)
  • Renewable Energy, Cogeneration and Energy Efficiency Law Research Project (DaeDe of the IJFDUC)
  • Specialisation Course in Public Procurement (Nova Law)

Professional Experience

  • Associate Lawyer at GAN, Sociedade de Advogados, SP, RL.
  • Trainee Lawyer and Lawyer at Vieira Fonseca & Associados, Sociedade de Advogados RL

Marta Raquel Baptista

Lawyer

E-mail:

Professional Experience

  • Associate Lawyer at GAN, Sociedade de Advogados, SP, RL.
  • Trainee Lawyer and Lawyer at Vieira Fonseca & Associados, Sociedade de Advogados RL

Academic Training

  • Law Degree (FDUC)
  • Master’s Degree with Honours in Administrative Law (FDUC)
  • Renewable Energy, Cogeneration and Energy Efficiency Law Research Project (DaeDe of the IJFDUC)
  • Specialisation Course in Public Procurement (Nova Law)

Joana Santana Godinho

Lawyer

E-mail:

Professional Experience

  • Associate Lawyer at GAN, Sociedade de Advogados, SP, RL
  • Lawyer at Sancho e Associados, Sociedade de Advogados
  • Lawyer/ Jurist at Lisboa Ocidental, SRU, EM, S.A
  • Trainee Lawyer at FDR – Sociedade de Advogados, RL
  • Trainee Lawyer at César Pratas & Associados, Sociedade de Advogados, RL

Academic Training

  • Law Degree (FDL)
  • Postgraduate Degree in Criminal Investigation and Evidence Law (FDL)
  • Postgraduate Diploma in Public Procurement Law and Practice (UCP)
  • Short Postgraduate Course in Medical Liability (FDC Biomedical Law Centre)
  • Short Postgraduate Course in Informed Consent (FDC Biomedical Law Centre)
  • Intensive Course on Analysing and Evaluating Bids in Public Procurement Procedures: Legal and Management Perspectives (UCP)

Joana Santana Godinho

Lawyer

E-mail:

Academic Training

  • Law Degree (FDL)
  • Postgraduate Degree in Criminal Investigation and Evidence Law (FDL)
  • Postgraduate Diploma in Public Procurement Law and Practice (UCP)
  • Short Postgraduate Course in Medical Liability (FDC Biomedical Law Centre)
  • Short Postgraduate Course in Informed Consent (FDC Biomedical Law Centre)
  • Intensive Course on Analysing and Evaluating Bids in Public Procurement Procedures: Legal and Management Perspectives (UCP)

Professional Experience

  • Associate Lawyer at GAN, Sociedade de Advogados, SP, RL
  • Lawyer at Sancho e Associados, Sociedade de Advogados
  • Lawyer/ Jurist at Lisboa Ocidental, SRU, EM, S.A
  • Trainee Lawyer at FDR – Sociedade de Advogados, RL
  • Trainee Lawyer at César Pratas & Associados, Sociedade de Advogados, RL

Joana Santana Godinho

Lawyer

E-mail:

Professional Experience

  • Associate Lawyer at GAN, Sociedade de Advogados, SP, RL
  • Lawyer at Sancho e Associados, Sociedade de Advogados
  • Lawyer/ Jurist at Lisboa Ocidental, SRU, EM, S.A
  • Trainee Lawyer at FDR – Sociedade de Advogados, RL
  • Trainee Lawyer at César Pratas & Associados, Sociedade de Advogados, RL

Academic Training

  • Law Degree (FDL)
  • Postgraduate Degree in Criminal Investigation and Evidence Law (FDL)
  • Postgraduate Diploma in Public Procurement Law and Practice (UCP)
  • Short Postgraduate Course in Medical Liability (FDC Biomedical Law Centre)
  • Short Postgraduate Course in Informed Consent (FDC Biomedical Law Centre)
  • Intensive Course on Analysing and Evaluating Bids in Public Procurement Procedures: Legal and Management Perspectives (UCP)

Rafael Cunha Jóia

Lawyer

E-mail:

Professional Experience

  • Associate Lawyer at GAN, Sociedade de Advogados, SP, RL. (2024)
  • Trainee Lawyer and Lawyer at Caiado Guerreiro, Sociedade de Advogados, SP, RL (2021-2023)
  • Trainee at Millennium BCP – Compliance Department (2020-2021)

Academic Training

  • Law Degree (FDUL) – 2015-2019
  • Master in Business Law (FDUC) – 2019-2021
  • Intensive Specialisation Course in Investment Funds (Lisbon Faculty of Law Private Law Research Centre) – 2022

Rafael Cunha Jóia

Lawyer

E-mail:

Academic Training

  • Law Degree (FDUL) – 2015-2019
  • Master in Business Law (FDUC) – 2019-2021
  • Intensive Specialisation Course in Investment Funds (Lisbon Faculty of Law Private Law Research Centre) – 2022

Professional Experience

  • Associate Lawyer at GAN, Sociedade de Advogados, SP, RL. (2024)
  • Trainee Lawyer and Lawyer at Caiado Guerreiro, Sociedade de Advogados, SP, RL (2021-2023)
  • Trainee at Millennium BCP – Compliance Department (2020-2021)

Rafael Cunha Jóia

Lawyer

E-mail:

Professional Experience

  • Associate Lawyer at GAN, Sociedade de Advogados, SP, RL. (2024)
  • Trainee Lawyer and Lawyer at Caiado Guerreiro, Sociedade de Advogados, SP, RL (2021-2023)
  • Trainee at Millennium BCP – Compliance Department (2020-2021)

Academic Training

  • Law Degree (FDUL) – 2015-2019
  • Master in Business Law (FDUC) – 2019-2021
  • Intensive Specialisation Course in Investment Funds (Lisbon Faculty of Law Private Law Research Centre) – 2022

Rita Paulo

Lawyer

E-mail:

Professional Experience

  • Associate Lawyer at GAN, Sociedade de Advogados, SP, RL
  • Lawyer at Deloitte
  • Trainee Lawyer at Caiado Guerreiro, Sociedade de Advogados, SP, RL
  • Trainee Lawyer at Antas da Cunha ECIJA & Associados

Academic Training

  • Law Degree (FDUL)
  • Master’s Degree in Law and Legal Practice – Company Law (FDUL) – ongoing

Rita Paulo

Lawyer

E-mail:

Academic Training

  • Law Degree (FDUL)
  • Master’s Degree in Law and Legal Practice – Company Law (FDUL) – ongoing

Professional Experience

  • Associate Lawyer at GAN, Sociedade de Advogados, SP, RL
  • Lawyer at Deloitte
  • Trainee Lawyer at Caiado Guerreiro, Sociedade de Advogados, SP, RL
  • Trainee Lawyer at Antas da Cunha ECIJA & Associados

Rita Paulo

Lawyer

E-mail:

Professional Experience

  • Associate Lawyer at GAN, Sociedade de Advogados, SP, RL
  • Lawyer at Deloitte
  • Trainee Lawyer at Caiado Guerreiro, Sociedade de Advogados, SP, RL
  • Trainee Lawyer at Antas da Cunha ECIJA & Associados

Academic Training

  • Law Degree (FDUL)
  • Master’s Degree in Law and Legal Practice – Company Law (FDUL) – ongoing

Pedro Ribeiro e Silva

Consultant

E-mail:

Professional Experience

  • Director of Legal Services at MAPFRE Portugal (1998 to 2023)
  • Executive Director at MAPFRE Seguros de Vida, S.A. (2011 to 2023)
  • Secretary of the Boards of Directors of MAPFRE Seguros Gerais, S.A., MAPFRE Seguros de Vida, S.A. and MAPFRE Santander Portugal, S.A. (2011 to 2023)
  • Member of the Board of AIDA Portugal
  • Coordinator of the Civil Liability Technical Committee of the Portuguese Insurers Association (APS)
  • Trainer at the Portuguese Association of Insurers (APS)
  • Lawyer for several insurance companies and specialises in insurance matters
  • University assistant

Academic Training

  • Law Degree (FDL)
  • Master’s Degree in Procedural Legal Sciences (UAL)
  • Postgraduate Diploma in Human Resources Management (UAL)

Pedro Ribeiro e Silva

Consultant

E-mail:

Academic Training

  • Law Degree (FDL)
  • Master’s Degree in Procedural Legal Sciences (UAL)
  • Postgraduate Diploma in Human Resources Management (UAL)

Professional Experience

  • Director of Legal Services at MAPFRE Portugal (1998 to 2023)
  • Executive Director at MAPFRE Seguros de Vida, S.A. (2011 to 2023)
  • Secretary of the Boards of Directors of MAPFRE Seguros Gerais, S.A., MAPFRE Seguros de Vida, S.A. and MAPFRE Santander Portugal, S.A. (2011 to 2023)
  • Member of the Board of AIDA Portugal
  • Coordinator of the Civil Liability Technical Committee of the Portuguese Insurers Association (APS)
  • Trainer at the Portuguese Association of Insurers (APS)
  • Lawyer for several insurance companies and specialises in insurance matters
  • University assistant

Pedro Ribeiro e Silva

Consultant

E-mail:

Professional Experience

  • Director of Legal Services at MAPFRE Portugal (1998 to 2023)
  • Executive Director at MAPFRE Seguros de Vida, S.A. (2011 to 2023)
  • Secretary of the Boards of Directors of MAPFRE Seguros Gerais, S.A., MAPFRE Seguros de Vida, S.A. and MAPFRE Santander Portugal, S.A. (2011 to 2023)
  • Member of the Board of AIDA Portugal
  • Coordinator of the Civil Liability Technical Committee of the Portuguese Insurers Association (APS)
  • Trainer at the Portuguese Association of Insurers (APS)
  • Lawyer for several insurance companies and specialises in insurance matters
  • University assistant

Academic Training

  • Law Degree (FDL)
  • Master’s Degree in Procedural Legal Sciences (UAL)
  • Postgraduate Diploma in Human Resources Management (UAL)

Paulo Serrão

Consultant

E-mail:

Professional Experience

  • Consultant at GAN, Sociedade de Advogados, SP, RL
  • Legal Officer at the Avenidas Novas Parish Council (Lisbon)
  • Founding partner of Coimbra, Serrão & Associados, Sociedade de Advogados, SP, RL
  • Legal advisor to the Lisbon City Council Councillor for Social Housing
  • Legal Officer at the São Domingos de Benfica Parish Council (Lisbon)
  • Legal Manager at Montepio Comercial e Industrial – Mutual Aid Association

Academic Training

  • Law Degree (UM)

Paulo Serrão

Consultant

E-mail:

Professional Experience

  • Consultant at GAN, Sociedade de Advogados, SP, RL
  • Legal Officer at the Avenidas Novas Parish Council (Lisbon)
  • Founding partner of Coimbra, Serrão & Associados, Sociedade de Advogados, SP, RL
  • Legal advisor to the Lisbon City Council Councillor for Social Housing
  • Legal Officer at the São Domingos de Benfica Parish Council (Lisbon)
  • Legal Manager at Montepio Comercial e Industrial – Mutual Aid Association

Academic Training

  • Law Degree (UM)

Paulo Serrão

Consultant

E-mail:

Professional Experience

  • Consultant at GAN, Sociedade de Advogados, SP, RL
  • Legal Officer at the Avenidas Novas Parish Council (Lisbon)
  • Founding partner of Coimbra, Serrão & Associados, Sociedade de Advogados, SP, RL
  • Legal advisor to the Lisbon City Council Councillor for Social Housing
  • Legal Officer at the São Domingos de Benfica Parish Council (Lisbon)
  • Legal Manager at Montepio Comercial e Industrial – Mutual Aid Association

Formação Académica

  • Licenciatura em Direito (UM)

Patrícia Amaro

Office Manager

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Patrícia Amaro

Office Manager

E-mail:

Patrícia Amaro

Office Manager

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GET IN TOUCH WITH US

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GET IN TOUCH WITH US

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WHO ARE WE LOOKING FOR?

Those who are willing to make a difference in a demanding society where technical skills are required, but where there is also room for creative thinking. We prioritise the desire to go further, inquisitive mind-sets as well as the ability to ask questions. Wherever possible, we welcome the opportunity to combine different areas of law in order to find innovative solutions to problems and maximise added value for our clients.
We will favour those who are willing to grow with us while leaving their own imprint.


WHO ARE WE LOOKING FOR?

Those who are willing to make a difference in a demanding society where technical skills are required, but where there is also room for creative thinking. We prioritise the desire to go further, inquisitive mind-sets as well as the ability to ask questions. Wherever possible, we welcome the opportunity to combine different areas of law in order to find innovative solutions to problems and maximise added value for our clients.
We will favour those who are willing to grow with us while leaving their own imprint.


WHO ARE WE LOOKING FOR?

Those who are willing to make a difference in a demanding society where technical skills are required, but where there is also room for creative thinking. We prioritise the desire to go further, inquisitive mind-sets as well as the ability to ask questions. Wherever possible, we welcome the opportunity to combine different areas of law in order to find innovative solutions to problems and maximise added value for our clients.
We will favour those who are willing to grow with us while leaving their own imprint.