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Previous profesional experience

  • Chambers & Partners Europe. Band 3 (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)

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)

Languages

  • English
  • Spanish
  • German