Miguel de Almada acts as lawyer and arbitrator and has vast experience in advising on pre-litigation and on judicial litigation and arbitration in several sectors, including construction, projects, concessions, public-private partnerships, joint ventures, corporate, mergers and acquisitions, energy, retail, distribution and retail, food industry, telecommunications, banking and financial services.
Member of the Portuguese Bar Association. Vice-President of the General Assembly of the Portuguese Arbitration Association. Vice-President of the Board of the Portuguese Chapter of the Spanish and Iberoamerican Arbitration Club.
Member of the ICC Arbitration and ADR Committee, the Portuguese Arbitration Committee of the ICC, the Spanish and Iberoamerican Arbitration Club, the Chartered Institute for Arbitrators and INSOL Europe.
Since 2009, he is a teacher in the Post-Graduation Course in Arbitration of the Law Faculty of the Nova University but also in the subject of Interdisciplinary Juridical Practices of the Bachelor in Law of the same Faculty. He often participates as a speaker in work sessions, seminars and conferences in his areas of practice both in Portugal and abroad. Author of several articles in the field of Arbitration.
Postgraduate studies in Arbitration
Universidade Nova de Lisboa, 2009
Postgraduate studies in Civil and Criminal Law and Civil and Criminal Procedure Law
Universidade Católica Portuguesa, Lisboa, 2003
Bachelor of Laws
Universidade de Lisboa, 1998
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Lawyer of the Year
Best Lawyers (International Arbitration, 2017)
Client Choice Award
Arbitration & ARD Portugal