Previous profesional experience

• Partner at PRA – Raposo, Sá Miranda & Associados – Law Firm, SP, RL (2016–2026); Associate Attorney at Sarsfield Rodrigues & Associados, Law Firm RL (2012–2016); Associate Attorney at Sousa Guedes, Oliveira Couto & Associados, Law Firm RL (2008 to 2012);
• Chair of the Intellectual Property Working Group of FALP – Federation of Portuguese-Speaking Lawyers.
• Member of the Editorial Board of the legal journal “Propriedades Intelectuais” (Universidade Católica Editora), of the Legal Advisory Board of the Portuguese Blockchain Alliance, of the Intellectual Property Commission at the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC Portugal), and of the Mentor Network of UATEC – Mentall, the Technology Transfer Unit of the University of Aveiro, among others.
• Legal advisor to the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO).
• Lecturer in the 1st and 2nd Courses on Procedural and Process Law of Intellectual Property, organized by the Portuguese Delegation of the International Chamber of Commerce (2020 and 2022), as well as in various training sessions, conferences, colloquia, and events on Copyright and Related Rights.
• Lecturer, at the invitation of Prof. Maria Vitória Rocha, in the subjects of Intellectual Property, Copyright, and Information Society Law as part of the Master’s Program in Corporate and Business Law at the Faculty of Law of the Catholic University – Porto (2010/2011 and 2012/2013), as well as in the course on Copyright and Related Rights within the Bachelor’s program at the Faculty of Law of the Catholic University – Porto (2010/2011)
• Author of various writings on Copyright and Related Rights
• Party-appointed arbitrator in various pharmaceutical arbitrations (Law No. 62/2011, of December 12).

Education

• Short Course in Law and Artificial Intelligence, at the Faculty of Law of the University of Coimbra (2021).
• Course in Law and Blockchain, at the Faculty of Law of the New University of Lisbon (2019).
• Advanced Training on “Intellectual Property Rights in the Creative Industries,” at the Faculty of Law of the Catholic University of Porto (2015).
• Master’s Degree in Corporate and Business Law from the Faculty of Law – Porto School, Portuguese Catholic University, with a thesis on “The Exclusive Right of Public Communication under Copyright and Related Rights – The Existence of the Exclusive Right of Authorization in Article 184(3) of the CDADC.”
• Postgraduate Studies in Corporate Law, from the Faculty of Law of the University of Coimbra.
• Bachelor’s Degree in Law, with a focus on legal-forensic practice, from the Faculty of Law of the University of Coimbra (2005).

Languages

• English
• French
• Spanish