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Tiago da Costa Andrade
Principal Associate
Tiago da Costa Andrade joined the Firm in September 2018, as part of the criminal, regulatory offences and compliance department. Previously, whilst a trainee, he worked not only in that department but also in the corporate, commercial, M&A and capital markets department, and the civil litigation and arbitration department.
Tiago advises and represents clients in cases involving property and economic-financial criminal law, as well as transnational and European criminal law, particularly in matters of prevention and in criminal litigation relating to property, tax, subsidy and cyber fraud, corruption and other offences committed by public officials or political office-holders, and money laundering, including cases falling within the competence of the European Public Prosecutor’s Office.
Currently, his practice has also been focusing on preventive advice and representing clients in cases of international judicial cooperation in criminal matters, notably regarding extradition, the European arrest warrant, mutual legal assistance, as well as challenging the processing of data by Interpol concerning wanted persons.
Tiago also has experience in criminal proceedings relating to defamation and freedom of expression, child abduction and domestic violence, and offences against life or physical integrity.
In addition, he frequently monitors and intervenes in cases of regulatory offences, providing advice and representing clients in the banking, financial and auditing sectors, as well as on competition and labour matters.
Tiago was an Assistant Teacher at the Faculty of Law of the University of Coimbra, as part of the Department of Criminal Law, where he taught Criminal Law. Previously, he was a Teaching Assistant, having contributed to the Criminal Procedural Law course at the Faculty of Law of the University of Coimbra. He currently collaborates with Duarte Santana Lopes in teaching the Interdisciplinary Legal Practice course at the Nova University School of Law.
He is the author of a monograph on the offence of fraud, co-editor of a collective work on the 40th anniversary of the Portuguese Criminal Code, and author of several articles published in the fields of criminal law, criminal procedure and regulatory offences, having participated in international colloquia and conferences as a guest speaker on these topics.
Education
Law Degree (Law Faculty of the University of Coimbra, 2016). Criminal Law Master’s Student (Law Faculty of the University of Coimbra, 2018). Specialization Course in Compliance and Criminal Law (Institute of Economic and European Criminal Law, Law Faculty of the University of Coimbra, 2016). Attendance of the XXI Specialization Course in International and European Economic Criminal Law (Institute of Economic and European Criminal Law, Law Faculty of the University of Coimbra, 2018).
Languages
Portuguese, English, Spanish, French and German.
Memberships
Law Degree (Law Faculty of the University of Coimbra, 2016). Criminal Law Master’s Student (Law Faculty of the University of Coimbra, 2018). Specialization Course in Compliance and Criminal Law (Institute of Economic and European Criminal Law, Law Faculty of the University of Coimbra, 2016). Attendance of the XXI Specialization Course in International and European Economic Criminal Law (Institute of Economic and European Criminal Law, Law Faculty of the University of Coimbra, 2018).
