Research Centre for Private Law

Research, development, production and dissemination of scientific knowledge in the field of Private Law.

A Research Unit of the Institute of Private Law (IDP)

Founded in 2014, CIDP is an autonomous R&D Unit dedicated to the production and dissemination of scientific knowledge in the field of Private Law.

 

Its activity is predominantly developed along two fundamental axes: the individual and collective research carried out by its members, and the organization of courses, seminars, conferences and workshops on current themes in Private Law.

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Research

Research Lines

CIDP has decided to structure its activities for the period 2024-2028 according to five research lines, which will act as the basis for research projects to be developed, involving teams of researchers from all areas working collaboratively in an articulated manner.

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Artificial Intelligence, Technology and Private Law

The advent of the Digital Era has changed social, economic and legal structures. The world we now live requires the Law to pay special attention to new issues, not previously encountered. The social relevance of personal data raises questions in the field of personality law, automation and artificial intelligence require the workings of civil liability to be reconsidered and the wide use of e-commerce demands study of online consumer rights. The new reality extends into finance, with a direct impact on investor rights and business funding models.

 

In addition, automation and artificial intelligence are both tools and challenges in courts. On the one hand, they promise to speed up and facilitate procedural acts, relieving judges, bailiffs and lawyers of repetitive and time-consuming tasks. But at the same time, insofar as they provide autonomous means of decision-making, they raise fundamental questions about the future meaning and nature of adjudication.

 

Finally, generative artificial intelligence raises relevant challenges in intellectual property law, namely as regards the protection of copyright and even the identity or nature of the author.

 

These trends and demands are not new. They were the subject of the last research line called Private Law in the Digital Era (PLDE). The current research line arises in the continuation of the work carried out at PLDE, integrating and focusing on the latest technological developments.

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New Perspectives of Corporate Governance

The last few years have been marked by profound reforms in Commercial Company and Capital Market Law, especially at the level of European normative instruments.

 

Following on from the work conducted within the previous line of research called Modernization of Corporate Law, the current line New Perspectives of Corporate Governance will focus its attention on three topics: (i) the impact of technology on company law; (ii) the reformulation of corporate law structures as a result of the new centrality of stakeholder interests; (iii) the impact of ex contractu governance on the company and the limits of of private autonomy in shareholder agreements.

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Diversity, Harmonization and Unification of Private Law

The study of Comparative Law studies, including its methodological foundations, is a central theme of CIDP's research activity. The diversity of modern Private Law coexists with a growing effort towards its harmonization and unification, which transcends the European space and is instrumental to the free flow of people, goods, services and capital across borders in a globalised economy.

 

This research line pays special attention to international instruments, particularly the CISG (which came into force in Portugal at the end of 2021), the UNIDROIT Principles on International Commercial Contracts, the Principles of European Contract Law and other relevant normative acts from the European Parliament and from the Council, which aim to approximate national legal systems in the field of Private Law.

 

The processes of harmonisation and unification of Private International Law – taken here as the discipline that regulates the international jurisdiction of courts, the determination of the law applicable to cross-border relationships, international judicial cooperation and the recognition of foreign judgments – are also a subject matter of this research line. In Europe and worldwide, Private International Law has known an intense movement towards its harmonisation over the past decades, which has been carried out in particular through European regulations and international conventions, such as the Hague Convention on the Recognition and Enforcement of Foreign Judgments in Civil and Commercial Matters, in force since 2023.

 

This research line seeks to study these processes in depth, and in particular their impact over the Portuguese legal system, where rules of Private International Law from domestic, European and international sources coexist, which are not always easy to combine.

 

In the context of this research line, particular attention will also be devoted to the legal systems of other Portuguese-speaking countries, which maintain a fundamental unity with Portuguese law. To this end, a permanent Lusophone Law Observatory will be set up, and the results of its work will be published internationally.

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Foundations of Private Law

This line of research is devoted to the study of the historical, dogmatic and axiological foundations of Private Law, always seeking a deeper understanding of legal systems and their evolution.

 

The research projects to be developed cover the core areas of common and commercial Private Law, as well as its immediate foundations and instruments (Philosophy of Law and Methodology). It also involves studying the models of adjudication (specially linked with new morphologies of conflicts) including alternative dispute resolution (ADR).

 

This research line also includes the critical analysis of judicial activity (including its social and economic impact), as well as the survey and systematization of empirical data on that activity.

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New Perspectives on Regulation, Compliance and Private Enforcement

The emergence of independent authorities has subverted the classic separation of powers model, which is why they have been endowed with three types of traditionally separate public powers: normative, executive and (para)judicial. Modern independent authorities issue regulations of a general and abstract nature, monitor and inspect the activity of businesses and, finally, impose financial penalties (fines) and ancillary sanctions if they detect offences. In this regard, it is difficult to sustain the classic opposition between administrative law and criminal law, especially since the European Court of Human Rights has consistently held that administrative offences and other typically administrative offences should be considered criminal offences for the purpose of applying Article 6 of the European Convention on Human Rights, which enshrines the right to a fair trial and the presumption of innocence. The social context of regulatory law requires a paradigm shift in the application of law and interaction with economic agents. Experience generally points to the advantages of an approach based on the principles of responsive regulation and regulated self-regulation. The balance between the two, however, requires a delicate balance between the requirements of effective regulation and the advantages of collaboration with businesses in the performance of this public law mission. In fact, the risks of this combination are immense and can only be minimised by establishing mechanisms to guarantee the independence and accountability of regulators and to prevent them from being captured by a wide range of interests, from party interests to business interests, which also involves transparency in the revolving doors between the exercise of regulatory functions, government functions and management functions of public, mixed or private companies. A virtuous articulation of responsive regulation with regulated self-regulation cannot ignore another pillar, which is the private enforcement of the law through actions for damages and collective redress brought by consumer representatives and others interested in promoting competition. Damages actions and collective redress often act as natural allies of more effective economic regulation and more efficient self-regulation, reinforcing the attitude of compliance on the part of companies by encouraging the prevention of legal risks that may arise from non-compliance. Any reflection on the intersecting themes of regulation, regulatory compliance and actions for damages and collective protection must value the experience of law in action, calling on the critical mass that accompanies matters of economic regulation and competition defence, adding national experience to the experience of other European countries and the European Union itself, but also to that of other reference legal systems, especially Anglo-Saxon ones, whose practice is inspiring for the European context. This line of research also includes the research project that has been developed in the field of judicial evidence, considering that evidential problems take on new dimensions in the context of the passage of information between regulators, intelligence agencies, criminal police agencies and criminal investigation holders, at the domestic level, but also at the cross-border level and not only in the European context. The research project encompasses the most general aspects of the theory of evidence and the dogmatic aspects of judicial evidence in the various regulated areas of economic activity, thus aiming to contribute to the development of an area of legal thought and practice that suffers from a lack of attention in civil law legal systems, compared to common law countries. It is a research project that involves ongoing articulations and partnerships with foreign research centres, which have already produced results in terms of national and foreign publications and scientific meetings in Portugal and abroad.

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Researchers

Meet the researchers

CIDP’s team of researchers currently comprises 56 Integrated Researchers who hold a PhD, 59 Integrated Researchers who do not hold a PhD and 5 Collaborating Researchers.
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Madalena Perestrelo de Oliveira

Invited Assistant Lecturer at the University of Lisbon School of Law since 2011 and also at the Catholic School of Business and Economics in 2015. Of Counsel at PLMJ focused on the Capital Markets, Corporate/M&A and Private Equity areas of practice. Currently working on her PhD Dissertation concerning civil liability on the Financial Markets. Researcher at CIDP and Coordinator of the Advanced Postgraduate Course in Corporate Finance & Governance, the Advanced Postgraduate Course in Insolvency and Business Recovery Law, the Specialization Intensive Course on Investment Funds and the Intensive Course on Breach of Contract. Also coordinates several other scientific Conferences in the areas of Venture Capital, Securities and Capital Markets. Secretary of the Board at Novabase’s General Meeting. Lectures on a regular basis at Postgraduate Courses, Intensive Courses.Also lectures on scientific Conferences and has authored numerous scientific articles on Corporate Law, Civil Law, Capital Markets Law and Insolvency Law, amounting to more than 20 publications, namely the bookLimites da autonomia dos credores na recuperação da empresa insolvente(Almedina) and articles such as “Direito de voto nas sociedades cotadas: da admissibilidade de categorias de ações com direito de voto plural às L-shares” and “Going dark: deliberação da assembleia geral e direito de exoneração”.

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David Oliveira Festas

Graduated in Law (2001), Master of Law (2006) and Doctor (Ph.D.) in Law (2017), David Oliveira Festas is a lawyer and Professor at the Faculty of Law - University of Lisbon, where he has been teaching Civil, Commercial, Company and Capital Markets Law in graduate and postgraduate courses. David is a regular speaker at conferences and postgraduate seminars and is the author of several articles and books, including Do Conteúdo Patrimonial do Direito à Imagem / Contributo para um Estudo do seu Aproveitamento Consentido e Inter Vivos (2006) and Das Inibições de Voto dos Sócios por Conflito de Interesses Com a Sociedade nas Sociedades Anónimas e por Quotas. David is a Partner at Campos Ferreira, Sá Carneiro & Associados.

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Paulo de Sousa Mendes

Graduate in Law (1981), LL.M. (1987) and Ph.D. (2006). Professor at the University of Lisbon, where he has taught since 1981 Criminal Law, Criminal Procedure, and Evidence Law. Member of the Board of the Research Centre for Criminal Law and Criminal Sciences (University of Lisbon). Member of the Scientific Council of the Research Centre for Latin-American Criminal Law and Criminal Procedure (University of Göttingen). Scholarships from FCT (Augsburg, Freiburg i. Br., Göttingen, Munich, Bielefeld, and Trento), DAAD (Munich, and Freiburg i. Br.), and MPI (Freiburg i. Br.). Former Head of the Antitrust Department (2013-2016) and of the Legal Department (2009-2013) of the Portuguese Competition Authority. Former Professor at the Portuguese Military Academy (2006-2009). Former member of the Portuguese Committee for the Reformation of the Penal Code and the Penal Procedural Code (2005-2007). Former member of the Supervision Committee for the Portuguese Intelligence Services (1998-1999). Former lawyer of the Portuguese Securities Market Commission (1998-2006).

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Rui de Mascarenhas Ataíde

With a degree in Law (1982), a Master's (1999) and a Doctorate (2013) in Legal-Civil Sciences from the Faculty of Law of the University of Lisbon (FDUL), he is Professor at FDUL, where, since 1992, he has been teaching Introduction to the Study of Law, Law of Obligations, Family Law, Law of Succession, Rights in Rem, Contract Law I and II in the Undergraduate Course. In the Master's Degree Course in Law and Legal Practice, he is responsible for the subjects of Registrations and Notarial Services and Civil Liability Law, and in the Master's Degree Courses in Law and Legal Science and Doctorate, he is co-responsible for the subject of Civil Law (Civil Liability) with Professor Luís Menezes Leitão. In the Doctorate Course, he also coordinated the subject of Introduction to Private Law. He cooperated with the Bissau Faculty of Law and with the Mandume Ya Ndemufayo University Faculty of Law (Lubango). He is a guest speaker on Postgraduate Courses, Legal Conferences and Congresses organised by FDUL, FDUC, Centro de Estudos Judiciários and Almedina. He also practiced law in the office of Professor José Dias Marques. He is the author of several monographs, scientific articles, notes and lessons, namely, Private contract law in the face of the present pandemic crisis. Some problems, in particular temporary economic impossibility, RFDUL (Lisbon Law Review), Número Temático: COVID-19 e o Direito, Ano LXI, 2020, N. º 1, pp. 675-709, Institutionalised arbitration of Consumer Law disputes: notes on the scope of application of Law No. 144/2015 of 08 September (Mechanisms of Extrajudicial Resolution of Consumer Disputes) (co-authored with Inês Sítima Craveiro), International Journal of Arbitration and Conciliation - Year XIII - 2020, pp. 37-86, "Unfair terms in the insurance contract" Civil Law Magazine, Year V (2020), 1, pp. 115-125, "Criteria for ascertaining negligent fault" (co-authored with Inês Sítima Craveiro), O Direito Magazine, Year 152, II (2020), pp. 343-355, Os deveres no tráfego, Estudos Comemorativos dos 50 Anos do Código Civil, Lisbon, 2019, Código das Sociedades Comerciais Anotado (coordination of Professor Doctor António Menezes Cordeiro), 3rd edition (collaboration with Professor António Menezes Cordeiro in the annotation to articles 172 to 174 and 242 - A to 242. Civil Liability for Breach of Duties in Traffic (2015, to be reprinted in 2019), Civil Liability of Supervisory Authorities and Financial Regulation (2017), "The substantive effects of the Land Registry", ROA, Ano 77 - Vol. I/II - Jan./Jun. 2017, The sale of consumer goods (2017), Land Registry Studies (2017), Possession and Detention (2015), Causation and objective imputation in the theory of civil liability (2010), The liability of the "represented" in tolled representation (2008). He has been President of the Board of the IDC/Association for the Study of Consumer Law at FDUL since July 2014.

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Francisco Rodrigues Rocha

Holds a Degree in Law (2010), a Master's Degree in Law (2014; Insurance Law) and a PhDin Law (2021; Roman Law). He is an Invited GuestLecturer at the Faculty of Law of the University of Lisbon.He is a researcher at CIDP – Research Centre for Private Law and IVRIS – Institute for Interdisciplinary Research, and is part of RIIDJ – International Network of Researchers in Law and Justice.He is a Lawyer (2014), Member of the Board of Directors of the Portuguese Section of AIDA (2018), Vice-President of IDC – Association for the Study of Consumer Law (2014), Member of the Editorial Committee of theRevista da Faculdade de Direito da Universidade de Lisboa (2020), Member of the Editorial Committee ofInterpretatio Prudentium – Direito romano e tradição romanista em revista (2016) and Deputy Director of theRevista de Direito Financeiro e dos Mercados de Capitais (2021).His areas of research are Roman Law and Romanistic Tradition, History of Law, Maritime and Port Law, Insurance Law, Banking Law, Transport Law, Commercial and Company Law, Data Protection Law and Consumer Law.

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Catarina Matos Salgado

Graduate in Law (1999), Master (2007) and Ph.D (2016) in Law, she is Assistant Professor of the Legal Sciences group of the Faculty of Law of the University of Lisbon. She has held several cooperation functions under Protocols between the FDUL and several Mozambican institutions (2010-2017), namely those of Director of the Faculty of Social Sciences and Humanities of Unizambeze (where the Law course was included) and Deputy Director for the Academic area, as well as the regency of several disciplines, both at Unizambeze and Eduardo Mondlane University, such as Special Criminal Law, Criminal Procedural Law, Labour Law, Institutional Transport Law, Air Transport Law, Methodology and Research Project, Criminal Mediation and Arbitration Practices and General Theory of Civil Law. At the Faculty of Law of the University of Lisbon, she has taught subjects such as Criminal Law, Criminal Procedural Law, Labour Law, Introduction to Law and Land Transport Law. She is the author of publications such as "Terrorism - The Legitimacy of a Forgotten Past" (in co-authorship, 2005); "From the legal regime of domestic violence practiced against women in Mozambican criminal law" (2010) and "The community courts in Mozambique" (2016). She is a lawyer and jurisconsult.

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Luís Menezes Leitão

Luís Menezes Leitão holds a Law degree (1986), a Master's degree (1991) and a PhD (1998) with Aggregation (2005) in Law at the University of Lisbon School of Law. He has conducted research in several foreign universities, namely in Germany, Italy, France and the United States. He has participated in numerous congresses and seminars, and held courses and conferences in Portugal, the United States, Italy, Brazil, Mozambique, Guinea-Bissau and Timor-Leste. He is currently Full Professorat the University of Lisbon School of Law, where he has been teaching, among other subjects, Civil Law (Law of Obligations and Contracts Law); Labour Law and Information Society Law. He was President of theBoard of Directors of theSchool of Law (2002-2004)and he also served as a member of the Centre for Fiscal Studies of the General Directorate of Taxes. He is a lawyer and legal consultant. He has authored many studies and articles in the areas of Law of Obligations, Commercial Law, Real Rights, Labour Law and Information Society Law. Among these areDireito das Obrigações (3 vols.), O ensino do Direito das Obrigações, A Responsabilidade do Gestor perante o Dono do Negócio no Direito Civil Português, O Enriquecimento sem Causa no Direito Civil, Cessão de Créditos, Garantias das Obrigações, A Indemnização de Clientela no Contrato de Agência, Código do Trabalho Anotado, Código da Insolvência e da Recuperação de Empresas Anotado and Estudos de Direito Fiscal.

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Luís Gonçalves da Silva

PhD in Law and Professor at the Faculty of Law of the University of Lisbon, where he has been teaching for approximately 20 years, with special emphasis in recent years - since 2013 - on Labour Law I, II (degree) and III (Master's Degree in Law and Legal Practice). CIDP and IDT researcher.He has held several academic roles, including member of the Assembly of Representatives (1998/2002), the Pedagogical Council (1999/2002), the Board of Directors (2001/2002), the Scientific Council (2015/2017) and the School Council (2018/2019) of the Faculty of Law of the University of Lisbon.Regular speaker at conferences and postgraduate courses, namely at the Faculty of Law of the University of Lisbon, the Universidade Católica Portuguesa (Porto) and the Universidade Nova, as well as the Institute of Labour Law of the Faculty of Law of Lisbon (IDT), the Research Centre for Private Law of the Faculty of Law of the University of Lisbon (CIDP), and the National Labour Law Congresses; he is also executive coordinator of the IDT postgraduate course. He is the author of several dozen books and articles, especially in the area of Labour Law.Since 2015, he has been a member of the Scientific Committee for Collective Negotiation of the Labour Relations Centre as a specialist.Deputy director of theRevista Jurídica Luso-Brasileira (CIDP), since 2015.Lawyer and Consultant at Abreu Advogados (since 2013).Member of the list of presiding arbitrators of the Economic and Social Council (since 2012).He participated in the drafting of several diplomas, namely the one relating to the 2003 Labour Code and its complementary legislation, having monitored, as Advisor to the Secretary of State for Labour of the XV Constitutional Government, the negotiation of these and other diplomas, in the Permanent Committee for Social Coordination.

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João Espírito Santo

Bachelor (1989), Master (1998) and Doctor (2012) in Law. He is an Assistant Professor in the Legal Sciences group at the Faculty of Law of the University of Lisbon. He served as Technical Assistant and Scientific Coordinator at the Faculty of Law of Bissau. He was a member of the Board of Directors of the Portuguese Competition Authority (2008-2013) and co-director of Revista Concorrência & Regulação (2010-2013). He taught the subjects Introduction to the Study of Law, Family and Succession Law, Civil Procedural Law I, Succession Law, Commercial Company Law I, Commercial Law IV, Commercial and Company Law, Commercial Law I and Commercial Law II. He is the author of several monographs and scientific articles on Family Law, Obligations Law, Civil Procedural Law, Competition Law, Lusophone Commercial Law and Anglo-Saxon Corporate Law, as well as studies on Classical and Medieval History. He is a Jurisconsult and Lawyer, registered with the Bar since 1990. He is a member of CIDP and the IPPC. Degree in History (2020).

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Catarina Monteiro Pires

PhD in Law (2016), Master in Law (2008) and Degree in Law (2001). Assistant Professor at the Faculty of Law of the University of Lisbon,where she has been teaching General Theory of Civil Law, Commercial Law, Obligations Law, Contract Law, International Commercial Law, among other subjects. She is a researcher and member of the Research Centre for Private Law,where she coordinates several initiatives. Author of several studies in the areas of Obligations Law, Commercial Law and Banking Law,she published, among other works, the monographs Aquisição de Empresas e de Participações Acionistas – Problemas e Litígios(2018),Impossibilidade da Prestação(2017) and the studies Resolução do contrato por incumprimento no direito português, brasileiro e alemão, Revista de Direito Civil, 2017;Cláusulas contratuais gerais de limite mínimo da taxa de juro no mútuo bancário, Cadernos de Direito Privado, 2017;Euribor negativa e mútuo bancário, Revista de Direito das Sociedades, 2017;Esforços e dispêndios exigíveis ao devedor, Revista da Ordem dos Advogados, 2016;Breves notas sobre o inquérito judicial nas SA nos 30 anos do CSC, Revista de Direito das Sociedades, 2016. Other studies are available at www.catarinamonteiropires.com. She is also a Lawyer (Dispute Resolution), Arbitrator and Jurisconsult.

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Cláudia Madaleno

Graduated in Law (2002), Master in Legal Sciences (2010) and PhD in Law – Legal and Civil Sciences (2015), she is an Assistant Professor at the Faculty of Law of the University of Lisbon.She participates, as Coordinator, in the organization of conferences and postgraduate courses in the areas of Labour Law and Social Security Law. She participates regularly as a guest speaker in congresses, conferences and seminars of a scientific nature, especially in the labour and civil law areas, and also often takes part in postgraduate courses in the areas of Labour Law, Social Security Law, Obligations Law and Law of Transport.She is a founding member and Deputy Director of the International Labour Law Review of the FDUL Institute of Labour Law. Since February 2024, sheis alsoSecretary General of RDES – Revista de Direito e de Estudos Sociais. Since 2015, she has been an Editor for the Revista Jurídica Luso-Brasileira, a publication of the Research Centre for Private Law.Since December 2023, sheintegratesthe list of presiding arbitrators of the Economic and Social Council.She is the author of several articles in periodic scientific publications and collective works, especially in the areas of Labour Law, Obligations Law, Guarantee Law, Transport Law, Leasing Law and Consumer Law.She was a Specialist Advisor to the Secretary of State for Employment, at the Ministry of Economy and Employment (2011/2012). She was an assistant lecturer at the Faculty of Law of the University of Lisbon in the subjects of Labour Law I and II, Obligations Law I and II, Real Rights and Maritime Law (2008-2015). She was also an Assistant at the Faculty of Law of Bissau (2003-2008), under the Cooperation Protocol agreed between the Faculty of Law of the University of Lisbon and the Portuguese Institute forDevelopment Support, where she was responsible for the courses on Introduction to the Study of Law, General Theory of Civil Law, Obligation Law, Special Contract Law and Private Law (Obligation Guarantees). In this context, she carried out consultancies for several entities, namely for the UNDP – United Nations Development Program, the IPAD – Portuguese Institute for Development Support and the Government of Guinea-Bissau and the World Bank.

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Manuel Januário da Costa Gomes

Graduated (1977) from the Faculty of Law of the University of Coimbra, Master in Law (1987) from the Faculty of Law of the University of Lisbon, Doctor of Law (2000) from the University of Lisbon (2000), Aggregate (2012) in Law and Full Professor at the Faculty of Law of the University of Lisbon (2013). Over the years, he has held various academic roles at the Faculty of Law of the University of Lisbon, as a member of the Board of Directors, the Scientific Council, the School Council, the Institute of Legal Cooperation, the Erasmus Office, and (since 2016) he is a member of the Scientific Council and Coordinating Professor of Postgraduate Studies. Founder and Coordinator of the Center for Maritime and Transport Law at the Faculty of Law of the University of Lisbon. Coordinator of the Lisbon Maritime Law Conferences. Founder and Coordinator of the Maritime and Transport Law Collection, edited by Almedina. He promoted the creation of the African Law Studies Collection (Institute of Legal Cooperation and Livraria Almedina). Member of the Scientific Committee of the magazine “Anuario de Derecho Maritmo”. Member of the Ibero-American Institute of Maritime Law. Coordinator of the Postgraduate Course in Maritime and Port Law, at the Faculty of Law of the University of Lisbon. Member of the Review Committee of the “Corporate Law Magazine”. Subjects taught: a) Degree in Law: Commercial Law (General and Corporate) and Maritime Law; b) Masters and Doctorate: Commercial Law, Maritime Law and Banking Law. He is a jurisconsult. Author of several publications (lessons, monographs and articles published in magazines and collective works in Portugal and abroad).

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José Alves de Brito

Law degree (1998), Master in Law (2006) and PhD in Law (2017), currently holds the position of Auxiliary Professor in the Legal Sciences Group in Lisbon Law School. As an Intern University Assistant, and later on as University Assistant, he collaborated in Civil Procedure Law, Introduction to Legal Studies, Commercial Law and Contract Law. He is co-responsible for Insurance Law in Lisbon Law School Master's Degree. Formerly a lawyer, he is the author of several articles in Civil Procedure Law and Insurance Law. He is Lusitania’s, Companhia de Seguros, SA, Ombudsman.

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Pedro de Albuquerque

Born in Lisbon, he holds a degree in Law from the Catholic University of Lisbon, a Master's (LLM) and a Doctorate in Law from the Lisbon Law school. He is an Associate Professor at Lisbon’s Law school and a member of the Center for International Legal Studies, Salzburg. He received a scholarship from the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation, the Amélia Silva de Mello Foundation and the DAAD (Deutscher Akademischer Austauschdienst). He was received several times by Professor Claus Wilhelm Canaris to do research at the Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität in Munich. In the graduation course he has taught or is teaching the disciplines of Introduction to Law, General Theory of civil Law, Law of obligations, Philosophy of Law, Property law (ius in rem), Law of Contracts I and Law of Contracts II. At Master’s and PhD level, he has been teaching Civil Law, Private Environmental Law, Banking Law, Institutional Law of Insurance, Company Law. He is the author of several dozen publications. He has been engaged as jurisconsult, retained as legal expert in international arbitration courts, he is a national and international arbitrator and he is also a partner of the law firm Albuquerque Advogados.

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Sofia de Vasconcelos Casimiro

Guest Assistant Professor at the Faculty of Law of the University of Lisbon, specialized in the area of Law and Information Technologies. She teaches in the Law Degree Course, as well as the Scientific Master's Course, and also participates in teaching several postgraduate courses at this institution. Scientific co-coordinator of the Advanced Course in Cybersecurity and Cyberspace Law, promoted in partnership by the Military Academy and the ICJP of the Faculty of Law. She also teaches Copyright Law in the Information Society, as part of the Intellectual Property Law Course promoted by the Portuguese Association of Intellectual Property Law (APDI), at this same Faculty. She collaborates in cybersecurity and cyberdefense training programmes within the European Union and NATO,acting as the coordinator of training activities in Law, Cybersecurity and Cyberdefense in NATO's Multinational Cyberdefence Education and Training project.She teaches courses promoted by the European Security and Defense College (ESDC) and the European Defense Agency (EDA). Graduated and Master from the Faculty of Law of the University of Lisbon, PhD from Queen Mary, University of London. Associate Professor at the Military Academy, legal consultant, lawyer, founding member of the Competitive Intelligence and Information Warfare Association (CIIWA) and member of the APDI board.

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