Our Team
Meet the team of Lawyers and Consultants at MB Advogados. Learn about their preferred areas of practice, as well as their professional experience and curriculum vitae.
João Paulo Marques
Lawyer (CP 49701P)
He has given legal advice to several foreign clients in the preparation, management and conclusion of real estate operations in the Region. As a lawyer, he has been sponsoring companies and individual clients in a variety of lawsuits, mainly in the criminal, commercial and labor areas.
He was responsible for several company reorganization and restructuring operations, involving issues related to human resources.
In the area of sports law, he has represented several coaches and professional athletes in litigation before the Portuguese Football Federation, FIFA and the Tribunal Arbitral du Sport.
He was a member of the Parliament of Madeira, from 2015 to 2019.
Professional Background
Member of the Parliament of Madeira (2015);
– Lawyer at Nuno Cerejeira Namora e Marinho Falcão & Ass.- Porto (2014);
– Legal Department of Clube Desportivo Nacional SAD (2012);
– Registered at the Portuguese Bar/Lawyer Association (2007).
Languages
Portuguese and English
Academic Background
- Specialization in Consumer Contracts, APDC (2009);
- Degree in Law, Faculdade de Direito da Universidade Porto (2007).
Hugo Ricardo Barradas
Lawyer (CP 49601M)
He practices law in both contentious and non-contentious areas, working in various fields of civil, commercial, tax, and labor law.
We have represented clients in legal proceedings concerning a wide range of matters, from debt recovery and civil, labor, and family disputes to those related to economic crime, among others.
Provides consulting services in management processes, corporate recovery and restructuring, in the commercial, labor and shareholder relations fields.
It monitors the daily legal and economic operations of various companies in diverse business areas, carrying out procedures related to the preparation of contractual proposals, litigation prevention, and support for commercial and labor management.
He has conducted numerous real estate transactions, acquisitions, sales and transformations of commercial companies, and projects for structuring and managing assets.
Professional Background
– Trainee Lawyer at DCS & Associados, SP, RL 2008-2010;
– Lawyer at DCS Advogados, 2011-2019.
Languages
Portuguese and English
Academic Background
– Graduated in Law from the Faculty of Law of the University of Lisbon, 2002-2007.
CONSULTANTS
Aware of the complexity and specificity of contemporary society, and the specialization that it imposes on the legal universe, M|B Lawyers has the economic and financial advice of the Statutory Auditor, José Silva.
José Silva
Statury Auditor num. 1803
He carries out his professional activity in the field of financial, administrative, accounting and tax control.
He was responsible for several financial audit procedures and review of financial statements.
Provides economic and tax advice within the scope of legal proceedings, namely in carrying out accounting, tax and financial expertise.
He has advised on the creation of several investment projects in diverse economic sectors, and has also participated in pre-contractual business valuation procedures and the development of business recovery plans.
Within the scope of consultancy to corporate life, he has been responsible for issuing various opinions in the context of operations involving the transformation, demerger and merger of companies and increase in share capital.
In the tax field, he has also advised various tax claims before the tax administration.
Professional Background
Statutory Auditor, since 2005.
Languages
Portuguese and English
Academic Background
- Masters in Financial Management by Instituto Superior de Gestão;
– Business & Economics School, 2015.