Partner
Gonçalo Simões de Almeida advises technology companies and companies in other sectors, crypto issuers, public entities and family offices in corporate, M&A and venture capital transactions, in complex litigation and investigations and in regulatory and commercial matters.
He also advises institutions in the socialand solidarity sector on corporate governance and legal and regulatory obligations in the social and solidarity sector.
Áreas de Prática
Third Sector | Corporate and M&A | Tech & Media | Litigation
Education
Professional Experience
Other Activities
Publications
Education
- Masters in Law and Business | Universidade Nova de Lisboa | NOVA School of Law and NOVA School of Business & Economics (2018)
- Law Degree | Faculty of Law, Universidade de Lisboa (2015)
Professional Experience
- Advisor to the Secretary of State for Education (XXII Constitutional Government)
- Strategic legal and regulatory advisor for a tech company, one of the first crypto-asset issuers in Portugal
- Co-founder of an award-winning e-learning start-up
Other Activities
- Vice-President of the National Directorate of ANJE – Portuguese Association of Young Entrepreneurs (since 2024)
- Vice-President of the General Council of UNITATE Foundation (since 2022)
- Founder and President of NOVA Law Incubator, a start-up support project (2016-2018)
- Founder of GreenLex, a project transforming recycled law students’ paper into food for families in need (2014-2015)
Publications
- “Bases de dados crowdsourced e direitos sui generis” | August 2021 – RDTec; Vol. 13, Thomson Reuters (Brasil)
- “Declarações e Garantias na transmissão de empresas” | April 2020 – Direito das Sociedades em Revista – Ano XII, Vol. 23, Almedina
- “Guia das Exigências em Estabelecimentos de Apoio Social e IPSS” | June 2019 – 1ª Edição, Social Mais Edições
- “A Nova Impenhorabilidade Parcial dos Rendimentos de Trabalhadores Independentes” | January 2018 – Descomplicar o Orçamento de Estado 2018 – Vida Económica