Joined FCLaw Lawyers & Private Notaries as a partner in 2017.
He acted as counsel in Macau, Portugal and Lao PDR courts, as well as in domestic, ICSID and international commercial arbitrations. Submitted reports and/or acted as an expert witness in the United States, Singapore, Australia, United Kingdom and Hong Kong (Department of Justice).
Distinguished by Macau Daily Times as the “Person of the Year” in its “2018 Year in Review” (open to anyone, including politicians, entrepreneurs, academics, artists and other professionals) and with an “Honourable Mention” for a “historic win” in a complex legal action in its “2018 Year in Review”.
As an academic, he lectured in Portugal at three Faculties of Law and the Law Society, as well as at the Faculty of Law in Guinea-Bissau. In the United Kingdom, he lectured at the Stanford University (Program in Oxford) and University of Oxford (St Hilda’s College). At the University of Oxford, he was a Research Fellow at Wolfson College and elected member of its Governing Body, and co-convener of the Jurisprudence Discussion Group (Faculty of Law). Presented several papers in conferences in Oxford, London, Hong Kong, Lisbon and elsewhere. Published articles in academic journals in Portugal, Macau, Hong Kong and England, and contributed with articles in five edited books.
For the Macau Government, he worked as researcher and consultant for the Macau Legislative Legal Affairs Office (1998) and the Macau Gaming Commission for the Tendering Process to Grant three Concessions to operate Casinos (2001-02).
Education
- Graduated in Law (BA with Honours) at the Faculty of Law of the University of Lisbon in 1991.
- Post-graduation Studies at Faculty of Law of the University of Lisbon in 1996.
- LLM Master’s degree at Faculty of Law of the University of Cambridge in 2001.
- Undertook DPhil studies (ABD) at Faculty of Law of University of Oxford from 2001.
- Junior Researcher Fellow at University of Oxford (Wolfson College) in 2007-2008.
- Researcher Fellow at University of Oxford (Wolfson College) in 2008-2011.
Membership
- Macau Lawyers Association (admitted in 1998).
- Portuguese Bar Association (admitted in 1991).
For more professional biographical details please check his LinkedIn page here.
