Academic Education

Bachelor’s Degree in Law, Lusíada University of Porto (António Martins da Cruz Award) (2007)

LL.M. (Master’s) in ‘Innovation, Technology and the Law’, University of Edinburgh (2008)

Short Postgraduate Course in ‘Medical Civil Liability’, University of Coimbra (2008)

Short Postgraduate Course in ‘Informed Consent’, University of Coimbra (2008)

Postgraduate Degree in Medical Law, Portuguese Catholic University (2009)

Enrolment in the PhD programme, University of Edinburgh

Enrolment in the postgraduate programme in Pharmacy and Medicines Law (2022)

Professional Experience

Founder and Solicitor at MTFG – Medeiros, Tão, Dinis Ferreira & Torres Gonçalves (2012–2018)

Founder and Head of K.LEX Portugal Advogados (2018–2021)

Visiting Assistant Professor at the Polytechnic Institute of Porto (2010–2018)

Visiting Assistant Professor at the Polytechnic Institute of Cávado and Ave (2014–2017)

Consultant at Darts-IP, Brussels (2013–2016)

Listed as an Arbitrator at the ACIF-CCIM Arbitration Centre (2024)

Member of the Department of Bio-law at the International Chair of Bioethics (2024)

Member of the Executive Committee of the Biennial Conference on Medical Law, Centre for Biomedical Law, Faculty of Law, University of Coimbra (2023)

Founding member of the Lipedema World Alliance (2023)

Member of the National Council of Ethics for the Life Sciences (5th term 2015–2020, elected by the Assembly of the Republic)

Member of the Advisory Board of the Institute of Evidence-Based Health – ISBE (since 2021)

President of AMEDIJURIS – Portuguese Association for Law and Medicine

Chair of the General Assembly of AIEV – Valongo Industrial and Business Association (since 2020)

Vice-President of the General Assembly of Santa Casa da Misericórdia de Valongo (since 2019)

Member of the Executive Committee of Fórum Portucalense – Civic Association for the Development of the Northern Region

Editor of SCRIPTed, A Journal of Law, Technology & Society (www.script-ed.org)

Held various political offices, notably as a municipal councillor and metropolitan councillor

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Languages

English, Spanish