Sofia Barata Email & Phone Number

Having joined VdA in 2005, Sofia Barata is Of Counsel and head of practice of the Corporate Services. With a vast track record in M&A, she worked in numerous domestic and international transactions over the years, notably mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures, acquisition and corporate finance deals.The combination of years of experience in the day-to-day support of clients across industries and a perfect command of the new technological tools of AI and process automation procedures, gives Sofia the skill sets required to develop and optimize new cross-practice products and services within VdA, resorting to the consistent adoption of technological procedures.Author of several articles published in national and international specialized publications and was a featured speaker at various AI conferences.Sofia has participated as speaker in several conferences and seminars related to her areas of practice and recently being part of the Lisbon Digital Rights and Freedoms Workshop about Regulation of Artificial Intelligence, promoted by the University of Lisbon School of Law.