Gómez-Acebo & Pombo incorporates Filipa Cotta as the new partner responsible for the Litigation, Restructuring and Insolvency Area of the Lisbon office

Gómez-Acebo & Pombo incorporates Filipa Cotta as the new partner responsible for the Litigation, Restructuring and Insolvency Area of the Lisbon office.

Filipa Cotta has a degree in Law from the Faculty of Law of the Universidade Católica Portuguesa-Escola de Lisboa, and she has a General Master of Laws from the Faculty of Law of the University of Virginia (USA). Furthermore, the lawyer has more than 20 years of experience advising on some of the most relevant procedures in contentious matters, restructuring and insolvencies that have occurred in recent years in Portugal.

Mafalda Barreto, managing partner of the Gómez-Acebo & Pombo office in Portugal, states that she received Filipa Cotta “with great enthusiasm” because she is “a professional with an excellent track record and unique knowledge in a matter that is absolutely critical for our economy.” “. Furthermore, she adds that she has no doubt “that her extensive experience will be a very important asset to support our clients, enhancing the Iberian procedural, restructuring and insolvency practices in which we are market leaders in Spain.”

“I feel great satisfaction at joining Gómez-Acebo & Pombo. I hope to contribute to the growth and development of the litigation, restructuring and insolvency area in the Portuguese market,” says Filipa Cotta.

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