Bachelor (1983), Master (1994), Doctor (2007), Aggregation (2020) in Law. He is Associate Professor with Aggregation of the Legal Sciences Group at the Faculty of Law of the University of Lisbon. He held several academic roles, including member of the Scientific Council (2008-2011); Pedagogical Council (2011-13); School Council (2013-2015 and 2015-2017). He also served on the Postgraduate Studies Committee and the Brazilian Law Institute, as its Vice-President, between 2012 and 2015. He has taught the subjects of Real Rights, Civil Procedural Law I, II and III, Contract Law I, Graduation; Registration and Notary Law, Probation Law and Real Rights II, in the Master's Degree in Legal Practice; Environmental Law and Civil Procedural Law, in the Scientific Master's degree, and Introduction to Law, in the Doctorate. He is the author of monographs, book chapters and legal articles in the areas of Real Rights, Civil Procedural Law, Culture and Cultural Heritage Law, Insurance Law and Animal Rights. He is a Member of the Luso-German Association of Jurists (DJLV), the Brazilian Institute of Cultural Heritage Law (IBDPC) and the Brazilian Association of Procedural Law (ABDpro). He was a lawyer, Deputy to the Assembly of the Republic (1985-1991), Head of the Office of the Secretary of State for Culture (2002-2004) and Member of the Superior Council of the Public Ministry (2011-2014).