Lisbon hosts LegalTech Day and Labour Awards Portugal 2021
Iberian Lawyer celebrated LegalTech Day 2021 on 02 December, at the Museu du Oriente. Later during the evening the Intercontinental Hotel hosted the Labour Awards.
LegalTech Day brought together in-house and private practice lawyers from the Portuguese Legal market to discuss and debate the pivotal role of technology in the sector. The day included insights and analysis from the most relevant players. The delegates attending were able to hear directly from the experts during two round table discussions and a live face to face.
The programme started at 08:45 with check-in and a welcome coffee followed by:
9:30 Roundtable
“Time for efficiency: clients demand effectiveness and cost control.
How are law firms responding?”
Panelists
Fernando Antas da Cunha, managing partner, Antas da Cunha Ecija
Hugo Farinha, COO, ROOX
Valeria Ferraz, Legal manager, SCC – Sociedade Central de Cervejas e Bebidas, S.A.
Bruno Ferreira, managing partner, PLMJ
Pedro Marques Gaspar, senior Legal counsel, Iberia Data Protection Coordinator, Southern Europe, ACCOR
Margarida Matos Correia, senior associate general counsel, NETJETS EUROPE
Gonçalo Noronha Andrade, counsel Banking & Finance, Allen & Overy
Moderator
Giuseppe Salemme, journalist, LC Publishing Group
10:45 Q&A
11:00 Coffee Break
11:30 Roundtable
“Digital Transformation: the role of Legal departments on business process optimisation”
Panelists
Nicole Fortunato, managing associate in Emerging Tech/ Tech Transactions, Morais Leitão
Alexandra Gaspar, Legal director, Novobanco
Ricardo Henriques, partner in Intellectual Property and Information Technology area of practice,
Abreu Advogados
Pedro Lomba, partner and head of TMC Practice area, PLMJ
Patrícia Marques Ferreira, general counsel, Feedzai
Leonor Pimenta Pissarra, Country Chief Legal Officer, Novartis Farma
Alexandra Reis, senior counsel PT, Tabaqueira / Philip Morris International
Moderator
Giuseppe Salemme, journalist, LC Publishing Group
12:45 Q&A
13:00 Face to Face Interview
Mafalda Mascarenhas Garcia, Head of IBM Portugal Legal Department
Giuseppe Salemme, journalist, LC Publishing Group
13:15 Standing Lunch
The Labour Awards ceremony took place at the Intercontinental Hotel, starting at 20:30.
The initiative recognised the excellence of the private practice lawyers and the firms, experts in the Labour practice.
For more information regarding the winners click here
