Shannon Brandao Attorney
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Shannon Brandao helps companies understand the European market and navigate regulatory hurdles. She is currently investigating opportunities for “nearshoring” in Europe as U.S. and European companies shift production closer to consumers and prioritize supply chain resilience and sustainability.
Based in Portugal, Shannon also assists individuals, particularly those from the United States and Latin America, with immigration matters, such as securing visas and citizenship, and purchasing real property there. Shannon works closely with legal experts across Europe and can also help individuals with cross-border wealth management issues, like asset protection and estate and inheritance tax planning.
Shannon is also internationally regarded as a China expert, and has worked on geopolitical and business issues across a wide range of industries in the public, private, and non-profit sectors. She is the founder of the China Boss newsfeed on LinkedIn, with over 25,000 followers, and the China Boss newsletter on Substack, where she shares news and analysis on China-related business and geopolitical developments. Shannon’s analysis has also appeared in Foreign Policy, Arabian Business News, Lexology, Banking Risk & Regulation (a Financial Times service), and Harris Sliwoski’s award-winning China Law Blog.
An International Business Expert
In addition to her expertise in international commercial and migration law, Shannon offers comprehensive regulatory and geopolitical risk analysis to global firms. She follows US and European policymaking closely with regards to China/Russia export controls, financial regulation, and sanctions regimes.
Shannon graduated cum laude from UCLA and received her law degree from the University of Miami School of Law. She earned an LL.M. degree cum laude in European and International Business Law from the Katholieke Universiteit Leuven in Belgium, where she studied WTO rules, European company and competition law, and financial regulation.
In her spare time, Shannon enjoys exploring Portugal with her husband, reading and sharing China news, and improving her Portuguese.
Fast Facts
Education
- Katholieke University (L.L.M., European and International Business Law)
- University of Miami School of Law (J.D.)
- University of California, Los Angeles (B.A.)
Languages
- Mandarin (Advanced)
- French (Intermediate)
- Portugese (Intermediate)
- Dutch (Elementary)
Bar & Court Admissions
- U.S. District Court, Northern District of Georgia
- State Bar of Georgia
More About Shannon
- Buying a home in Europe – Renovation and bricolage , HS Blog, May 28, 2024.
- Where to buy a home in Europe: Does any place have it all?, Lexology, April 8, 2024.
- Where can YOU buy a home in Europe? Well, that depends . . ., Lexology, March 19,2024.
- Foreign bankers in China face emerging ‘human capital risk’, Banking Risk & Regulation (Financial Times service), October 3, 2023.
- Is China too big to fail? Evaluating financial contagion and systemic risk in China’s current debt crisis (Parts 1 & 2), China Law Blog, February 7, 2022.
- Huawei Is Bad for Business, Foreign Policy, April 30, 2021.
- Yes, manufacturing really is leaving China – and authorities are scrambling to slow down the exodus, Arabian Business, April 11, 2021.
- The National Security, IP/Trademark, Human Rights and Data Protection Risks of Working with Huawei, December 11, 2020.
- DELF Diplôme d’Études en Langue Française B1
