Category: Guest Assistant Professor

Areas of interest / Research:
Competition Law
European Union Law
Regulatory Law
Nuclear Law

Academic Degrees:
Law Degree, 2005
Master’s Degree in European Studies – Law, 2006
Doctorate in Competition Law, 2014

Scientific Research and Co-operation

Member of research centres:
CIIDEFF

Member of editorial boards of scientific journals:
FDUL Journal
International Journal of Nuclear Law

Member of international research projects:
Chaudfontaine group on regulation of dual-use items

Other Professional Activities:
Counsel at Eduardo Paz Ferreira & Associados
Legal advisor to the National Commission for the Safety of Nuclear Installations

Most relevant publications:
The definition of relevant markets in European and Portuguese competition law: theory and practice, Almedina, 2014 [in press];

O novo regime das práticas restritivas do comércio – Decreto-Lei n.º 166/2013, AAFDL, 2014;

“Private enforcement of competition law in Portugal – virtues and shortcomings of the actio popularis“, in BENACCHIO, G. A., CARPAGNANO, M. (eds.), L’applicazione delle regole di concorrenza in Italia e nell’Unione Europea – Atti del IV Convegno biennale Antitrust (Trento, 18-19 aprile 2013), Editoriale Scientifica, 2014, p. 263 (co-authored with Leonor Rossi);

“Nuclear law at the European Court in the 21st century”, 3(11/12) (2012) Revista da Concorrência e Regulação 55;

“Private enforcement of competition law in Portugal” (I) and (II), 4(1) (2013) Revista de Concorrência e Regulação 35, 3(2) (2012) Revista de Conc orrência e Regulação 91 (co-authored with Leonor Rossi);

“Risk capital as state aid: revising the Commission’s market failure approach”, 10(3) (2011) European State Aid Law Quarterly 425 (co-authored with Luís D. S. Morais);

“The sins of the son: parent company liability for competition law infringements”, 1(3) (2010) Revista de Concorrência e Regulação 53 (co-authored with Ana Perestrelo de Oliveira);

“Popular legislative initiative in the U.S.”, 26 (2007) Yearbook of European Law 355-385;

“A obrigatoriedade de aplicação do Direito Comunitário da Concorrência pelas autoridades nacionais”, (2007) Revista da Faculdade de Direito de Lisboa 271-351;

“Judgment C-176/03 of the ECJ: the communitarisation of criminal competences?”, in 107 (2006) Revista do Ministério Público 189 and in Estudos em homenagem ao Professor Doutor Marcello Caetano: no centenário do seu nascimento, Lisbon, 2006, Vol. 2, p. 383;

“Committing to Commitment Decisions – Unanswered Questions on Article 9 Decisions”, 26(8) (2005) European Competition Law Review 451-459.

Current Teaching Activity at FDUL:
International Economics