Technology, Innovation and Regulatory
At MFA Legal & Tech, we offer an integrated and innovative vision that connects the digital and regulatory universe to the protection, management and defence of intellectual property rights. With over 20 years of experience, our team acts as strategic allies to technology-driven and innovation-oriented companies, supporting them in asset valuation, litigation management, complex transactions and cybersecurity.
We combine legal rigour with a deep understanding of technological subjects and regulated sectors. Our team includes lawyers who have led cutting-edge legal projects and held in-house positions at multinationals with a strong focus on Intellectual Property. This experience allows us to navigate and cross-reference legal complexity with technical precision and a comprehensive view of the commercial landscape.
We provide strategic consultancy on highly technical projects, supporting clients in innovative sectors, including electronic communications, energy, pharmaceuticals, Life Sciences, MedTech, HealthTech, biotechnology, retail, and mobility.
In the Life Sciences field, our team monitors the entire lifecycle of innovative products and solutions from research, development, and regulatory approval to commercialisation, monitoring, and post-market compliance.
Our Technology practice covers critical areas such as cybersecurity, data, blockchain, software, and artificial intelligence. We offer comprehensive legal support from conception and structuring to implementation, ensuring continuous guidance across different regulatory frameworks. Furthermore, we provide strategic advice on innovation and regulation, helping clients mitigate risk, protect value, and navigate complex litigation, arbitration, and strategic negotiations.
We are more than legal advisors: we are an extension of our clients' teams. We work side-by-side with our clients to develop innovation strategies that safeguard corporate value, integrating legal solutions that drive technological development and sustainable growth.
Recognised for our integrated approach, our team operates across all areas of innovation, anticipating risks and designing policies, governance frameworks, and legal solutions tailored to rapidly evolving technological and regulatory environments.
Our services
- Electronic communications - Dispute Resolution
- Emerging technologies - Life Sciences & Healthcare
- Risk management and digital resilience - LegalTech | Digital Health | MedTech
- Data protection - Regulatory
- Tech Joint-ventures - IP & Litigation
- Regulatory and technological transactions - Transactional IP
- Regulatory Litigation
- Data Centres Setup
- Design and implementation of information security and preventive risk management projects and support in responding to security incidents
- Drafting and negotiating contracts involving the transfer/waiver of intellectual property rights
- Carrying out internal privacy and data protection audits
- Drawing up and negotiating software development contracts for products to be implemented in road infrastructures at international level
- Negotiation of international personal data transfer agreements
- Drafting and negotiating contracts within the framework of technological joint ventures
- Support in setting up and implementing projects in the areas of blockchain and cryptoassets
- Support in the legal and regulatory setup of data centres in Portugal
- Legal advice on investment rounds in start-ups, scale-ups and technological M&A
- Current advisory services to one of Europe's largest telecoms infrastructure operators
- Legal advice to one of the largest global technology companies on regulatory issues related to entry into the market and operations
- Legal advice on international projects (review of the legal and regulatory framework applicable to electronic communications) in Portuguese-speaking countries
- Advising on the entry into Portugal of a global marketplace, particularly in matters of e-commerce and consumer protection
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Life Sciences | Regulatory | Litigation
- Assisting a leading multinational operating in the medical device sector in Regulatory issues, warehousing & distribution, Good manufacturing and distribution practices, Quality, public procurement, CE marking; ISO, and regulatory affairs.
- Advising a global medical device manufacturer on the interactions with HCPs and review of promotional initiatives.
- Advising global market- leading importers of medicinal products, medical devices and in-vitro diagnostic in secondary packaging, price &reimbursement, parallel imports, EU law and regulatory law.
- Advising a national association within the pharmaceutical distribution industry in regulatory matters.
- Advising an european leading provider of laboratory diagnostic services on in-vitro diagnostics within the scope of the IVDR.
- Representing worldwide market-leading importer of medicinal products in several administrative litigation against the Minister of Health and Regulatory PT authority.
- Compliance and Regulatory advice of world's largest research-based pharmaceutical companies developing and marketing innovative health care products for humans and animals.
- Advising a multinational provider of analytical and laboratory equipment solutions on compliance with applicable healthcare transparency and disclosure regimes, including “Sunshine” legislation
HealthTech
- Advising a startup health technology company on the development of a health wallet that consolidates health-related information, including medical records, lab results, and prescription information, in relation to IP, regulatory.
IP | Litigation
- Advising the largest electricity producer in Portugal, and one of the world's leading players in renewable energy in IP, innovation and transactions
- Advising a technology company that provides biometric solutions in IP
- Extensive worldwide cross-border experience: Patent Litigation [EPO, national courts, UPC]: representing both originator, generic and biosimilar companies.
- Advising a multinational networking and telecommunications company in the 1st UPC case filed before the Lisbon Local Division
- Representing a multinational pharma company before the UPC Lisbon Local Division and the UPC Court of Appeal – provisional measures and main case.
- Extensive experience in representing originator companies before PT national courts /Higher Courts/Constitutional Court and arbitration courts
- Broad experience advising on and negotiating multi-jurisdictional settlement agreements in high-value pharmaceutical patent disputes
