About

Merck Sharp & Dohme Portugal (MSD) is a pharmaceutical company that has been present in Portugal for 45 years, with a mission to research and develop innovative areas of medicine that add value to people’s lives. A titan US pharmaceutical company, MSD is an also a key player in Iberia, with over 1,000 employees in the region. The outstanding MSD legal and compliance legal department is led by Cristina Ribeiro, who has been with MSD in Portugal for more than 20 years and has been noted by nominators for leading the team with ‘dedication and extreme professionalism and skill’. The legal team is tasked with working with the various areas of the business of the company while ensuring compliance with the rules set out in the company’s code of conduct. Nominators describe MSD’s Portugal legal team as being ‘extremely effective’ in defending the patents the company has for a myriad of medicines that operate under the MSD name.