Joana de Sá
ACADEMIC AND PROFESSIONAL BACKGROUND
Law Degree from Universidade Portucalense (1999); Course on Procedural Practices: Labour Law, University of Porto, Faculty of Law (2014); Advanced Training Course on the New Administrative Procedure Code Regime at Portuguese Catholic University (2015); Specialization Course in Labour Disciplinary Process, University of Porto, Faculty of Law (2017); Compliance Course for Corruption Prevention, Nova School of Law | Nova University of Lisbon (2020); Higher Course on Social Security and Labor Law, Center for Financial Studies, Barcelona (2022); Postgraduate Course in Social Security Law, Institute of Labor Law, Faculty of Law, University of Lisbon (2023/2024). Analytics and IA for Business, Católica Porto Business School (2025).
Member of the Informal Working Group on Developments in the Business and Human Rights Agenda, including the UNGP ten year plus project (UN Working Group on Business and Human Rights).
Pharmacy and Medicines Law Academic Background:
Postgraduate Course in Pharmacy and Medication Law, Biomedical Law Center | DDF (2018); Postgraduate Course in Medical Secret, Personal Data and Clinical Process, Biomedical Law Center | DDF (2020).
Sustainability background:
Intensive Course on “Climate Change Regulation” Portuguese Catholic University Law School | Católica Next (2024); Applying EU Anti-Discrimination Law, Academy of European Law (2024); ISSB: Applying the IFRS Sustainability Disclosure Standards, International Finance Corporation of the WORLD BANK GROUP (2025); Gender Equality and Global Markets – by United Nations Sustainable Stock Exchanges (SSE) (2025).
NOMINATIONS
Europe
▪️ Band 4 (2023) | Employment
▪️ Ranked (2020 – 2023) | Employment
▪️ Ranked (2022 – 2023) | Porto Leading Comercial
▪️ Ranked since 2020 | Labor and Employment Law
▪️ Key Figure (2020 – 2023) | Labor & Employment
▪️ Finalist (2022) | Labour | Industrial & Trade Union Relations
▪️ Finalist (2022 e 2024) | Labour | Litigation
▪️ Shortlisted (2020) | Finalist (2021 – 2024) | Labor | Non-contentious/advisory
▪️ Finalist (2021 – 2024) | Labour | Restructuring/Reorganisations
▪️ Finalist (2022) | Labour | Agency Relationships
▪️ Finalist (2022 – 2024) | Labour | M&A and Employment-related Issues
▪️ Finalist (2022) | Labour | Social Security
▪️ Finalist (2022) | Labour | Public Sector Employment
▪️ Finalist (2022) | Labour | Sports Law
▪️ Lawyer of the year (2022) | Finalist (2024) | Labour | Top Management
PUBLICATIONS
▪️ Apresentação de quadro legal para utilização de medicamentos, preparações e substâncias à base da planta da canábis para fins medicinais. (2020);
▪️ Collaboration for publication “Doing Business 2020” promoted by Wold Bank Group;
▪️ Article: Alteração ao Estatuto do Medicamento.
