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Philip Morris International’s affiliate in Portugal, Tabaqueira is the country’s largest tobacco company, employing around 700 people that oversee famous brands such as Marlboro, L&M, Chesterfield, SG, and Português. Amongst the company’s workforce is an in-house legal team that is highly recommended for its ability to navigate the stringent laws and regulations affecting tobacco companies. The team also is known for its contribution to the release of a new heated tobacco product, Heets. Alexandra Reis is head of legal and compliance at Tabaqueira, and one nominator explains that she is ‘truly an innovator who thinks ahead of problems and in Portugal has been leading all legal issues involving new risk reduced products. The highly regulated sector of tobacco, as well as the significant amount of litigation involving tobacco, make this an extremely challenging position.’ The team’s reposponses to and mitigation of these challenges are consistently acknowledged by peers in the sector.