Team Francisco Rodrigues Rocha Partner

Francisco Rodrigues Rocha is Partner at GPA Law Firm and Head of Pratice Partner of Transportation and of Maritime. Head of Practice Partner of Insurance. He is also Co-Head of Compliance in the Financial Sector. He joined GPA in 2012, where he completed his law training and was also an associate lawyer. He has developed his practice in several areas, mainly in the areas of insurance and pension funds law, advising national and international insurance companies in the life and non-life sectors, in judicial and quasi-judicial proceedings, including regulatory matters (market conduct and compliance), as well as in policy review. He has also acted as ombudsman for an insurance company in the domestic market and, as a member of AIDA Portugal, he has participated in studies and consultations within the scope of legislative processes in this area.

Also to highlight his advice on a regulatory and corporate level to financial intermediaries, including credit institutions, private equity companies, collective investment undertakings and private equity funds, as well as monitoring administrative offence proceedings before the sectors’ supervisory authorities. He has also been dedicated, as lawyer, researcher and professor, to the jurisdictions of Angola, Cape-Verde, Mozambique and Guinea-Bissau.

Author of over 70 publications, in various legal areas, including Insurance Law, Banking Law, Corporate Law, Maritime Law, Transports Law, Data Privacy Law, Consumer Law, some of which are mentioned below.