Practice Expertise
- Dispute Resolution
Areas of Practice
- Dispute Resolution
Profile
Rute is a senior counsel in the Dispute Resolution practice. She has more than 10 years of experience in dispute resolution, with the last few years dedicated to domestic and international arbitration, particularly in the areas of corporate, financial, commercial, energy, projects and infrastructure disputes.
Rute was the coordinator of the Under-40 Council of the APA (Portuguese Arbitration Association), is currently the secretary of the general meeting of the APA and the coordinator of the Under-40 Council of the Coimbra International Arbitration Meetings, as well as a member of various associations.
In addition to her legal practice, Rute has experience as an arbitrator and secretary to arbitral tribunals.
She holds an LL.M. in Comparative and International Dispute Resolution from Queen Mary University of London and a master's degree in Business Law from the Faculty of Law of Universidade Nova de Lisboa. She also attended the postgraduate programme in energy law at the Universidade Católica.
Rute has published articles on various arbitration topics, including the production of witness evidence, challenges to arbitral awards and the duties of disclosure, independence and impartiality of arbitrators. She is an active arbitrator in the Willem C. Vis International Commercial Arbitration Moot.
Rute also has experience in other areas: she was a mediator in consumer disputes at UMAC, an assistant to the Secretary of State for the Presidency of the Council of Ministers of the 18th Government and an intern research assistant for Portugal at LexisNexis, Reed Elsevier (UK) in London.
Rute was the coordinator of the Under-40 Council of the APA (Portuguese Arbitration Association), is currently the secretary of the general meeting of the APA and the coordinator of the Under-40 Council of the Coimbra International Arbitration Meetings, as well as a member of various associations.
In addition to her legal practice, Rute has experience as an arbitrator and secretary to arbitral tribunals.
She holds an LL.M. in Comparative and International Dispute Resolution from Queen Mary University of London and a master's degree in Business Law from the Faculty of Law of Universidade Nova de Lisboa. She also attended the postgraduate programme in energy law at the Universidade Católica.
Rute has published articles on various arbitration topics, including the production of witness evidence, challenges to arbitral awards and the duties of disclosure, independence and impartiality of arbitrators. She is an active arbitrator in the Willem C. Vis International Commercial Arbitration Moot.
Rute also has experience in other areas: she was a mediator in consumer disputes at UMAC, an assistant to the Secretary of State for the Presidency of the Council of Ministers of the 18th Government and an intern research assistant for Portugal at LexisNexis, Reed Elsevier (UK) in London.
Bar Admissions
Admitted to the Portuguese Bar Association, 2012
Education
Law degree from Universidade Nova de Lisboa (FDUNL), 2007
Master of Laws in corporate law from Universidade Nova de Lisboa, 2010
LL.M in comparative and international dispute resolution from Queen Mary University of London, UK, 2013
Areas of Practice
- Dispute Resolution
Professional Career
Significant Accomplishments
The Legal 500
2025 - Rute Alves, Recommended Dispute Resolution
2022 - Rute Alves Dispute Resolution
Professional Associations
President of the Supervisory Board of the National Federation of Law Students
Assembly of Representatives FDUNL, student representative
President of the Board of AEFDUNL
Vice-President of the Board of AEFDUNL, Careers and Training Department
Chair of the General Meeting of the Student Association of the Faculty of Law of Universidade Nova de Lisboa (AEFDUNL)
Professional Activities and Experience
Consumer disputes mediator, UMAC - Consumer Dispute Mediation and Support Unit, Faculty of Law of Universidade Nova
de Lisboa, 2008
Assistant to the Secretary of State of the Presidency of the Council of Ministers, XVIII Constitutional Government of Portugal, 2011
Intern-Research Assistant for Portugal, LexisNexis, Reed Elsevier (UK), London, UK, 2012
The Legal 500
2025 - Rute Alves, Recommended Dispute Resolution
2022 - Rute Alves Dispute Resolution
Professional Associations
- International Bar Association
President of the Supervisory Board of the National Federation of Law Students
Assembly of Representatives FDUNL, student representative
President of the Board of AEFDUNL
Vice-President of the Board of AEFDUNL, Careers and Training Department
Chair of the General Meeting of the Student Association of the Faculty of Law of Universidade Nova de Lisboa (AEFDUNL)
Professional Activities and Experience
Consumer disputes mediator, UMAC - Consumer Dispute Mediation and Support Unit, Faculty of Law of Universidade Nova
de Lisboa, 2008
Assistant to the Secretary of State of the Presidency of the Council of Ministers, XVIII Constitutional Government of Portugal, 2011
Intern-Research Assistant for Portugal, LexisNexis, Reed Elsevier (UK), London, UK, 2012
Articles
100 anos de Arbitragem : Os Casos Essenciais Comentados
Advogados PLMJ, Arbitration
Coimbra Editora, Colecao Juridica PLMJ, Vol. IX, 2016
Advogados PLMJ, Arbitration
Coimbra Editora, Colecao Juridica PLMJ, Vol. IX, 2016
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