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Legal & Compliance Counsel | Corporate Governance | Data Privacy | Multi-Jurisdictional Compliance
Setúbal, Portugal
Worldwide
Master in Law and Management, Universidade Católica Portuguesa (2020-2022)In-House Legal & Compliance Management
Extensive experience building and managing in-house legal departments from the ground up, including governance frameworks, contract templates, negotiation playbooks and internal processes across multiple jurisdictions in the EU and LATAM.
Data Privacy & Regulatory Compliance
Deep expertise in data privacy law and biometric data protection in physical retail environments, including GDPR compliance for in-store sensors and camera-based systems, as well as multi-jurisdictional regulatory strategy.
Contract Lifecycle Management (CLM)
Design and implementation of contract lifecycle management processes, standardizing templates and negotiation playbooks across international markets, reducing reliance on external counsel for recurring commercial matters.
Multi-Jurisdictional Labour Law
Coordination of harmonized employment contract frameworks across 20+ countries and development of centralized labour law databases to reduce recurring legal dependency.
Corporate Governance
Establishment of foundational legal infrastructure including governance frameworks and internal processes, advising leadership on corporate governance matters aligned with business objectives.
Legal Operations & Process Design
Design and implementation of internal legal operations frameworks including ticketing systems, triage models and workflow structuring to improve efficiency and scalability.
LegalTech & Digital Law
Specialization in Cloud Computing Law (Queen Mary University of London), Legal Tech and the Digital Transformation of Law, and co-founding a PropTech/LegalTech venture focused on legal automation and regulatory architecture for property transactions.
Cross-Border Compliance
Oversight of cross-border compliance across labour, corporate, consumer and tax matters in high-growth international expansion environments, including EU and LATAM frameworks.
Commercial Law & Negotiation
Drafting and negotiating commercial agreements, standardizing contractual documentation, and structuring internal commercial frameworks for retail and e-commerce operations.
Extensive experience building and managing in-house legal departments from the ground up, including governance frameworks, contract templates, negotiation playbooks and internal processes across multiple jurisdictions in the EU and LATAM.
Data Privacy & Regulatory Compliance
Deep expertise in data privacy law and biometric data protection in physical retail environments, including GDPR compliance for in-store sensors and camera-based systems, as well as multi-jurisdictional regulatory strategy.
Contract Lifecycle Management (CLM)
Design and implementation of contract lifecycle management processes, standardizing templates and negotiation playbooks across international markets, reducing reliance on external counsel for recurring commercial matters.
Multi-Jurisdictional Labour Law
Coordination of harmonized employment contract frameworks across 20+ countries and development of centralized labour law databases to reduce recurring legal dependency.
Corporate Governance
Establishment of foundational legal infrastructure including governance frameworks and internal processes, advising leadership on corporate governance matters aligned with business objectives.
Legal Operations & Process Design
Design and implementation of internal legal operations frameworks including ticketing systems, triage models and workflow structuring to improve efficiency and scalability.
LegalTech & Digital Law
Specialization in Cloud Computing Law (Queen Mary University of London), Legal Tech and the Digital Transformation of Law, and co-founding a PropTech/LegalTech venture focused on legal automation and regulatory architecture for property transactions.
Cross-Border Compliance
Oversight of cross-border compliance across labour, corporate, consumer and tax matters in high-growth international expansion environments, including EU and LATAM frameworks.
Commercial Law & Negotiation
Drafting and negotiating commercial agreements, standardizing contractual documentation, and structuring internal commercial frameworks for retail and e-commerce operations.
Experience
Professional experience5 - 10 years
Freelancer since2024
Languages
EnglishFluentPortugueseNative speakerSpanishGood
Project history
Founded and built the legal department from the ground up as the company's first and sole legal hire at an autonomous retail scaleup deploying computer vision and AI sensor technology. Established all foundational legal infrastructure, designed CLM processes, led legal and regulatory strategy on data privacy and biometric data protection including GDPR compliance, supported post Series A expansion strategy, and advised leadership on multi-jurisdictional compliance across EU and LATAM.
Co-founded a PropTech/LegalTech venture. Designed and led the legal and regulatory architecture for an autonomous property-transaction platform, including ownership, contracting, and cross-border compliance frameworks. Building a new transactional model for real estate through legal automation, regulatory positioning, and institutional-grade deal structures.
Led legal support for EU retail and e-commerce operations including owned stores, franchise and independent partners. Structured internal commercial frameworks, designed and implemented CLM processes, supported expansion strategy from a legal and regulatory perspective, managed legal procurement and coordinated external counsel, reducing external legal spend by 250k to date. Advised leadership on advertising, consumer protection and digital compliance matters within multi-jurisdictional EU framework.