Professor of Law, University of Lisbon Law School.
Lawyer, admitted to the Portuguese Bar Association, member of the Circle of Portuguese Competition Law Lawyers. Served at the Portuguese Competition Authority as Director of the Department for Restrictive Practices (2004-2013), Director of the Special Unit for Competition Assessment of Public Policies (2013-2016) and as Senior Legal Advisor (2016-2017). Former member of the Competition Council (1998-2003) and Director for International Relations of the Portuguese Rail Regulator (1999-2004).
Born in Coimbra in 1968. He has a PhD in Law from the University of Lisbon Law School (2009), and a graduate degree in Law from the Portuguese Catholic University Law Faculty (1990) where he also obtained a Master Degree in Law – EC Law (1998). He also studied at the College d’Europe, Bruges (1990-91) and, as a Fulbright scholar, at the University of Michigan Law School (1994-95). Associate of the European Institute and of the Institute for Economic, Financial and Tax Law of the University of Lisbon Law School. Senior Researcher at CIDEEFF – Research Centre on European, Economic, Financial and Tax Law, University of Lisbon Law School. Member of the Competition Law Scholars Forum. Elected member of the Law School Academic Board and of the Scientific Board. Member of the Scientific Advisory Board of the Competition and Regulation review and Deputy Director of the Public Finance and Tax Law Review.
Author of several books and academic articles on Competition Law, European Union Law, International Economic Law, Law & Economics and Intellectual Property. Author page at SSRN: http://ssrn.com/author=358707.
