Assunção Cristas
VdA
Portugal
Assunção Cristas co-heads VdA’s environment and climate change practice group and heads the firm’s ESG integrated services platform.
A prolific author and speaker, Cristas participated in a range of conferences discussing topics relating to sustainability, environment, and ocean law, speaking at the COP28 and COP29 summits and at the UN Global Compact. Additionally, Cristas authored a myriad of articles exploring sustainability-related topics, such as climate change regulations in Portugal.
With an extensive academic background, Cristas is an associate professor at Nova School of Law, where she coordinates the master’s degree on ocean governance and directs the Nova Ocean research centre dedicated to ocean studies.