Graduate, Master, Doctor with Aggregation in Law at the University of Lisbon School of Law, with a specialisation in Legal Sciences, Paula Costa e Silva is Full Professor of the University of Lisbon School of Law.
She is also a Member of the Editorial Board of the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation;
Vice-Chairman of the Board of the Commercial Arbitration Center of the Portuguese Chamber of Commerce and Industry;
President of the Institute of Brazilian Law of the Faculty of Law of the University of Lisbon;
Chairman of the Board of the Portuguese Securities Institute;
Referee (HKIAC, SCIA, CAM-CCBC) and Jurisconsult and Lawyer registered with the Portuguese and Brazilian Bar Association.