Telma Vieira Barbosa
Associate

Telma Vieira Barbosa is an Associate at Dower Law Firm, practising mainly in the areas of Criminal and Regulatory Offenses Law, Family and Inheritance Law and Credit Recovery.

Journey

Telma Vieira Barbosa joined Dower Law Firm in 2022, where she primarily focuses on Criminal Law and Administrative Offences, Family and Inheritance Law, and Debt Recovery.

She holds a degree in Solicitorship from the School of Technology and Management of the Polytechnic of Porto and a Law degree from Portucalense University Infante D. Henrique.

She is currently attending the Master’s in Law with a Specialisation in Criminal Legal Sciences at the Faculty of Law of the University of Porto.

Also completed the 1st Intensive Course in Legal-Forensic Advisory organised by the Botto Machado Training Institute and the Order of Solicitors and Enforcement Agents. In 2024 and 2025, she completed the course “Corruption and Money Laundering” organised by the Portuguese Bar Association and the Specialisation Course in Compliance and Criminal Law at the Institute of Economic and European Criminal Law of the University of Coimbra, respectively.

Her professional background includes three years of legal-forensic advisory work in the office of an Enforcement Agent and an internship at the law firm Cerejeira Namora, Marinho Falcão.

At present, Telma Vieira Barbosa also serves as a municipal deputy in the Municipal Assembly of Santa Maria da Feira, as a locally elected member of the Parish Assembly of Gião, as president of the local party youth organisation, and as a member of the Board of the local party section assembly, the local political committee, and the federation jurisdiction committee, among other roles. She is also a Second-Class Firefighter at the Lourosa Volunteer Firefighters and President of the Board of the General Assembly of the association Sr. Saudável – Caminhamos lado a lado com a sua saúde.

Received the Alumni Career Merit Award, nominated by the School of Technology and Management, under the theme “Distinctive Commitment to Development and Territorial Cohesion.” This award aims to recognise graduates who have distinguished themselves through their career path and their contribution to innovative, entrepreneurial, and socially committed actions and policies aimed at building a better future, making her one of the youngest recipients of this distinction.

Articles and Publications

Co-authored with Carlos José Batalhão an article entitled “Installation, Constitution of the Executive Board and Commencement of Functions of Parish Authorities”, published in the Revista das Freguesias of the Associação de Estudos de Direito Regional e Local.