Researchers

A. Barreto Menezes Cordeiro

António Manuel Barreto Espadinha de Menezes Cordeiro, who also signs A. Barreto Menezes Cordeiro, was born in Lisbon in 1985. Graduated from the Faculty of Law of the University of Lisbon (2008), received an LLM from King’s College London (2009) and a PhD from the Faculty of Law of the University of Lisbon (2014). He is a Professor at the Faculty of Law of the University of Lisbon since 2013, where he has taught in the areas of Civil Law, Banking Law, Securities Law, Comparative Law and Commercial Company Law, and at the European University (Laureate Group) since 2015, where he has taught in the areas of Civil Law. He has authored more than 40 publications, includingDa simulação no Direito civil (2014),Do trust no Direito civil (2014),Direito dos valores mobiliários, Vol. I (2015),Manual de Direito dos valores mobiliários (2016) andDireito inglês dos contratos, Vol. I (2017). He is a founder and member of the editorial board of the Revista de Direito Civil (2014) and member of the editorial board of the Revista de Direito das Sociedades (2014). He is Vice-President of the Consumer Law Institute, since 2016, and was Vice-President of the Brazilian Law Institute in 2016 and 2017. Arbitrator and Jurisconsult.

Ádám Boóc

Graduate in Law with a quotation of summa cum laude at ELTE School of Law, Budapest (2002). PhD Degree with a quotation of summa cum laude at Karoli Gaspar University of the Reformed Church in Hungary (KRE), School of Law (2008). Associate Professor of Civil Law, Law of Arbitration. Head of Department of Roman Law and Civil Law at KRE, School of Law. Habilitation at KRE, School of Law (2018). Former research fellow at the Legal Institute of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences (2003 – 2013). Visiting scholar at the Institute of Advanced Legal Studies (London), Swiss Institute of Comparative Law (Lausanne), Leopold Wenger Institute (Munich), University of Vienna (Vienna). Former President of Interlegal Legal Network (2015 – 2017). Head of the International Arbitration, Litigation, Insolvency Specialist Group of Interlegal Network (since 2019), Member of the Board of the Hungarian Arbitration Association, Enrolled as arbitrator at the Permanent Arbitration Court attached to the Hungarian Chamber of Commerce and Industry. Attorney – at – law, admitted by the Budapest Bar (Budapest) (since 2006).

Adelaide Menezes Leitão

Law Degree from the Faculty of Law of the University of Lisbon, in 1993; Master in Law, on November 12, 1998; Doctor in Legal Sciences on July 22, 2008, and Aggregated since January 2022. Associate Professor at the Faculty of Law of the University of Lisbon since 2017.Has taught the subjectsGeneral Theory of Civil Law, Commercial Law, Labour Law, Commercial Company Law, Insolvency Law. Legal consultant for written opinions and Arbitrator in several arbitrations. Has published several articles and monographs in the areas of Civil Law, Civil Liability Law, Industrial Law, Copyright Law, Unfair Competition, Commercial Company Law, Consumer Law, Insolvency Law. Was Vice-President of the Consumer Law Institute at the Faculty of Law. Has lectured at national and international conferences in the areas of Industrial Law, Consumer Law, Information Society Law, Insurance Law, Commercial Company Law and Insolvency Law. Since July 2022, she has served as President of the Legal Consultancy Office of the Faculty of Law of the University of Lisbon.

Ana Alves Leal

Assistant Lecturer at the University of Lisbon School of Law, since 2009. In the graduation course she has taught or is teaching the disciplines General Theory of Civil Law, Commercial Law, Company Law, Contract Law and Civil Procedural Law. Graduated (2009) and Master (academic part), currently preparing her doctoral dissertation in Legal Sciences. Researcher at the Lisbon Research Centre for Private Law – CIDP (since 2014). Coordinator of the Advanced Postgraduate Course in Banking Law (since 2015), of the Preparation Course for Admission to the Centre for Judicial Studies (since 2018), and of the Intensive Course in Financial Intermediation (to start in 2019). Her favourite research areas are Civil Law, Civil Procedural Law, Commercial Law, Banking and Securities Law. Received several scholarships and research awards from national and international institutions. Coordinator of several conferences and seminars in the areas of Banking Law, Securities Law, Civil Law and Civil Procedural Law. Speaker in several courses and conferences. In postgraduation programmes, she teaches in subjects of Banking Law, Securities Law, Investment Funds, Commercial Litigation, Insolvency Law, FinTech, Corporate Governance, E-Commerce, Contract Law and Data Protection. Author of publications in the areas of Banking and Securities Law, Business Law and Civil Procedure, and coordinator of the book collection Estudos de Direito Bancário (Studies of Banking Law), launched in 2018 and to comprise several volumes. Lawyer at Cuatrecasas (since 2009) and legal consultant, with professional practice in the areas of Banking, M&A, Capital Markets and Private Equity.

Ana Perestrelo de Oliveira

Graduated(2005) and PhD (2011)in Law, she is an Associate Professor in the Legal Sciences group at the Faculty of Law of the University of Lisbon, where she has taught the subjects of Commercial Law, Company Law, Securities Law and General Theory of Civil Law, in undergraduate and master’s courses. Lawyer and legal consultant, partner at Eduardo Paz Ferreira & Associados. Researcher at the Research Centre for Private Law. Member of the editorial board of the Revista de Direito das Sociedades, of the executive committee of the Annotated Commercial Companies Code and of the coordinating committee of the editorial board of the Revista Concorrência & Regulação. Member of the Management Committee of the Resolution Fund — Banco de Portugal. Member of the list of arbitrators of the Commercial Arbitration Centre of the Lisbon Commercial Association and the Commercial Arbitration Institute of the Porto Commercial Association. Member of several working groups responsible for preparing legislative projects in the areas of economic, corporate and financial law, in Portugal, Guinea, Cape Verde and Angola. Author of several articles and monographs and speaker at conferences and postgraduate courses, especially in the areas of commercial, corporate and securities law, economic law and arbitration.

André Moreira Simões

António Barroso Rodrigues

He obtained his Law degree, followed by a Master's degree. Currently, he is a doctoral candidate in Legal Sciences at the Faculty of Law, University of Lisbon. He has been actively engaged as a Guest Lecturer at the same Faculty, teaching various subjects, including Law of Obligations and Contracts, Rights in Rem, Family Law, and Law of Succession. Furthermore, he holds a research membership at the Research Centre for Private Law, where he not only serves as a speaker for various postgraduate courses but also acts as the executive coordinator for the Postgraduate Course in Civil Liability. He is an active member of several legal associations, including the IDC - Association for the Study of Consumer Law at the Faculty of Law, University of Lisbon, theDeutsch-Lusitanische Juristenvereinigung(Luso-German Jurists' Association), International Law Association, Society of European Contract Law (SECOLA), and the Associação Lusófona de Arbitragem e Mediação. In 2016, he collaborated with the Ministry of Justice to commemorate the fiftieth anniversary of the Civil Code. Additionally, he served as a Legal Advisor to the Secretary of State of the Presidency of the Council of Ministers from 2018 to 2019. His research activities primarily focus on Civil Law, and he has published several notable works in this field. His areas of expertise include Law of Obligations and Contracts, General Theory of Civil Law, Rights in Rem, Arbitration, Consumer Law, and Civil Procedural Law. He frequently participates as a speaker at conferences within these domains. He also conducts research at renowned foreign universities, including theJuristische Fakultät der Ludwig-Maximilians-Universitätin Munich, theJuristische Fakultät der Humboldt Universitätin Berlin, and theJuristische Fakultätof Heidelberg University in Germany. Since his admission to the Portuguese Bar Association in 2017, he has been practicing law and providing legal consultancy services in Lisbon.

António Menezes Cordeiro

Law degree (1975), PhD (1985) with aggregation (1996) in Law, Full Professorat the Lisbon University School of Law and Dean of the Legal Sciences Group. Held several academic positions, namely as President of the Directive Council (1989-1991) and as President of the Scientific Council (1998-2001) of the Lisbon University School of Law. In the graduation course he has taught or is teaching the disciplines Theory of Law, Rights in rem, Law of Obligations, Introduction to the Study of Law, General Theory of Civil Law, Philosophy of Law, Law of Economics, Labour Law, Banking Law and Commercial Law. Author of more than three hundred publications. Among these works stand out Da boa fé (1984, seven reprints), Tratado de Direito Civil (11 volumes), Direito do trabalho, Direito Bancário, Direito Comercial, Direito das Sociedades, Direito dos Seguros and Tratado da Arbitragem. Director of Revista de Direito das Sociedades and of Revista de Direito Civil, Deputy Director of Revista O Direito and member of theEditorial Board of Revista da Ordem dos Advogados, of which he was Deputy Director from 1990 to 2010. Legal consultant, national and international arbitrator and lawyer, being a founding member of the law firm António Menezes Cordeiro & Associados. President of CIDP and IDP (2014-2023). Effective partner of the Lisbon Academy of Sciences (Academia das Ciências de Lisboa). President of the Arbitration Centreof the Portuguese Chamber ofCommerceand Industry (since 2016).

António Rolo

Graduated (2013) in Law at the Faculty of Law of the University of Lisbon and LL.M. (2014) in European Legal Studies at the College of Europe (Bruges Campus), António Garcia Rolo is currently GuestLecturer in the Faculty of Law of the University of Lisbon, providing assistance in courses on securities law, corporate finance law and civil enforcement law. António Garcia Rolo has penned variouspublished works on company law, European company law,securities law, Fintech, civil and procedural law. He is also a researcher at the Lisbon Research Centre for Private Law, has been a practicinglawyer, andis currently a legal advisor inthe Portuguese Central Bank.​

Beatriz Leal de Macedo Vitorino

Graduated in Law at the University of Lisbon School of Law (2019), Ms. Vitorino is an assistant lecturer of International Private Law at the same Faculty (since 2019), where she currently attends the first phase of the PhD Course in Civil Law (since 2019). Since 2020, she has become a member of the Redaction Council of the AAFDL Editora Review Ius Dictum – General Theory of Adjudication. Ms. Vitorino is a Researcher for CIDP since 2019.

Carlos Lacerda Barata

Bachelor of Law (1986), Master of Law (Legal Sciences) (1994) and PhD researcher in Legal Sciencesat the University of Lisbon School of Law. Guest Assistant at this School of Law, in several disciplines of the Legal Sciences Group, namely, Law of Obligations, General Theory of Civil Law and Introduction to the Study of Law. He has held a number of other functions in the same School of Law, namely as a member of the Assembly of Representatives (1990-1997 and 1999), the Governing Board (2002-2004) and the Pedagogical Board (effective member 2011-2013 and 2014-2015). Member of the CIDP – Research Centre for Private Law and IDP – Private Law Institute, and Vice-President of IDC – Association for the Study of Consumer Law. Key publications: Da obrigação de preferência (1990), Sobre o contrato de agência (1991), Anotações ao novo regime do contrato de agência (1994), Contrato de mediação (2002), Contrato de depósito bancário (2002), Formação do contrato de arrendamento urbano (2002), Celebração do contrato de arrendamento no novo regime do arrendamento urbano (2006), Contratos de transporte terrestre: formação e conclusão ( 2015), Contratos celebrados fora do estabelecimento comercial (2016) e Código Civil e legislação complementar (org.; 9. ed., 2017). Lawyer and legal advisor. Member of the list of arbitrators of the Arbitration Centre of the Portuguese Chamber of Commerce and Industry (CCIP).

Carolina Nagy Correia

Law Degree from the University of Lisbon, Faculty of Law (2020), currently attending a Masters Program on Commercial Law (since 2020). Was selected tutor of law of Obligations (2019). Guest Lecturer of Contract law at the University of Lisbon School of Law (2022).Currently Researcher at the Lisbon Research Centre for Private Law - CIDP (since 2022).