Raquel Cardoso Nunes

About Raquel

Raquel is a managing associate in the Dispute Resolution practice and has more than 10 years' experience. She has a broad practice in civil and commercial litigation, economic criminal law and compliance, administrative offences, and insolvency and restructuring.

She has represented Portuguese and international clients in highly complex disputes, particularly relating to contractual disputes, civil liability, investigations, credit recovery and regulatory litigation. She has experience at all stages of proceedings, from pre-litigation advice to judicial and enforcement proceedings, and is particularly experienced in coordinating legal and reputational risk. Raquel also has extensive experience in highly regulated sectors such as telecommunications, banking, energy, transport and industry.

Raquel holds a master's degree in civil and business law and completed a postgraduate course in corporate restructuring and recovery at Católica Lisbon School of Law. She has also completed advanced training in criminal law and artificial intelligence at the Faculty of Law of the University of Lisbon, as well as a postgraduate course in compliance and corruption prevention at NOVA School of Law. In addition, she completed an executive programme at Headspring in Madrid, a collaboration between the Financial Times and IE Business School, focusing on management, leadership and strategic thinking.

She is a member of Fórum Penal, an association of criminal lawyers. Before joining PLMJ, she was a lawyer at Uría Menéndez.