Sofia Alves advises on crossborder M&A transactions, partial and total acquisitions, joint ventures, and shareholders agreements in several sectors including media, retail, health and transportation. She also handles corporate restructuring.
Before joining Cuatrecasas, Sofia worked in the corporate and M&A practice of another law firm in Portugal.
She is a member of the Portuguese Bar Association.
She was a guest lecturer in the course Fundamentos de Direito Civil e Direito das Pessoas (Fundamentals of Civil and Personal Law) at Universidade Católica Portuguesa for two consecutive years.
She is author and co-author of many specialized articles covering a range of topics, including shareholders agreements, family-owned businesses and directors’ liability in subordinated companies.
Postgraduate studies in M&A and Corporate Litigation
Universidade de Lisboa, 2021
Master in Law and Management
Universidade Católica Portuguesa, Lisbon, 2018
Postgraduate studies in Corporate Law
Universidade de Lisboa,, 2016
Bachelor of Laws
Universidade de Lisboa, 2016
Family-owned business models and management of family-owned companies
ESADE Business & Law School, Barcelona, 2024
Program for lawyers organized by Uría Menéndez in collaboration with IE Headspring Executive Development
IE Business School, Madrid, 2021
Intensive course in investment funds
Universidade de Lisboa, 2019