Practice Areas
Intellectual Property Law, Commercial Law, Corporate Law, Competition Law, Contract Law, Entertainment Law, Find Arts Law, Performing Arts Law, Information Technology Law, International Law, Online Dispute Resolution Law, Partnership Disputes, Sale of Goods Law, Technology Law, Trademark Law
Professional Experience
- 2013 – (present) – Member of the Portuguese Panel of Arbitrators of the International Film and Television Alliance
- 2013 – (present) – Arbitrator at “Arbitrare – Arbitration Centre” (Lisbon, Portugal): ARBITRARE is a Portuguese Institutionalized arbitration Centre, legally able to resolve disputes over industrial property (trademarks and patents), “.PT” Domain names, trade names and corporate names as well as compulsory arbitration to resolve disputes over generic drugs (www.arbitrare.pt).
- 1990 – (present) – Lawyer
- 1988 – 1990 – Trainee and Lawyer at Jardim, Sampaio, Magalhães e Silva e Associados
- Lawyer, Arbitrator and Legal consultant, with vast experience on Litigation and Arbitration, IT Law, IP Law, Copyright Law, Corporate Law, Commercial Law and Civil Law.
- As lawyer has experience with major Portuguese IT / IP companies, insurance companies and others, dealing with corporate and commercial law, IT / IP law, litigation and arbitration.
- As arbitrator and lawyer at arbitration procedures has experience with domestic and international arbitration on Copyright Law, IP Law, Contracts Law and Corporate Law, both institutionalized and ad hoc
Professional and Other Activities
- Portuguese Bar Association
- Portuguese Arbitration Association
- London Court of International Association European Users’ Council
- International Bar Association
- ICCA – International Council for Commercial Arbitration
- International Arbitration Institute – Paris
- ASA – Swiss Arbitration Association
- Toronto Commercial Arbitration Society
- Brazilian Committee of Arbitration
- German Institution of Arbitration (DIS) – Deutsche Institution für Schiedsgerichtsbarkeit e.V. (DIS)
- Association for Domestic and International Arbitration (AFA – Paris)
Academic Qualifications
- Advanced Practice Seminar – Swiss Arbitration Association (ASA) – Frankfurt, Germany, 2018
- Advanced Practice Seminar – Swiss Arbitration Association (ASA) – Badenweiler, Germany, 2015
- Advanced Practice Seminar – Swiss Arbitration Association (ASA) – Como, Italy, 2014
- Advanced Training PIDA – Advanced Training in International Commercial Arbitration – ICC Paris, 2013
- Graduate in International Trade Law (Contracts and International Arbitration) – Faculty of Law, University of Lisbon, 2004-2005
- Graduate in Accounting, Financial Analysis and Business Assessment -University Nova of Lisbon, 1998
- Law Degree – Faculty of Law, University of Lisbon, 1988