Career
Mafalda Martins Advogados, founder - May 2021.
Abreu Advogados – International Legal Solutions in partnership with the Brazilian law firm Siqueira Castro, Advogados since January 2015. Consultant in the field of foreign investment in Portugal, or monitoring of Portuguese companies investing in Brazil (2015 to May 2021)
Realtime Corporation Participações S.A. (Grupo Ongoing Brasil) from January 2013 to December 2014 Legal Director Responsible for setting up the Legal Department of Grupo Ongoing in Brazil, a group with about 10 companies in Brazil in the technology and media areas
Banco Millennium Angola 2010 - 2012 General Secretary and Legal Director. From January 2010 to July 2012 responsible for the Legal Office of Banco Millennium Angola, responsible for the General Secretary of the Executive Committee and Advisor to the Executive Committee (Directorates that did not exist and were created, with the definition of objectives, structuring and training of the team, definition of operating rules and methodologies)
Ministério das Obras Públicas, Transportes e Comunicações 2008 - 2009 Assistant to the Minister of Public Works, Transports and Communications, in the XVII Portuguese Constitutional Government, from September 2008 to October 2009
Azevedo Neves, Benjamim Mendes, Bessa Monteiro, Cardigos & Associados, Sociedade de Advogados, RL (ABBC) 2007-2008 Associate Lawyer at Azevedo Neves, Benjamim Mendes, Bessa Monteiro, Cardigos & Associados, Sociedade de Advogados RL (from March 2007 to August 2008), in Portugal
Abreu, Cardigos & Associados, Sociedade de Advogados RL 2003 – 2007 Associate Lawyer at Abreu, Cardigos & Associados, Sociedade de Advogados RL (from October 2005 to March 2007). Trainee Lawyer at Abreu, Cardigos & Associados, Law Firm RL (from October 2003 to October 2005), in Portugal
Additional qualifications:
Commander Degree of the Brazilian Honorary Consul of the Sovereign Order – ACONBRAS – assigned in October 2016;
President of the Consuls Association of São Paulo (ACONSP) since January 2015;
Accounting Intensive Course for Executives, conducted by INEDEM – January 2005;
Spanish Course from Instituto Cervantes – middle level, in 2005;
Legal English course, advanced level, from Oxford School – November to February 2003;
Legal french course (M1), middle level, from Oxford School - March to May 2003;
Art history course, conducted by Instituto de Cultura e Estudos Sociais from Câmara Municipal de Cascais, March 2003;
Course about “New Challanges to Liberal Democracy in a Global World”, conducted by Instituto de Cultura e Estudos Sociais from Câmara Municipal de Cascais and Faculdade de Letras da Universidade de Lisboa, July 2003;
Course about “International Security and Internal Security : New Perspectives”, conducted by Instituto de Cultura e Estudos Sociais from Câmara Municipal de Cascais and Faculdade de Letras da Universidade de Lisboa, July 2003;
Russian Language and Culture course, level I, II, III and IV, conducted by Instituto Oriental da Universidade Nova de Lisboa, 2000 to 2002;
Portuguese Sign Language Course, conducted by Associação Portuguesa de Surdos, 1998 to 1999;
Course about “Consumption Conflicts Resolution”, conducted by DECO – April 2005;
Intensive course about “Information Society Rights”, conducted by Secção Pedagógica de Mestrados e Pós-graduações from Faculdade de Direito de Lisboa in 2002.
