Joana Vitorino

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Areas of interest / research:
General Theory of Civil Law;
Property Rights;
Law of Obligations.

Academic Degrees:

Law degree from the Faculty of Law of the University of Lisbon, in 2016, with a final average of
final grade of 18.

Postgraduate course in Commercial Company Law (2015/2016), at the University of Lisbon Faculty of Law (organised by the
University of Lisbon Law School (organised by the Private Law Research Centre).

Part of the PhD programme in Civil Law at the University of Lisbon Faculty of Law (2016/2017).
of Lisbon (2016/2017)

Member of research centres:

Researcher at the Private Law Research Centre

Other Professional Activities:

Trainee lawyer at Galhardo Vilão, Torres e Associados – Sociedade de Advogados (2016-2018).

Lawyer since 2018. Member of the Board of the Securities Institute since 2019.

Most Relevant Publications:

“The subjective impossibility of fungible instalments and the debtor’s duty of substitution”, in Revista de Direito Civil, Ano III (2018), no. 2, 387-419″.

“Rights in Rem: Collection of Practical Cases and Case Law”, AAFDL, 2017, co-authored with José Luís Bonifácio Ramos and João Serras de Sousa.

“Improper management and management of another’s business judged to be one’s own in German, Swiss, French and Portuguese law – Comparative Law Study”, in Revista da Faculdade de Direito da Universidade de Lisboa, vol. LV, no. 1, December 2014