Morais Leitão, Galvão Teles, Soares da Silva & Associados

Insolvency and Restructuring Law, Commercial and Civil Litigation, Private Clients.

Magda Fernandes is a non-equity partner at the Firm. She is a very experienced lawyer in the areas of insolvency and restructuring, either in representation of creditors or of debtors.
Magda lectures regularly on the theme in Law University of Lisbon and on the National Congress of Insolvency, as well as on specific events invited by the Judicial Insolvency Administrators Bar or by the Statutory Auditors Bar.
Magda focuses as well on the areas of civil and commercial litigation and arbitration, where she represents domestic and foreign clients in construction businesses, technology, infrastructure, consumer law, media and advertising, distribution, agency and international franchises.
She has also significant experience in family law, corporate law and maritime law.

Qualified (2000). Non-equity Partner (2016) and member of the litigation and arbitration team, Morais Leitão, Galvão Teles, Soares da Silva & Associados. Former lawyer at Macedo Vitorino e Associados – Sociedade de Advogados (2004-2007). Former lawyer at Sousa Machado, Ferreira da Costa e Associados – Sociedade de Advogados (1998-2004).

Portuguese, English and Spanish.

Portuguese Bar Association (admitted in 2000).

Law Degree (Law Faculty of the Portuguese Catholic University, 1998). LL.M. in International Commercial Law (University of Nottingham, 2002). Master's Degree in Legal Sciences (Law Faculty of the University of Lisbon, 2009).