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Ricardo Pintão
Senior Associate

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Ricardo Pintão

Associado Sénior / Senior Associate

Languages
  • English
  • Portuguese
  • Spanish
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Ricardo Pintão is a Senior Associate in the TMC - Technology, Media & Communications, Intellectual Property and Life Sciences & Healthcare teams.

He has experience advising companies from the technology, financial, and industrial sectors in matters related to information technology, data protection, e-commerce, cybersecurity, and intellectual property. He also advises on the development and launching of new technologies, products, services, and/or platforms in the technology, cryptocurrency, e-commerce, health, and pharmaceutical sectors.

Ricardo also works closely with our Corporate M&A team, advising on information technology, data protection, e-commerce, cybersecurity, and intellectual property aspects, on a range of transactions, including several headline transactions in several key sectors, such as e-commerce, healthcare, and energy.

He also advises various national and international clients on the negotiating and the drafting of commercial contracts.

Ricardo is recommended for TMT, Data privacy and Data Protection, and Intellectual Property, by Legal 500, 2025 and is acknowledged as a Rising Star by IP Stars 2024.

Joined CMS Portugal in 2023.

Publications

  • PINTÃO, Ricardo– “2025: Inovação e Regulação no Setor Tecnológico”, in Observador, 2025
  • PINTÃO, Ricardo– “Computação Quântica: Como uma ameaça à Cibersegurança”, in Sapo Tek, 2024
  • PINTÃO, Ricardo– “Inteligência Artificial: da União para o Mundo”, in Observador, 2023
  • PINTÃO, Ricardo– “O uso da Inteligência Artificial em contexto laboral”, (co-authored with Tiago de Magalhães) in Human Resources Portugal, 2023
  • PINTÃO, Ricardo– “Brexit & RGPD: sinais de um mundo interdependente”, in Jornal Económico, 2021

Memberships & Roles

  • Member of the Portuguese Bar Association since 2020

Awards & Rankings

Legal 500, 2024.

Education

  • Law Degree, Faculdade de Direito, Universidade de Lisboa
  • Master of Laws (LL.M.) in Law & Technology, Tilburg University