Category: Professor Jubilate
Academic Degrees:
Licentiate (1975) and Doctorate (1985) in Law from the University of Lisbon
Scientific Research and Co-operation:
Research at the Faculty of Law of the University of Munich, embodied in various published writings.
Member of research centres:
Chairs the Private Law Research Centre and the Institute of Labour Law, at FDUL.

Member of editorial boards of scientific journals:
He is deputy director of the magazine O Direito; He was a permanent contributor to the magazine Tribuna da Justiça; He is director of the magazine Direito das sociedades; He is director of the magazine Revista de Direito civil.
Professional Activities:
Full professor at the Faculty of Law in Lisbon, teaching General Theory of Civil Law and Labour Law (undergraduate degree) and Civil Law and Company Law (master’s degree); lawyer (Lisbon), legal expert and arbitrator, on the board of the Lisbon Commercial Association and the International Chamber of Commerce; farmer (Serpa).
Past: see the curriculum vitae and the writing Chair of the Faculty of Law of the University of Lisbon / 1st Five-Year Period (1998-2003), available in the library.
Most important publications:
Da boa fé (1984, seven reprints), Tratado de Direito civil (12 published volumes), Direito do trabalho (2 volumes), Direito bancário, Direito comercial, Direito das Sociedades (2 volumes), Direito dos seguros and Tratado da Arbitragem.