{"id":82352,"date":"2019-11-21T16:54:24","date_gmt":"2019-11-21T16:54:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/smfc.pt\/team\/manuel-ferreira-da-costa\/"},"modified":"2025-10-28T23:33:49","modified_gmt":"2025-10-28T23:33:49","slug":"manuel-ferreira-da-costa","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/smfc.pt\/en\/team\/manuel-ferreira-da-costa\/","title":{"rendered":"Manuel Ferreira da Costa"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wpb-content-wrapper\"><p>[vc_row][vc_column width=&#8221;2\/3&#8243;][vc_custom_heading heading_semantic=&#8221;h1&#8243; text_size=&#8221;h1&#8243; separator_color=&#8221;yes&#8221; separator=&#8221;yes&#8221; subheading=&#8221;Partner&#8221;]<\/p>\n<h1>Manuel Ferreira da Costa<\/h1>\n<p>[\/vc_custom_heading][vc_column_text css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1677187937687{margin-top: 70px !important;margin-bottom: 50px !important;}&#8221; uncode_shortcode_id=&#8221;125656&#8243;]<\/p>\n<h4>Academic Profile<\/h4>\n<p>Degree in Law from the School of Law of the University of Coimbra<\/p>\n<h4>Professional Profile<\/h4>\n<p>From 1983 to 1986, he devoted himself to forensic practice in the areas of litigation and company law, directing the litigation service at COSEC \u2013 Companhia de Seguros de Cr\u00e9ditos, S.A.<\/p>\n<p>In addition to practicing law, he was a university lecturer in Law and, in 1982 and 1983, was President of the Portuguese Institute of Cinema.<\/p>\n<p>He is a founding partner of SMFC and responsible for SMFC\u2019s international relations, regularly participating in congresses of international alliances that the Firm is part of.<\/p>\n<h4>Professional Associations<\/h4>\n<p>Member of the Bar Association since 1979<\/p>\n<p><strong>Languages:<\/strong> English and French[\/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space empty_h=&#8221;2&#8243;][\/vc_column][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/3&#8243;][vc_empty_space empty_h=&#8221;2&#8243;][vc_single_image media=&#8221;83029&#8243; 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