Sérvulo has considerable experience in litigation, complementing and combining its diverse areas of practice to provide an integrated service through the courts of first instance to the Constitutional Court and the ECJ.

Accompanying the increasing tendency towards this method of dispute resolution, Sérvulo has developed significant experience in arbitration at both a local and international level, including disputes as to contractual performance, acting as either lead counsel or arbitrator in such matters.

The practice is particularly active in the following areas:

• Contractual disputes (including distribution, agency, construction – predominantly public works contracts – public works concessions, public services and other concessions, provision of services, acquisitions and joint ventures, property and commercial premises), companies (e.g., injunctions against shareholder decisions, insolvency), competition and civil liability
  
• Administrative litigation
  
• Media related disputes
  
• Defence of intellectual property rights
  
• Criminal litigation and regulatory breaches
  
• Litigation, ADR and arbitration

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