Is Associate Professor at Lisbon University Faculty of Law (FDUL), and acts as arbitrator and legal expert on complex legal matters. Doctorate in Law by FDUL (2014), LL.M. by Columbia University (New York, 2004), and bachelor by the Portuguese Catholic University School of Law (2001). Was Academic Visitor at Oxford University Faculty of Law, Visiting Scholar and Research Fellow at Columbia University (2007-2008), researcher at Ludwig‑Maximilians-Universität München (Munich) and at Max-Planck-Institutfür ausländisches und internationales Privatrecht (Hamburg) (several periods from 2008 to 2013), and scholarship holder in the latter (2012). Is a member of the Private Law Institute (IDP) and of the Research Centre for Private Law (CIDP) of the FDUL, of the executive commission of the Código das Sociedades Comerciais Anotado, of the board of directors of the Erasmus and International Relations Office of the FDUL, of the Portuguese Arbitration Association, of the Club Español e Iberoamericano del Arbitraje, of the Freunde des Hamburger Max-Planck-Instituts für ausländisches und internationales Privatrecht e.V., and of the Governance Lab. Practiced law between 2001 and 2007 at Uría Menéndez. In 2013-2014 was head of legal of the Issuers Department of the Portuguese Securities Market Commission (CMVM). Between 2014 and 2021, was an external advisor to the CMVM, advising the Board of Directors and various departments on regulatory and supervisory matters. His research focuses on civil and commercial law. He has recently published books on M&A and the law of listed companies.