Previous profesional experience

• Finalist in the Iberian Lawyer’s “Forty under 40 Awards 2022” in the IP & TMT and Start-up category
• Featured in Chambers Europe (2021) by Chambers and Partners (“Associate to Watch”)
• Lawyer featured in Legal 500 (2021)
• Finalist in the “Iberian Lawyer IP&TMT Awards (2022) – Portugal”, in the categories “Lawyer of the Year – Trademarks and Patents; Design; Life Sciences; Advertising; Fashion and Digital Tech”
• Lawyer recommended by WTR 1000 (2022) in the field of Trademark Registration (“Trademark Prosecution and Strategy”)
• Listed by Leaders League (2021) in Trademark Registration (“Trademark Prosecution”)
• Finalist in the “Iberian Lawyer 40 under Forty Awards (2021)” in the Intellectual Property and Technology, Media & Telecommunications (“IP/TMT”) category
• Finalist and Shortlisted in the “Iberian Lawyer 40 under Forty Awards (2021)” in the Financial Technology Law (“Fintech Law”) category
• Finalist and Shortlisted for the “Iberian Lawyer 40 under Forty Awards (2021)” in the Startup Law category
• Finalist for the “Iberian Lawyer 40 under Forty Awards (2020)” in the Startup Law category

Education

• Bachelor’s degree in Law from the Faculty of Law, Lusíada University – North (2013)
• Master’s Degree in Law (specialising in Legal and Business Sciences) from Lusíada University – North (2015), with a dissertation on the topic “Intellectual Property Law relating to Computer Programs in the Information Age: In search of a new functional paradigm”
• PhD student in Law (research in the field of Industrial Property), having completed the coursework component at the Faculty of Law, Lusíada University – North (2015 to present)
• Course in Industrial Property Law at the Institute of Postgraduate Studies, Lusíada University – North (2015)
• Training in Industrial Property at the Faculty of Law, Lusíada University – North (2014)
• Postgraduate studies in Pharmacy and Medicines Law at the Faculty of Law, University of Coimbra and the Centre for Biomedical Law (2015)
• Postgraduate studies in Medical Law at the Faculty of Law of the University of Coimbra and the Centre for Biomedical Law (2015)
• Course in Drafting Patent Applications at the National Institute of Industrial Property (2018)
• Advanced Training Course in Software: Legal Framework and Contracts at the Faculty of Law of the Portuguese Catholic University – Porto Regional Centre (2020)
• Postgraduate Diploma in Intellectual Property from the Faculty of Law of the University of Lisbon and the Portuguese Association of Intellectual Property Law (2021)
• Member of APDI (Portuguese Intellectual Property Law Association)
• Researcher at the Centre for Legal, Economic and Environmental Studies (CEJEA) of the Lusíada Institute for Research and Development (ILID)
• Official Industrial Property Agent
• European Trade Mark and Design Attorney
• Scientific Coordinator of the Postgraduate Course in Personal Data Protection Law at the Faculty of Law of Lusíada University – North (Porto)
• Founding Member and Member of the Intellectual Property Committee of JALP – International Association of Young Portuguese-Speaking Lawyers
• ARBITRARE Arbitrator in matters of Industrial Property and Domain Names

Languages

• English