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Luis Gonçalves Lira
Senior Associate
Areas

Employment

Office

Porto


Previous profesional experience

  • Researcher at the Centre for Justice and Governance Research (since 2021)
  • Member and Founding Associate of the JALP Labour Law Committee (since 2020)
  • Full Member of the Portuguese Labour Law Association; Associate at Leal Cardoso Advogados (until January 2019)
  • Visiting Lecturer at the University of Minho Law School (since 2019); Solicitor since 2017 and at PRA since 2019
  • Best Lawyers. (2026. Listed | Labour and Employment Law

Education

  • Bachelor of Laws, Faculty of Law, University of Porto (2015)
  • Continuing Professional Development: Labour Procedural Practice, Faculty of Law, University of Porto (2015)
  • Postgraduate Diploma in Labour and Social Security Law, Porto Law School, Portuguese Catholic University (2017)
  • Master’s Degree in Judicial Law, School of Law, University of Minho (2017)
  • Course on Disciplinary Procedure, Faculty of Law, University of Porto (2019)
  • Postgraduate Course in Informed Consent, Centre for Biomedical Law – FDUC (2021)
  • Postgraduate Course in Medical Liability, Centre for Biomedical Law – FDUC (2021)
  • Currently studying PhD in Private Law (with a thesis on labour law), Faculty of Law, University of Minho (since 2021)
  • Training in Gender Equality, Turisforma – Formação e Consultoria, Lda. (2022)
  • Online Training, Workplace Accidents – 2nd Edition, APODIT – Portuguese Association of Labour Law (2025)

Languages

  • English