Child & Family Law

Employment Law; Mediation; Litigation

Patrícia is founder of the law firm and a driven, commercially minded child and family lawyer but also deeply involved in employment law who strives to provide an excellent client service. She advises on all aspects of child and family law representing also clients in employment, mainly employers but also senior executives.

Patrícia is a social judge near the Lisbon Family and Minors Court appointed by The Lisbon City Council for matters within the competence of the family matters, in order to encourage popular participation in justice and raise awareness of dominant social values (Substitute Social Judge for the Family and Juvenile Court of Lisbon since 2021).

Tel: +351 919 721 881 pbr@bernardinoresende.com www.bernardinoresende.com

Patrícia specialises in non-contentious matters with particular experience in mediation, since she is an official mediator near the Sistema de Mediação Familiar (FMS - Family Mediation System) that enables the resolution of family conflicts without resorting to a court.

Patrícia has a broad experience in all areas of children law, high net worth divorces, pre and post-nuptial agreements, complex and international financial remedy proceedings and private family law. She is involved in all kinds of family relationships such as marriage, adoption, marital property, divorce, alimony, paternity, child custody, among others.

On children law and matters, Patrícia works on a range of matters including arrangements for children following the breakdown of a relationship. She has particular experience of advising clients in cases of international abduction, allegations of domestic abuse and complex cases of adoption despite their location.

On the court and tribunal side, Patrícia has managed several complex matters from child and family law to employment legal disputes and all types of agreements in both domains of the law.

Patrícia is often invited to speak or take part in panel discussions by numerous TV channels, newspapers, and universities to speak in relation to children and family law and she consistently publishes legal articles and works in her professional legal domain.

Patrícia is a member of the International Law Bar Association, “Associação das Sociedades de Advogados de Portugal” (Portuguese Legal Law Firms Association), “Associação dos Advogados de Família e das Crianças” (Association of Family and Children’s Lawyers), of the “Associação Luso Brasileira de Juristas do Trabalho” (JUTRA), (Luso Brazilian Association of Labor Lawyers) and she is lawyer inscribed in the Portuguese Law Bar Association since 2001 and near the Brazilian Law Bar Association since October 2011.

Patrícia is professional and approachable and is focused on delivering solution to all type of complex matters.