Practice Expertise
- Dispute Resolution
Areas of Practice
- Dispute Resolution
Profile
Rute is a senior counsel in the Dispute Resolution team and has more than 10 years’ experience in dispute resolution. She has dedicated the last few years to domestic and international arbitration, especially in the areas of corporate, financial and commercial disputes, and disputes involving projects and infrastructures. She has worked in different countries and under different arbitration regulations.
Rute is coordinator of the under-40 council of the APA (Portuguese Arbitration Association) and of the under-40 organising council of the Coimbra International Arbitration Meetings, as well as being a member of various other associations.
She has an LL.M. in comparative and international dispute resolution from Queen Mary University of London and a master’s in business law from the Faculty of Law of Universidade Nova de Lisboa.
Rute is the author of articles on various arbitration topics and is actively involved in the Willem C. Vis International Commercial Arbitration Moot as an arbitrator and a coach at the Faculty of Law of the Universidade Nova de Lisboa.
She also has experience in other areas: Rute was a consumer disputes mediator at UMAC, an assistant to Secretary of State for the Presidency of the Council of Ministers of the 18th Constitutional Government and intern-research assistant for Portugal in the LexisNexis, Reed Elsevier (UK) in London.
Rute is coordinator of the under-40 council of the APA (Portuguese Arbitration Association) and of the under-40 organising council of the Coimbra International Arbitration Meetings, as well as being a member of various other associations.
She has an LL.M. in comparative and international dispute resolution from Queen Mary University of London and a master’s in business law from the Faculty of Law of Universidade Nova de Lisboa.
Rute is the author of articles on various arbitration topics and is actively involved in the Willem C. Vis International Commercial Arbitration Moot as an arbitrator and a coach at the Faculty of Law of the Universidade Nova de Lisboa.
She also has experience in other areas: Rute was a consumer disputes mediator at UMAC, an assistant to Secretary of State for the Presidency of the Council of Ministers of the 18th Constitutional Government and intern-research assistant for Portugal in the LexisNexis, Reed Elsevier (UK) in London.
Bar Admissions
Admitted to the Portuguese Bar Association, 2012
Education
Law degree from Universidade Nova de Lisboa (FDUNL), 2007
Master of Laws in corporate law from Universidade Nova de Lisboa, 2010
LL.M in comparative and international dispute resolution from Queen Mary University of London, UK, 2013
Areas of Practice
- Dispute Resolution
Professional Career
Significant Accomplishments
The Legal 500
2022 - Rute Alves Dispute Resolution
Professional Associations
President of the Supervisory Board of the National Federation of Law Students
Assembly of Representatives FDUNL, student representative
President of the Board of AEFDUNL
Vice-President of the Board of AEFDUNL, Careers and Training Department
Chair of the General Meeting of the Student Association of the Faculty of Law of Universidade Nova de Lisboa (AEFDUNL)
Professional Activities and Experience
Consumer disputes mediator, UMAC - Consumer Dispute Mediation and Support Unit, Faculty of Law of Universidade Nova
de Lisboa, 2008
Assistant to the Secretary of State of the Presidency of the Council of Ministers, XVIII Constitutional Government of Portugal, 2011
Intern-Research Assistant for Portugal, LexisNexis, Reed Elsevier (UK), London, UK, 2012
The Legal 500
2022 - Rute Alves Dispute Resolution
Professional Associations
President of the Supervisory Board of the National Federation of Law Students
Assembly of Representatives FDUNL, student representative
President of the Board of AEFDUNL
Vice-President of the Board of AEFDUNL, Careers and Training Department
Chair of the General Meeting of the Student Association of the Faculty of Law of Universidade Nova de Lisboa (AEFDUNL)
Professional Activities and Experience
Consumer disputes mediator, UMAC - Consumer Dispute Mediation and Support Unit, Faculty of Law of Universidade Nova
de Lisboa, 2008
Assistant to the Secretary of State of the Presidency of the Council of Ministers, XVIII Constitutional Government of Portugal, 2011
Intern-Research Assistant for Portugal, LexisNexis, Reed Elsevier (UK), London, UK, 2012
Articles
100 anos de Arbitragem : Os Casos Essenciais Comentados
Advogados PLMJ, Arbitration
Coimbra Editora, Colecao Juridica PLMJ, Vol. IX, 2016
Advogados PLMJ, Arbitration
Coimbra Editora, Colecao Juridica PLMJ, Vol. IX, 2016
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