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With over two decades of experience, Martim’s practice focuses on Communications, Data Protection, and Digital Technologies, operating at the intersection of law, innovation, and emerging regulation. He advises national and international clients across fast-paced and often unregulated sectors, offering strategic and preventive legal counsel aimed at mitigating regulatory risks and enabling innovation.
Martim has extensive experience supporting companies and public entities on matters involving advertising, copyright and exploitation of literary, artistic and musical works, data protection, and cybersecurity. He plays a key role in shaping governance strategies, ensuring GDPR compliance, and managing responses to security incidents.
He is actively involved in digital transformation projects and the adoption of emerging technologies such as artificial intelligence, blockchain, Big Data, and the Internet of Things (IoT). His legal advice is multidisciplinary, forward-thinking, and tailored to the operational realities of each client.
Martim works with leading players in innovative sectors including fintech, gaming, mobility, and e-commerce, as well as in highly regulated industries such as healthcare, pharmaceuticals, healthtech, and biotechnology. He is widely recognised for his rigorous and cross-cutting legal support, always attentive to the legal and ethical dimensions of technological innovation.
He regularly speaks at conferences, contributes to academic initiatives, and participates in multijurisdictional projects, reinforcing his reputation as a trusted advisor at the crossroads of law, technology, and business.
Martim also serves as the Data Protection Officer (DPO) of CCA.
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Postgraduate Degree in Communications Law, University of Lisbon (2013)
- Postgraduate Degree in Information Society, Copyright and E-Commerce, University of Lisbon in collaboration with the Portuguese Association of Intellectual Law (2008)
- Postgraduate Degree in Industrial Law, University of Lisbon in collaboration with the Portuguese Association of Intellectual Law (2007)
- Postgraduate Degree in Legal Practice and Legal Advisory Services, Universidade Católica Portuguesa, Lisbon (2002)
- Law Degree, Universidade Lusíada, Lisbon (2000)
Martim has been a Partner at CCA since 2019, having built his career at the firm since joining as an Associate in 2008.
He began his professional journey in 2002 at a generalist law firm, where he remained until 2004. In 2003, he collaborated with the Municipal Department for Building Conservation and Public Works under a protocol with the Portuguese Bar Association. Between 2005 and 2008, he was part of a leading national law firm.
Between 2021 and 2022, Martim was a member of the faculty at IADE – Faculty of Design, Technology and Communication at Universidade Europeia, where he taught the course on Law and Ethics in Marketing and Advertising.
He began his professional journey in 2002 at a generalist law firm, where he remained until 2004. In 2003, he collaborated with the Municipal Department for Building Conservation and Public Works under a protocol with the Portuguese Bar Association. Between 2005 and 2008, he was part of a leading national law firm.
Between 2021 and 2022, Martim was a member of the faculty at IADE – Faculty of Design, Technology and Communication at Universidade Europeia, where he taught the course on Law and Ethics in Marketing and Advertising.
Member of the Portuguese Bar Association (Ordem dos Advogados)
Chambers and Partners Europe - Portugal
- Martim Bouza Serrano, Band 3, TMT, 2025
Leaders League
- Highly Recommended, Intellectual Property | IP Litigation, 2025
- Excellent, Technology, 2025
- Excellent, Telecommunications law, 2025
- Excellent, Data Protection, 2025
IP Stars
Best Lawyers
Media Law International
- Leading Lawyer, 2025