Miguel Santos Almeida

At SÉRVULO since 2013, Miguel Santos Almeida is a partner in the Litigation & Arbitration and Sports Law departments. He develops a practice with a particular focus on criminal and civil litigation, handling criminal and administrative offense cases, as well as civil and commercial disputes, both in court and arbitration proceedings. Simultaneously, he is involved in sports-related disputes and in providing legal counsel to clubs, sports federations and sports agents on sports law matters. He has been an Arbitrator at the Portuguese Court of Arbitration for Sport, since 2019. He also is a member of the Disciplinary Commission of the International Judo Federation. He graduated in Law from the Faculty of Law of the University of Lisbon, in 2009. He holds a Master’s degree in Law and Management from the Faculty of Law of the Nova University of Lisbon and the Nova School of Business and Economics, since 2016. He also concluded graduate studies in Arbitration, at the Faculty of Law of the Nova University of Lisbon, in 2015. In 2015 he won the 16th edition of the “Prémio CMVM”, an award granted yearly by the Portuguese Securities Commission (CMVM – Comissão do Mercado de Valores Mobiliários). Between 2009 and 2013, he was a lawyer at «Carlos Pinto de Abreu e Associados». He is a member of the Forum Penal – Association of Criminal Lawyers and the Portuguese Sports Law Association. He joined the Portuguese Bar Association in 2012. He is an occasional guest speaker at conferences and on graduate courses on matters related to his areas of activity.