Agreement between IHLADI and CIDPThe Cooperation Agreement between the Lisbon-based Centro de Investigação de Direito Privado (CIDP) and the IHLADI was signed on 6 February. The purpose of the agreement is to establish a lasting cooperation between the two institutions to promote projects, publications and research and scientific activities in the field of international law. The CIDP will play a leading role in the organisation of the 32nd IHLADI congress, which will take place in Lisbon from 2 to 6 September 2024.
CMVM PROTOCOLFDUL/CIDPCIDP + CMVM 2018 The University of Lisbon School of Law (FDUL) and CIDP have signed a collaboration protocol with the portuguese Stock Market Comission (CMVM). This protocol aims to promote joint formative offers, participation in seminars and other technical-scientific events, as well as the access to CMVM’s official data and internships to LLM and PhD students. The signature of this new protocol took place on the fringe of the I Crowdfunding Seminar, jointly organized by CMVM, the University of Lisbon School of Law (FDUL) and CIDP, during which the future of capital collaborative funding and loan was discussed.
NEW REGIME APPLICABLE TO ADULT’S LEGAL INCAPACITIESCIDP + GOVERNMENT OF THE PORTUGUESE REPUBLIC 2017 Study of legislative policy concerning the new regime applicable to adult’s legal incapacities. CIDP’s contribution substancialized in a Project of a Bill establishing the legal figure of the “maior acompanhado” (adult’s guardian) and suggests changes to portuguese Civil Code as well as to portuguese Civil Procedure Code. Moreover, this legislative reform proposal advocates the modernization of the legal incapacities regime, specially regarding its articulation with the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities. “Da situação jurídica do maior acompanhado – Estudo de política legislativa relativo a um novo regime das denominadas incapacidade dos maiores”
FINTECH - Financial Technology ChallengesCIDP + EUROPEAN COMISSION + PORTUGUESE SECRETARY OF STATE OF INDUSTRY 2017 CIDP’s researchers have contributed to the legal study and to the spreading of FinTech – Financial Technology Challenges. This phenomenon – which have been studied only from the technological and economic perspectives before – is analysed from a legal perspective from now on. CIDP organized scientific seminars and the publishing of a collective book [fazer link para este livro no separador PUBLICAÇÕES>OBRAS COLETIVAS], intervened in European Comission’s public consultation on this issue, promoted a specialization workshop about the challenges brought up by FinTech and integrated a work group to create a regulation framework for the regulation of these FinTech phenomenons. Collective book on Almedina Online “FinTech – Desafios da Tecnologia Financeira”, Diogo Pereira Duarte – LinkedIn Pulse
“CAPITALIZAR” PROGRAMCIDP + PORTUGUESE MINISTRY OF JUSTICE 2017 CIDP has intervened in the process of public discussion about a set of legislative measures proposed by the Government, integrated in the “Capitalizar” Program. A group of 19 researchers from CIDP have presented, in a collective book, their comments on five legislative proposals: (i) the amendment to Portuguese Commercial Companies Code and Portuguese Insolvency Code; (i) the conversion of credits into capital regime; (iii) the corporate recovery mediator; (iv) the appropriation of the collateral regime; (v) the extrajudicial corporate recovery legal regime (RERE). “Governo adota novo pacote legislativo do Programa Capitalizar”