Expert Details
Portuguese Law, Corporate and Commercial Law, Insurance Law, Contract Law, Tort Law, Evidence.
ID: 730035
Portugal
Now a senior associate with her law firm’s corporate and commercial practice group, she has played an important role in the setting up of varied operations on behalf of domestic and foreign clients and she provides ongoing legal advice in all areas of corporate and commercial law. She focuses on the drafting and negotiation commercial contracts, with an emphasis on insurance.
Education
Year | Degree | Subject | Institution |
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Year: 2009 | Degree: PhD | Subject: Private Law | Institution: New University of Lisbon |
Year: 2001 | Degree: MPhil | Subject: Contract Law | Institution: Oxford University |
Year: 2000 | Degree: MJur | Subject: European and Comparative Law | Institution: Oxford University |
Year: 1999 | Degree: BA | Subject: Law | Institution: University of Lisbon |
Work History
Years | Employer | Title | Department |
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Years: 2002 to Present | Employer: Undisclosed | Title: Lawyer | Department: |
Responsibilities:She is a senior associate within the corporate and commercial department.. |
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Years | Employer | Title | Department |
Years: 2005 to Present | Employer: Undisclosed | Title: Visiting Professor | Department: |
Responsibilities:She has been invited to teach several courses, first as a teaching assistant and then as an assistant professor. She retains the title of visiting professor because she is not presently a faculty member. |
Government Experience
Years | Agency | Role | Description |
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Years: 2009 to 2009 | Agency: Portuguese General Directorate of Consumers | Role: Drafter of legislation. | Description: She co-drafted the bill of what later became Decree-Law 222/2009 of 11 September (on life insurance related to housing loans). |
Years: 2007 to 2008 | Agency: Ministry of Finance | Role: Secretary. | Description: She was appointed Secretary to the Permanent Joint Committee on the Cahora Bassa Project, between the Portuguese Republic, the Republic of Mozambique and the Republic of South Africa. |
Career Accomplishments
Associations / Societies |
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She is a member of the Portuguese Bar Association since 2002. She is a member of the Centre for Research in Law and Society of the New Univ. Lisbon since April 2009. She is a member of AIDA Portugal (Portuguese Chapter of the International Association of Insurance Law) and a member of its Scientific Board since May 2011. |
Licenses / Certifications |
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She is a licensed attorney in Portugal (Advogada). |
Professional Appointments |
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She is part of the body of arbiters of the National Centre of Information and Arbitration of Consumer Conflicts since May 2011. She was appointed Secretary to the Permanent Joint Committee on the Cahora Bassa Project, between the Portuguese Republic, the Republic of Mozambique and the Republic of South Africa (November 2007 to May 2008). • She has been appointed secretary of general shareholder meetings of various national and international companies (since 2002). |
Awards / Recognition |
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Awarded a doctoral grant by the Max-Planck-Institute for Comparative and International Private Law (July 2008). Awarded a doctoral fellowship by the Portuguese Foundation for Science and Technology (01.01.2007 to 31.03.2008). Appointed Martin Senior Scholar - Worcester College – Oxford University (2001). Awarded a Chevening scholarship by the British Council (1999/2000). Awarded a Merit Scholarship by the University of Lisbon (1998). |
Medical / Professional |
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She has completed her internship as an attorney at the law firm Morais Leitão, Galão Teles, Soares da Silva & Ass. (September 2002 to March 2004). |
Publications and Patents Summary |
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She has published in a variety of topics within private law. |
Language Skills
Language | Proficiency |
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English, Portuguese | She is fluent - nearly bilingual. |
French | She reads fluently but her speaking and writing skills are rusty. |
German | Her knowledge of legal German is reasonable but her skills are otherwise basic. |
Spanish | She reads fluently and speaks reasonably well but has never formally learnt how to write in Spanish. |
Fields of Expertise
commercial law, corporate law, insurance law, legal counsel, tort law, law, foreign law, contract negotiation, insurance, contract law, expert testimony, privacy law, defamation, medicolegal, banking regulation, divorce, corporate governance, courtroom testimony, arbitration testimony, testimony, law enforcement, insurance claim handling, life insurance arbitration, international arbitration, insurance arbitration, life insurance claim, claims made policy, commercial real estate law, real estate law, labor law, family law, insurance dispute, coverage dispute, contract dispute, construction dispute, community dispute, case law, property law, directors and officers liability insurance, property insurance, life insurance, liability insurance, auto insurance, expert witness, construction claim, copyright law, arbitration, alternative dispute resolution, mediation, international shipping regulation, construction insurance claim, insurance claim