Rita de Sousa Costa
Bio
Senior Associate

Rita de Sousa Costa

Joined PLMJ in 2018.
Senior associate in the Technology, Media and Telecommunications practice.

About Rita

Rita is a senior associate at the Technology, Media and Telecommunications practice. She advises clients in the areas of data protection, cybersecurity, media, advertising, consumer protection, smart mobility and emerging technologies.

She has advised clients in a variety of industries, including mobility, audiovisual and entertainment, pharmaceutical and life sciences, digital platforms in the sharing economy, software development and cloud computing. She also has experience of working on secondment with one of the leading multinational HR consultancies.

Rita holds a master's degree in administrative law, with a minor in data protection, from the Faculty of Law of Universidade Católica Portuguesa. She has authored and co-authored Portuguese and international peer-reviewed publications, including the Lecture Notes in Computer Science collection published by Springer. Rita has also been a speaker at national and international events and seminars on the intersection of law and technology.

Practice Areas:
Competition litigation
E-commerce
Privacy, data protection and regulation, and cybersecurity
Regulation of electronic communications
Restrictive practices
Software licensing and other computer contracts

Contacts

Office: Lisbon
(+351) 213 197 300*
rita.desousacosta@plmj.pt

*National landlines call

Languages:
English

Academic Background
  • Law degree from the University of the Minho, 2017
  • Admitted to the Portuguese Bar Association, 2021
  • Executive Training Course in General Regulation of Data Protection at the Católica-Lisbon School of Business & Economics, 2018
  • Summer Course in Advanced European Union Law at King’s College London, 2018
  • Executive Training Course on EU Competition Law at the College of Europe (Bruges), 2019
  • Course in Innovation through Design Thinking, London Business School, 2021
  • Winter School in Algorithmic State, Market & Society, a joint initiative of the University of Florence, European University Institute (Florence) and Bocconi University (Milan), 2022
  • Master's in Administrative Law, with minor in data protection, from the Faculty of Law of Universidade Católica Portuguesa (Lisbon), 2017
  • Curso em Innovation Through Design Thinking, pela London Business School, 2021
  • Winter School in Algorithmic State, Market & Society, uma iniciativa conjunta da Universidade de Florença, Instituto Universitário Europeu (Florença) e Universidade Bocconi (Milão), 2022
  • Mestrado em Direito Administrativo, com minor em Proteção de Dados, pela Faculdade de Direito da Universidade Católica de Lisboa, 2019
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