What are the most significant cases or transactions that your legal team has recently been involved in?

Within the strategic scope outlined in conjunction with the group’s new shareholder structure, the recent activity of the Lusíadas Saúde Group’s legal team has been largely focused on M&A operations and joint ventures that support the Group’s growth policy, as well as related issues with competition law.

What would you say are the unique qualities required to be successful as an in-house lawyer in your industry?

Above all, commitment, loyalty and resilience, as well as the ability to understand the business and embrace innovation as a single catalyst for the necessary competitive advantage, all tempered with a sense of humor and the humanization of teamwork.

How have you fostered a closer collaboration between the legal department and your business counterparts?

With a constant and daily presence in project discussion forums, trying to adapt legal solutions to the set of objectives proposed by the business areas.

Do you have a cause, business-related or otherwise, that you are passionate about?

I have a special predilection for topics related to the culture and values ​​of each business group, as well as the different criteria of leadership, coaching and interpersonal relationships.