Overview
Raquel Galvão Silva is a Counsel in the firm’s Litigation, Arbitration & Investigations department in Lisbon. She has extensive experience in complex domestic and international dispute resolution, including litigation and arbitration, in a wide range of contentious matters, particularly related to commercial and corporate disputes, construction, healthcare, public law and intellectual property disputes.
Raquel is a member of Linklaters’ International Arbitration Group, with a special focus on Lusophone Africa countries.
Furthermore, she advises on the full spectrum of intellectual property law, particularly in the healthcare and technology sector, such as providing legal advice on patent law and on the signing, execution and termination of software purchase, software development and license agreements, and also assists clients in regulatory issues, such as pharmaceutical regulatory compliance.
Raquel is an active member of international and national arbitration associations, often attending conferences and seminars in Portugal and abroad, as a participant or guest speaker.
She is a visiting professor at the NOVA University of Lisbon School of Law and a regularly contributes to international publications.
Raquel is ranked as an Arbitration Future Leader by Who’s Who Legal and has been consistently recognised as one of the leading patent lawyers in Portugal by IAM Patent 1000.
Work Highlights
- Pfizer: representing, over the last 12 years, the world’s largest research-based pharmaceutical company in various proceedings before administrative courts and in all their major arbitrations and court proceedings in Portugal related with patent infringement.
- Deloitte Accountants B.V.: representing this audit and consulting firm on a €900m claim presented by Pharol (formerly known as Portugal Telecom SGPS, S.A.) related with an alleged breach of the auditors’ obligations when auditing the company.
- Concession contract arbitrations: advising concessionaires on a series of long-term concession contracts where validity is being disputed. Amongst others, this included the first major arbitration in Portugal filed by the Concessionaire to terminate a long-term concession agreement.
- Novo Banco: advising the bank on several disputes related with its incorporation as the first bridge bank in Portugal following the banking resolution of Banco Espírito Santo (BES).
- Investment structuring advice in order to benefit from investment treaty protection: advising domestic and foreign investors in relation to a series of strategic investments in Portugal and cross-border, with a special focus on Africa.
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