PORTUGAL Trends and Developments
Trends and Developments Contributed by: Miguel Santos Almeida, Maria Novo Baptista, João Saúde and Julieta Ricciardi Sérvulo & Associados
Sérvulo & Associados is a leading Portuguese full- service law firm with 25 years’ experience and a mul - tidisciplinary team of over 120 lawyers. The firm’s legal expertise, rooted in academic research and practical know-how, enables it to provide innovative, tailor-made solutions to major private and public en - tities across Portuguese-speaking markets. Based in Lisbon, Sérvulo ensures comprehensive interna - tional coverage through strategic global partner - ships, the Sérvulo Latitude network, membership of international law firm alliances and dedicated foreign
desks. Sérvulo plays a key role in sports law, offering a cross-disciplinary legal approach across contract, labour, commercial, administrative and tax law. The firm has extensive experience in advising athletes, administrators, clubs and federations, as well as event promoters, equipment manufacturers, inves - tors, sponsors and media outlets. Sérvulo’s team remains attuned to sector developments, providing comprehensive legal support tailored to the unique dynamics of the sports industry.
Authors
Miguel Santos Almeida is a partner at Sérvulo & Associados, in the litigation and arbitration department. His practice also encompasses sports law, corporate crime and regulatory compliance, and he co-coordinates
João Saúde is a partner at Sérvulo & Associados, in the litigation and arbitration department, and serves as a member and co-coordinator of the sports law team. He has experience in litigation before sports organisations
the firm’s sports law team. Miguel has been an arbitrator at the Portuguese Court of Arbitration for Sport since 2019 and a member of the Disciplinary Commission of the International Judo Federation (IJF) since 2013. He acts as counsel in sports litigation cases and provides legal advice on player transfers and football intermediation matters. Miguel is a member of the Portuguese Sports Law Association.
and tribunals. João holds a graduate qualification in Conflict Mediation from Lusófona University (2002) and studied European and International Law at the Université Catholique de Louvain (1995–96). Since 2013, he has been an arbitrator at the Mediation and Arbitration Centre of the Portuguese Chamber of Commerce in Brazil.
Julieta Ricciardi is an associate at Sérvulo & Associados who works within the TMT, litigation and arbitration departments, with a particular focus on the TMT sector. She holds an LLM in Law in a Digital
Maria Novo Baptista is a senior associate at Sérvulo & Associados, in the litigation and arbitration and sports law departments. She has acted as counsel in judicial and arbitration proceedings, in contractual
Economy (2022) and a master’s degree in Transnational Law (2023), both from the Faculty of Law of the Catholic University of Portugal – Lisbon School. She graduated in Law from Universidade Nova de Lisboa in 2021 and has been a member of the Portuguese Bar Association since 2025.
and non-contractual liability cases and in matters regarding sports law. Maria holds a postgraduate degree in Arbitration from the Faculty of Law of the University of Lisbon (2023) and a postgraduate degree in Sports Law from the Faculty of Law of the Portuguese Catholic University, which she completed in 2025.
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