Main Practice Areas
Corporate, Banking and Finance, Energy, Environment, Transportation
Languages
Portuguese, English, Italian, Spanish, German
Academic Curriculum
- Degree in Law by Faculdade de Direito da Universidade Católica Portuguesa de Lisboa - 1992.
- Lawyer member of the Portuguese Bar Association, 1994.
- Post-graduate degree in Banking Law by Faculdade de Direito da Universidade de Lisboa, 1997.
- Course in Securities Law by Faculdade de Direito da Universidade de Lisboa, 1998.
- LLM in Corporate Law by Faculdade de Direito da Universidade Católica Portuguesa de Lisboa on “Supplementary contributions of capital in Portuguese Corporate Law”, 2002.
- Specialist lawyer in Financial Law recognized by the Portuguese Bar Association.
Publications
- "O Contrato de Abertura de Crédito Bancário" (The Banking Overdrafts), Lisbon, 2000 (Principia).
- "As Prestações Suplementares no Direito Societário Português" (Supplementary Contributions of Capital in the Portuguese Corporate Law), Lisbon, 2004 (Principia).
- “Organizações não governamentais e consolidação dos sistemas democráticos” (Non-Governmental Organizations and the consolidation of democratic systems), in “O Cidadão”, Quarterly Human Rights Magazine, Year II nr. 9-10, January-June 1995, Pages 65-110.
- “A Fronteira entre a Poupança Fiscal Lícita e Ilícita: Antes e Depois da Introdução da Cláusula Geral «Anti-Abuso»” (The Frontier between Licit and Illicit Tax Planning: Before and After the Introduction of the General Anti-Abuse Clause) in Direito e Justiça, Revista da Faculdade de Direito da Universidade Católica Portuguesa, Vol. XIV, 2000, tomo 2.
- “Portuguese Law on European cross-border cash pooling systems”, in International Financial Law Review, August 2001.
- “Qualification of stock purchase option rights in Portugal” (cont.) in International Financial Law Review, March 2002.
- “Securities Investment Companies” in International Financial Law Review, March 2002.
- “Supplementary Capital Contributions” in International Financial Law Review, July 2002.
- “Funding Private Limited Companies” in International Financial Law Review, December 2003.
- “New UCITS Laws”, in International Financial Law Review, co-author with Margarida Lino Santos, May 2004.
- “Portugal welcomes new financial guarantee contracts”, in International Financial Law Review, October 2004.
- “Insurance Mediation Activity”, The OFC Report, 2005.
- “European Company (Società Europea) - The European Community Regulation and its reception in Italy and the main Member States – Portugal”, Egea, Milan, co-author with Margarida Lino Santos and Margarida Amorim, 2007.