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Ricardo Henriques is a Partner and has been at Abreu Advogados since 2017 working primarily on matters related to intellectual property, information technology, personal data protection, media and advertising, telecommunications, compliance, consumer law and competition.

His experience focuses particularly on the area of technology, on matters such as software licensing, compliance projects regarding emerging technologies and issues related to e-commerce. He has been working on several General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) implementation projects. He has also advised on transactions and other outsourcing projects on an ongoing basis.

Similarly, he advises clients – from start-ups to the largest market leading companies - regarding the protection and growth of brands patents and other industrial property rights, on an ongoing basis, providing support on advertising activities, including contests and games.

He frequently works with clients on preventing and/or resolving Intellectual Property and Information Technology litigation, focusing particularly on copyrights and technology litigation, intellectual property and technology licensing, data protection and other regulatory issues.

He has participated in projects related to compliance, such as implementing ethics codes, corruption and money laundering prevention, in internal investigations or investigations arising from regulatory interventions.

He has worked for wide-ranging national and multinational companies, including companies in the automotive, pharmaceutical, services, healthcare, financial, consumer goods manufacturers, hardware and software developers, retail and online retail regarding matters related to intellectual property, compliance, information technology and data privacy and safety.

He works closely with a variety of law firms around the world enabling him to assist clients in their global expansion and to protect their intellectual property in different jurisdictions.

Portuguese, English, Spanish, French.

Portuguese Bar Association IAPP - International Association of Privacy Professionals AIPPI International Technology Law Association

ACPI - Portuguese Association of the Intellectual Property Consultant Arbitration Centre for Industrial Property, Domain Names, Companies and Designations INPLP - International Network of Privacy Law Professionals GALA Industrial Property Agent

Law Degree from the University of Lisbon Faculty of Law (2002)

Postgraduate Degree in Professional Sports Law from, University of Coimbra Faculty of Law - Instituto de Direito das Empresas e do Trabalho (2005)

Postgraduate Degree in Information Society – Copyright Law, Internet and Electronic Commerce from the University of Lisbon Faculty of Law and Portuguese Association of Intellectual Law (2005)

Postgraduate Degree in Intellectual Property from the Portuguese Catholic University Faculty of Law (2006)

LLM in Competition Law from the Portuguese Catholic University Faculty of Law (2009)