Rita de Sousa Costa

About Rita

Rita is a senior associate at the Technology, Media and Telecommunications practice. She provides regulatory, transactional and litigation advice in the areas of data protection, cybersecurity, media, advertising, consumer protection, smart mobility and emerging technologies.

She has advised clients from different industry sectors, such as clients from the mobility, audiovisual and entertainment, life sciences, digital platforms from the sharing economy, software development and cloud computing. She also has experience in working on secondment with clients.

Rita has a master's in administrative law, with a minor in data protection, from the Faculty of Law of Universidade Católica Portuguesa. She has authored and co-authored Portuguese and international peer-reviewed publications, including a book chapter in the Lecture Notes in Computer Science’s collection edited by the publishing house Springer. Rita has also been panellist at international events and seminars in the intersection domains of law and technology.