{"id":82951,"date":"2025-10-28T21:11:51","date_gmt":"2025-10-28T21:11:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/smfc.pt\/?page_id=82951"},"modified":"2025-10-29T00:08:51","modified_gmt":"2025-10-29T00:08:51","slug":"luisa-esteves-da-fonseca","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/smfc.pt\/en\/team\/luisa-esteves-da-fonseca\/","title":{"rendered":"Lu\u00edsa Esteves da Fonseca"},"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;Associate&#8221; uncode_shortcode_id=&#8221;177350&#8243;]<\/p>\n<h1>Lu\u00edsa Esteves da Fonseca<\/h1>\n<p>[\/vc_custom_heading][vc_column_text uncode_shortcode_id=&#8221;204447&#8243;]<\/p>\n<h4>Academic Profile<\/h4>\n<p>Post-graduation in Health Law from the School of Law of the Catholic University of Portugal \u2013 School of Lisbon (2019)<\/p>\n<p>Course in Conflict Mediation from NOVA School of Law \u2013 Universidade Nova de Lisboa (2017)<\/p>\n<p>Master\u2019s Degree in Forensic Law and Arbitration from NOVA School of Law \u2013 Universidade Nova de Lisboa, with a dissertation on \u201cThe Position of the Procedural Parties in the Judicial Action Challenging the Regularity and Legality of Dismissal\u201d (2017)<\/p>\n<p>Degree in Law from the School of Law of the University of Lisbon (2015)<\/p>\n<h4>Professional Profile<\/h4>\n<p>Joined SMFC in 2025, where she works in the areas of Labour Law and Litigation<br \/>\nLawyer at Cruz, Roque Semi\u00e3o e Associados (2023-2025)<br \/>\nLawyer at Ferreira Pinto &amp; Associados &#8211; Sociedade de Advogados, SP, RL. (2020-2023)<br \/>\nTrainee Lawyer and Lawyer at Abreu &amp; Associados \u2013 Sociedade de Advogados, SP, RL (2016-2020)  (2016-2020)<\/p>\n<h4>Associa\u00e7\u00f5es Profissionais<\/h4>\n<p>Member of the Bar Association since 2018<\/p>\n<p><strong>Languages:<\/strong> English[\/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_column][\/vc_row][vc_row row_height_percent=&#8221;0&#8243; back_color=&#8221;color-lxmt&#8221; overlay_alpha=&#8221;50&#8243; gutter_size=&#8221;3&#8243; column_width_percent=&#8221;100&#8243; shift_y=&#8221;0&#8243; z_index=&#8221;0&#8243;][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/3&#8243;][vc_custom_heading heading_semantic=&#8221;h4&#8243; text_size=&#8221;h4&#8243;]<\/p>\n<h4>Practice areas<\/h4>\n<p>[\/vc_custom_heading][uncode_list icon=&#8221;fa fa-chevron-right&#8221; icon_color=&#8221;accent&#8221; uncode_shortcode_id=&#8221;132953&#8243; icon_color_type=&#8221;uncode-palette&#8221;]<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/smfc.pt\/en\/practice-areas\/litigation-and-arbitration\/\">Litigation and Arbitration<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/smfc.pt\/en\/practice-areas\/labour-and-social-security\/\">Labour law<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>[\/uncode_list][vc_empty_space empty_h=&#8221;1&#8243;][\/vc_column][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/3&#8243;][vc_custom_heading heading_semantic=&#8221;h4&#8243; text_size=&#8221;h4&#8243;]<\/p>\n<h4>Contacts<\/h4>\n<p>[\/vc_custom_heading][vc_empty_space empty_h=&#8221;2&#8243;][vc_icon position=&#8221;left&#8221; space_reduced=&#8221;yes&#8221; display=&#8221;inline&#8221; icon=&#8221;fa fa-phone&#8221; icon_color=&#8221;accent&#8221; heading_semantic=&#8221;p&#8221; text_size=&#8221;&#8221; linked_title=&#8221;yes&#8221; title=&#8221;+351 210924800&#8243; link=&#8221;url:tel%3A210924800|&#8221; uncode_shortcode_id=&#8221;181861&#8243; icon_color_type=&#8221;uncode-palette&#8221;][\/vc_icon][vc_icon position=&#8221;left&#8221; space_reduced=&#8221;yes&#8221; display=&#8221;inline&#8221; icon=&#8221;fa fa-envelope&#8221; icon_color=&#8221;accent&#8221; heading_semantic=&#8221;p&#8221; text_size=&#8221;&#8221; linked_title=&#8221;yes&#8221; title=&#8221;Send email&#8221; link=&#8221;url:mailto%3Aibw%40smfc.pt|&#8221; uncode_shortcode_id=&#8221;546435&#8243; icon_color_type=&#8221;uncode-palette&#8221;][\/vc_icon][\/vc_column][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/3&#8243;][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]<\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<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;Associate&#8221; uncode_shortcode_id=&#8221;177350&#8243;] Lu\u00edsa Esteves da Fonseca [\/vc_custom_heading][vc_column_text uncode_shortcode_id=&#8221;204447&#8243;] Academic Profile Post-graduation in Health Law [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"parent":82276,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-82951","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry","page_category-team"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - 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