Filipa Cotta

Head of Litigation and Insolvency in Portugal

Bio

Filipa is a Litigation and Insolvency partner at the Lisbon office of Gómez-Acebo & Pombo.

With more than 25 years’ experience in this area of practice, Filipa has a recognised track record in civil, commercial, and corporate litigation, as well as insolvency and restructuring.

Filipa has extensive experience in highly complex cases involving multiple jurisdictions, including Switzerland, Luxembourg, and Brazil. Filipa has been involved in some of the most high-profile restructuring and insolvency cases in recent years.

She has a law degree from the Faculty of Law of the Catholic University of Lisbon and an LLM from the University of Virginia, School of Law.
Filipa is recognised in the main international legal directories such as Chambers & Partners, Legal 500 and IFLR as a Leading Individual in her field. She has also been recognised in the Shortlisted 2020 – Best in Restructuring & Insolvency – Women in Business Law Awards and in the IFLR 1000 among the Women Leaders 2022.

She is the author of several books and articles in journals of her speciality, including the Código da Insolvência e da Recuperação de Empresas Anotado – Coimbra Editora; and the Portugal Chapter of the “Encyclopedia of International Commercial Litigation” – Wolters Kluwer – Portugal.

Membership of professional bodies and associations

Member of the Portuguese Bar Association (OA) since 2001

Languages

Portuguese
English
Spanish