Fernando Antas da Cunha
Fernando Antas da Cunha
Guest Speaker

Fernando Antas da Cunha (born 1974), Managing Partner at Antas da Cunha Ecija & Associados"); border-bottom: 1px solid transparent; background-size: 5px; text-align: justify; font-kerning: none; line-height: 14px; vertical-align: 0.550556px;">Sociedade de "); border-bottom: 1px solid transparent; background-size: 5px; text-align: justify; font-kerning: none; line-height: 14px; vertical-align: 0.550556px;">Advogados R.L. Graduated from the Faculty of Law of the Modern University of Lisbon (1999), Admitted to the Bar Association since 2001. From an academic point of view, he was a university lecturer from 1999 to 2008, having taught the disciplines of Commercial Law and Corporate Law, Civil Procedural Law, Executive Civil Procedure. During a substantial part of that period, he was part of the legal office of "); border-bottom: 1px solid transparent; background-size: 5px; text-align: justify; font-kerning: none; line-height: 14px; vertical-align: 0.550556px;">Universidade Moderna, intervening in the most diverse areas of law. Professionally, he interned with "); border-bottom: 1px solid transparent; background-size: 5px; text-align: justify; font-kerning: none; line-height: 14px; vertical-align: 0.550556px;">Dr. José Nóvoa Cortez. After the end of his internship, he established himself as a Lawyer in isolated practice, integrating an office with other Colleagues. In 2003, he started an association that ended up representing the beginning of the company he founded in 2006, ACFA – Antas da Cunha, Ferreira & Associados. ACFA, despite being a medium-sized company, was distinguished in several international directories in areas such as Corporate, Real Estate and Labor. In 2014, he joined Miranda, Correia e "); border-bottom: 1px solid transparent; background-size: 5px; text-align: justify; font-kerning: none; line-height: 14px; vertical-align: 0.550556px;">Amendoeira"); border-bottom: 1px solid transparent; background-size: 5px; text-align: justify; font-kerning: none; line-height: 14px; vertical-align: 0.550556px;">Sociedade de "); border-bottom: 1px solid transparent; background-size: 5px; text-align: justify; font-kerning: none; line-height: 14px; vertical-align: 0.550556px;">Advogados R.L. as Of Counsel, where he developed the Portuguese jurisdiction group in several areas. The preferred practice areas are: Corporate law; Litigation and Real Estate, having also acted on several occasions as a consultant to companies "); border-bottom: 1px solid transparent; background-size: 3px; vertical-align: -0.550556px; line-height: 0px; position: relative;">in the area of ??software development and legal publications. He regularly writes for newspapers, magazines and other publications, and was a resident commentator on "); border-bottom: 1px solid transparent; background-size: 5px; text-align: justify; font-kerning: none; line-height: 14px; vertical-align: 0.550556px;">Económico TV of "); border-bottom: 1px solid transparent; background-size: 5px; text-align: justify; font-kerning: none; line-height: 14px; vertical-align: 0.550556px;">Diário "); border-bottom: 1px solid transparent; background-size: 5px; text-align: justify; font-kerning: none; line-height: 14px; vertical-align: 0.550556px;">Económico. He is a member of the International Bar Association (IBA) where he has participated as an international speaker. He was named a specialist in the field of Commercial Law in the Global Law Experts directory and is listed in the TOP 500 Leading Lawyer directory. It was also referenced in the latest edition of the Transactional Track Record (TTR) as one of the ten Portuguese Legal Advisors Dealmakers that accompanied more transactions in the areas of M&A, Private Equity, Venture Capital and Asset Acquisitions in 2019. ??