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Areas

Pharma & Life Sciences

LegalTech and NewLaw

Intellectual and Industrial Property

AI, Data Protection and Regulatory Compliance

Office

Porto


Previous profesional 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
  • Best Lawyers. Listed since 2021 | Privacy and Data Security Law
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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)

Languages

  • English
  • Spanish