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Vera Patrícia Querido
International Consultant
Vera Patrícia Querido joined Morais Leitão in 2020. She advises the firm on matters regarding Cape Verde.
She practiced law from 1996 a 2002, focusing on the areas of Criminal Law, Civil Law, Labour Law and Administrative Law.
Vera was a Senior Technician at the General Labour Inspection, namely as instructor of misdemeanours procedures, as well as at the Ministry of Labour and Social Security, intervening in the transposition of Community Directives in the area of Safety and Health at Work and in the drafting of other legislation related to the same matter.
She was a Labour Inspector at the Authority for Working Conditions.
Vera Patrícia Querido was Deputy Ombudsman of the Republic of Cape Verde until September 2020.
Education
Law Degree (University of Lisbon School of Law, 1995). Postgraduate Studies in Forensic Law (Católica Lisbon School of Law, 2001). Postgraduate Studies on Labour and Social Security Law (University of Lisbon School of Law, 2003). Postgraduate Studies in Safety and Hygiene at Work – CAP level V, Fides (Lusófona, Torres Vedras, 2004). Postgraduate Studies in Governance and Administration (Instituto Superior de Ciências Jurídicas e Sociais, Praia, Cape Verde, 2018). Master's Degree in Governance and Administration (Instituto Superior de Ciências Jurídicas e Sociais, Praia, Cape Verde, 2021).
Languages
Portuguese, English and French.
Memberships
Portuguese Bar Association (admitted in 1995). Cape Verde Bar Association (admitted in 2013).
