Member of international research projects:
Portuguese rapporteur for the research project Immaterial Damages in European Contract Law (editor Vernon Palmer (Tulane University)), Common Core of European Private Law, International University College of Turin;

Portuguese rapporteur for the research project The Interpretation of Commercial Contracts in European Private Law (editors Jaap Baaij (Amsterdam University), Laura Macgregor and David Cabrelli (Edinburgh University), Common Core of European Private Law, International University College of Turin.

Other Professional Activities:
Legal consultant;
Lawyer with suspended registration since 2002;
Arbitrator in several arbitrations;
Legal Assistant to the Prime Minister of the XV Constitutional Government, between 7th February 2003 and 17th July 2004, with full duties in the Legal Department;
Legal Assistant to the Minister of Culture of the XVI Constitutional Government, replacing the Head of Cabinet, from 17 August 2004 until 31 January 2005.

Most relevant publications:
Private Law Study on the General Clause of Unfair Competition, Almedina, Coimbra, 2000;

Norms of Protection and Purely Patrimonial Damages, Almedina, Coimbra, 2008;

Administrative Consumer Law, Special Administrative Law Treaty, (coord. Pedro Gonçalves/Paulo Otero), vol. VI, Almedina, Coimbra, 2012;

Estudos do Instituto do Direito do Consumo, vol. IV (coordinated by Adelaide Menezes Leitão), Almedina, Coimbra, 2014.

Current Teaching Activity at FDUL:
Lecturer in General Theory of Civil Law I and II
Lecturer in Insolvency Law (Professional Master’s Degree)
Lecturer in Company Law I and II (Professional Master’s Degree)