Nicole Fortunato
Legal Director – Head of Digital Law
PwC Portugal
Nicole Fortunato is a Legal Director at PwC Portugal, head of the Digital Law practice area.
Her practice focuses primarily on technology procurement (software licensing, custom work, cloud computing and subcontracting), e-commerce and consumer regulation, implementation of artificial intelligence systems, cybersecurity, digital operational resilience, the data economy and, in general, on technological transformation and innovation projects.
At a glance
Areas of focus
- Tech Law
- Consumer Law
- Cybersecurity
- Advertising & Media
- Data economy
- IP Law
Profissional background
Before joining the Legal department at PwC, she worked as a legal advisor in technology companies, and as a lawyer at Vasconcelos Arruda, Cuatrecasas e Morais Leitão, where she advised large and medium-sized companies in their respective areas of expertise.
Educação
- Graduated in Law by the Faculty of Law of the University of Lisbon (2007)
- Certified professional trainer since 2012
- Advanced Training Course – Data Protection Compliance from EIPA (2018)
- Postgraduate degree in E-Commerce from the Faculty of Law of the University of Lisbon (2019)
- Master's degree in Legal Tech from IE Law School (2020)
- Member of the ITechLaw Association since 2021
- Member of the Portuguese Bar Association
