The scope of the practice
The law and the justice system should be allies to citizens and organizations, whether in everyday matters or to achieve a strategic goal that extends beyond the individual case.
Areas of practice
How I work, and in what matters
Contracts
Negotiation and pre-litigation
Civil, criminal and administrative litigation
Advice for non-governmental organizations
Civil liability and personality rights
Freedom of expression, freedom of the press and administrative transparency
Gender discrimination, domestic and sexual violence
Demonstrations, protests and police violence
Migration and Portuguese nationality
Environment
Courts
Where cases are heard
Portuguese courts
Justices of the peace, judicial and administrative courts, courts of appeal and the Constitutional Court.
European Court of Human Rights
Complaints against the State, after exhausting domestic remedies, for violations of the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR).
Court of Justice of the European Union
Preliminary ruling requests arising from national proceedings, and European Union litigation.
Cases
Closed and ongoing cases mentioned in the media
Representation of Fumaça journalists in freedom-of-information actions against the PSP and GNR police forces, seeking the list and criteria of "Sensitive Urban Zones".
Read the articleCase brought by Associação Unidos em Defesa de Covas do Barroso and ClientEarth against the European Commission, before the Court of Justice of the European Union, challenging the "strategic project" status granted to the Barroso lithium mine.
Read the articleLegal action by a group of Sport Lisboa e Benfica members to annul the resolution of the Extraordinary General Meeting of 3 January 2026, for breach of the General Meeting's operating rules.
Read the articleRepresentation of Cláudia Simões, with Luísa Teixeira da Mota, in the appeal to the Lisbon Court of Appeal, which reversed the acquittal of the PSP officer who assaulted her, convicting him and two colleagues of abuse of power and ordering damages.
Read the articleRepresentation, with Francisco Teixeira da Mota, of Russian, Belarusian and Portuguese activists in a case against Lisbon City Council, seeking €120,000 in damages after their personal data was improperly shared with third-country embassies (the "Russiagate case").
Read the articleCase brought by Francisco Louçã against Chega's deputy leader, Pedro Frazão, for wilfully spreading fake news, who was ordered to publicly retract on Twitter.
Read the articleRepresentation of the Coxi family, from Bairro da Jamaica, in a case against André Ventura and Chega, who were ordered to publicly retract for offences against their right to honour and image.
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