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TELLES announces the integration of Ana Ferreira Neves in the Digital, Privacy and Cybersecurity team, led by Pedro Vidigal Monteiro.

With consolidated international experience in the specific aspects of the digital economy and e-commerce, the most recent Of Counsel at TELLES has wide experience in legal assistance to international digital platforms, to companies in the automotive, technology and direct selling to consumers (B2C) sectors.

In her career she has been providing legal advice on marketplaces and digital platforms' liability issues, consumer law matters, software licensing contracts, SaaS contracts, e-commerce and distance contracting, advice on multilevel marketing (MLM) matters developed in digital platforms, on the impact of blockchain technology in contracting models ("smart contracts"), as well as global legal assistance to companies in their technological transformation process.

"The integration of Ana Ferreira Neves in the Digital, Privacy and Cybersecurity team reflects the growth strategy of TELLES in this area and the strengthening of its position as a leading law firm on providing a specialised and multidisciplinary legal service, which aims to meet the challenges of an increasingly global and digital economy, through the creation of innovative legal solutions ", says the head of Digital, Privacy and Cybersecurity practice, Pedro Vidigal Monteiro.

According to Ana Ferreira Neves, "joining TELLES was an irrefutable challenge. It is an higtly regarded law firm with a very strong identity and which has grown considerably over the last few years. With the know-how I have acquired so far, I will seek to contribute to the Telles' consolidation as one of the leading firms in the Digital, Privacy and Cybersecurity area. It is with great enthusiasm and motivation that I face this new milestone on my professional life in a law firm that, without losing sight of the current context of permanent change in the practice of the profession, has managed to preserve its values of integrity, knowledge sharing, collaboration between teams, innovation and a solid culture forged over time. The sharing of these essential values was decisived for my choice. I thank all my colleagues and other professionals at TELLES for their continuous support, which has enabled me to feel completely integrated from the first day".

Ana Ferreira Neves has a post-graduate degree in E-commerce from the Faculty of Law of the University of Lisbon and in commercial law from the Faculty of Law of the Catholic University of Lisbon. She is a member of the Digital Economy Commission of the ICC and the Legal Advisory Board of the Portuguese Blockchain Alliance. Before joining TELLES, she was at Garrigues, Leónidas, Matos & Associados and Serra Lopes, Cortes Martins e Associados.

The Digital, Privacy and Cybersecurity team has been involved in the major transactions in Portugal in the recent years, with special emphasis on the retail, health, transports, beverages, online commerce industries.