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Cláudia Amorim

At SÉRVULO since 2006, Cláudia Amorim is a partner in the Litigation and Arbitration Department, with a particular focus on Criminal and Administrative Offences law. She has served as President of the Forum Penal – Association of Criminal Lawyers since 2022, and was a member of the Commission for Gender Equality and Domestic Violence of the Portuguese Bar Association, as well as a member of the Working Group on the Reform of Administrative Offences of the Portuguese Bar Association. She was also part of the Committee for the Prevention of Torture until 2020. She attended the Master’s programme in Forensic Legal Sciences at NOVA University Lisbon and also completed postgraduate courses in Special Criminal Law (Property and Economic-Financial Crimes) at the Faculty of Law of the University of Lisbon, and in Procedural Forensic Law at the Faculty of Law of the Catholic University of Portugal, Lisbon. Cláudia Amorim holds a Law degree from the Faculty of Law of the University of Lisbon (2002) and began her legal career at PLMJ – A.M. Pereira, Sáragga Leal, Oliveira Martins, Júdice & Associados, first as a trainee between 2002 and 2004, and subsequently as an associate from 2004 to 2005. She join the Bar Association in 2004.

Relevant Experience

Criminal Litigation – representing both defence and prosecution, with a particular focus on white-collar crimes (economic-financial or involving employees), tax offences and social security crimes, and offences against property and reputation, including cases of significant complexity and importance. This litigation also includes handling cases investigated by the European Public Prosecutor’s Office and appeals before the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR).

Administrative Offences Litigation – representing both the defence and the Administration, with a particular emphasis on major economic regulation: banking, capital markets, and competition law.

Litigation in other sanctioning proceedings, particularly cases of financial liability before the Portuguese Court of Auditors.

External audits and compliance, with a focus on the prevention of money laundering, corruption, and related offences.