Corporate, Commercial and M&A| Life Sciences | Intellectual Property

2017-present | FCB Advogados | Partner

2005-2017 | FCB Advogados | Lawyer

1997-2005 | PricewaterhouseCoopers | Senior Associate Lawyer

1993-1997 | Abreu Advogados| Lawyer

1995 | Portuguese Bar Association

Margarida Roda Santos joined FCB in 2005 and became a Partner in 2017. She coordinates the Life Sciences and the Intellectual Property Departments, where her team handles the full scope of IP matters, with extensive experience on IT, Data Protection and IP Litigation – both for the Portuguese jurisdiction and abroad (namely Angola and Mozambique) – as well as Life Science matters, including all regulatory aspects related to Medicines, Medical Devises and Cosmetics. 

She also develops part of her work integrated in the Corporate, Commercial and M&A Department, where she leads the Consumer and Advertising Law practice since 2005.

Margarida is the author of several articles on Intellectual Property, IT, Data Protection and Life Sciences issues for Portuguese and foreign publications. She is also a speaker at several seminars on Data Protection Law.

1999 | Lisbon University Law School | Post-Graduation Course in Information Society Law, Internet, Intellectual Property and Electronic Commerce

1995 | European Institute at Lisbon University Law School | Post-Graduation Course in European Law 

1993 | Lisbon University Law School | Degree in Law