Pedro da Costa Mendes
PartnerCerejeira Namora, Marinho Falcão
- +351 225 573 520
With 28 years of existence, our Law Firm as managed to be a landmark not only in Oporto’s Market but all over the country, having two other offices in Lisbon and Madeira.
In its existence, and much because of the resilience of the two funding partners Nuno Cerejeira Namora and Pedro Marinho Falcão who have trailed the course of our law firm, we have managed to consolidate knowledge in a wide variety of fields in Law.
In our Firm we provide a 360º service regarding Corporate and Labour matters. In our services we tend to provide a tailor-made package, being reachable at any time and working hand in hand with our clients. We are a full-service and multidisciplinary firm, with a diverse team capable of answering any needs.
Moreover, in our ambition to grow, we have created Law Academy, which is a professional orientated academy in charge of promoting knowledge, congresses and training in almost every field of law, with special emphasis in Labour Law, Technology, Artificial Intelligence and the future of work.
In this course of events, our Law firm together with Law Academy, have managed to organize promote and hold, back in 2017, the biggest event on the future of work in the world: Labour2030
Show more +Pedro da Costa Mendes joined Cerejeira Namora, Marinho Falcão in 2023, where he works mainly in the Corporate practice area (M&A, Transactions, Distribution).
He holds a law degree from the Porto Law School of the Portuguese Catholic University (1994) and concluded a LL.M (DES - Diplôme d'Études Specialisés) in EC and International Law at the Université Catholique de Louvain (Belgium) (1995-1996). He has also a Post-Grad diploma in Tax Law (IESF) and has additional education at the George Washington University, Washington DC (Practical Construction Law).
He began his professional career at Philippe & Partners (Brussels, Belgium), and later joined PLMJ, CNCM, EFACEC as Head of Legal Services (1999-2011), and Telles.
He is currently a Member of the International Distribution Institute (IDI) and IDI Country Expert for Portugal. He was Member of the International Relations Committee of the Porto District Council of the Portuguese Bar Association (2002 - 2004).
Pedro has several complementary backgrounds, namely:
- Training in Practical Construction Law, Federal Publications Seminars, George Washington University, Washington DC (2008).
- Training in International Acquisitions, Plc-Practical Law, London (2004)
- Training in Negotiating, Drafting, Managing International Contracts and Conflict Resolution, International Chamber of Commerce, ICC 52nd PIDA 2002, Institute of World Business Law, Paris (2002)
- Training in Drafting International Commercial Agreements, Hawskmere, Brussels (2000)
- Post-Graduation in Taxation, IESF - Instituto de Estudos Financeiros e Fiscais (1998 - 1999)
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Rua Dr. Joaquim Pires de Lima, Porto 388 – 4200-348
Cerejeira Namora, Marinho Falcão
Cerejeira Namora, Marinho Falcão