Academic Education

Bachelor’s Degree in Law, Universidade Portucalense (1999)

Continuing Professional Development Course in Procedural Practice: Labour Law, Faculty of Law, University of Porto (2014)

Advanced Training Course on the New Administrative Procedure Code, Catholic University (2015)

Specialisation Course in Labour Disciplinary Proceedings, Faculty of Law, University of Porto (2017)

Compliance Course for the Prevention of Corruption, Nova School of Law | New University of Lisbon (2020)

Advanced Course in Social Security and Labour Law, Centre for Financial Studies, Barcelona (2022)

Postgraduate Course in Social Security Law, Institute of Labour Law, Faculty of Law, University of Lisbon (2023/2024)

Executive Course in Analytics and AI for Business, Católica Porto Business School (2025)

Member of the Informal Working Group on Developments in the Business and Human Rights Agenda, including the UNGP ten-year-plus project (UN Working Group on Business and Human Rights).

Postgraduate Course in Pharmacy and Medicines Law, Centre for Biomedical Law | FDUC (2018)

Postgraduate Course in Medical Confidentiality, Personal Data and Clinical Processes, Centre for Biomedical Law | FDUC (2020)

Intensive Course on “Climate Change Regulation”, School of Law, Portuguese Catholic University | Católica Next (2024)

Applying EU Anti-Discrimination Law, Academy of European Law (2024)

Contributions to the “Business Ready 2024” project developed by the World Bank Group (2024)

ISSB: Applying the IFRS Sustainability Disclosure Standards, International Finance Corporation of the WORLD BANK GROUP (2025)

Gender Equality and Global Markets – by the United Nations Sustainable Stock Exchanges (SSE) (2025)

Professional Experience

Chambers & Partners Europe. Band 4 (2023–2025) | Employment

Legal500. Listed (2020–2024) | Employment. Listed (2022–2023) | Porto Leading Commercial

Best Lawyers. Listed (2020–2022; 2026) | Labour and Employment Law. Best Lawyer (2023–2025) | Labour and Employment Law.

Leaders League. Key Figure (2020–2024) | Labour & Employment.

Iberian Lawyer

Finalist (2022) | Labour | Industrial & Trade Union Relations

Finalist (2022 and 2024) | Labour | Litigation

Shortlisted (2020) | Finalist (2021 – 2024) | Labour | Non-contentious/advisory

Finalist (2021 – 2024) | Labour | Restructuring/Reorganisations

Finalist (2022) | Labour | Agency Relationships

Finalist (2022 – 2024) | Labour | M&A and Employment-related Issues

Finalist (2022) | Labour | Social Security

Finalist (2022) | Labour | Public Sector Employment

Finalist (2022) | Labour | Sports Law

Lawyer of the Year (2022) | Finalist (2024) | Labour | Top Management

Inspira Law (2024)

Languages

English, Spanish, German