Abreu Advogados Award

Alexandre Dias Pereira

Alexandre Dias Pereira is an Associate Professor at the University of Coimbra Law School, where he teaches Business Law, Intellectual Property and IT Law. He is also a visiting professor at Coimbra Business School (ISCAC), having lectured at Universidade Portucalense (Porto) and at the University of Macau (China). He was an Erasmus student at the Catholic University of Leuven (Belgium) and a sabbatical visiting researcher at the Max-Planck Institute for Innovation and Competition in Munich (Germany). He is a guest lecturer at the Summer School of European Private Law at the University of Salzburg (Austria), a lecturer in several postgraduate courses and an invited speaker at several national and international scientific meetings. Member of several scientific societies and editorial boards, he is the author of over one hundred studies, including monographs, journal articles and book chapters, many of them now collected in the work "Intellectual Property Law & New Technologies". He was a member of the National Council of Culture and is, since March 2021, Director of the Coimbra University Press.

Diogo Pereira Duarte

Diogo Pereira Duarte is a lawyer and Professor of Civil Law and Financial Law at Lisbon Law School.

He specialises in advising on the legal implications between technology and financial services, namely: smart contracts and blockchain; artificial intelligence and quantum computing; cryptocurrencies and crypto-activities, ICOs; innovation and money laundering; cloud computing; open banking and APIs; innovation in payment services; innovation in financial services and products; financing start ups; crowdfunding; personal data protection and privacy.

Diogo Pereira Duarte is also the coordinator of several academic conferences on FinTech, crowdfunding and Data Protection Law and editor of collective works on FinTech topics.

Filipa Calvão

Professor at the Faculty of Law of the Portuguese Catholic University, Porto School, where she graduated. Master's and Doctorate from the Faculty of Law of the University of Coimbra. She teaches and researches in the areas of public law, regulation and personal data protection. She is a researcher at the CEID (Centre for Studies and Research in Law - Católica Research for the Future of Law).

Isabel Marques da Silva

Counselling Judge of the Tax Litigation Section of the Supreme Administrative Court (since 2009) and Vice-President of the Tax Litigation Section of the Supreme Administrative Court (since 2017). Degree in Law and Master in Legal and Economic Sciences from the Faculty of Law of the Portuguese Catholic University. She was an assistant at the Catholic University Law School and has been the coordinator and lecturer of several postgraduate courses in tax matters at the same institution. She is the author of books, book chapters and numerous articles, especially on tax law matters. She has been a member of numerous committees and working groups for the preparation of draft legislation. She has taken part in various juries for Masters' Degree examinations in Law.

Luís Gonçalves da Silva

Luís Gonçalves da Silva has been a consultant at Abreu Advogados since 2013, working essentially in matters relating to employment law.

He has also held various academic positions, being a Professor at the Faculty of Law of the University of Lisbon, where he has been teaching for about 22 years, with special emphasis, in recent years - since 2013 - on the teaching of Labour Law I, II (undergraduate) and III (regent in the Masters Course in Law and Legal Practice). He is also a regular speaker at conferences and postgraduate courses, namely at the Faculties of Law of the University of Lisbon, the Portuguese Catholic University (Porto) and the New University, as well as at the Institute of Labour Law of the Faculty of Law of the University of Lisbon (IDT), the Centre for Research in Private Law of the Faculty of Law of the University of Lisbon (CIDP), the National Congresses on Labour Law; he is also the executive coordinator of the postgraduate course of the IDT.

Marta Costa

Marta Costa has been a partner at Abreu Advogados since 2019, coordinating the Private Clients & Family Business sector and the Italian Desk. She also works in the Technology, Media & Telecommunications sector.

She is considered one of the most highly regarded specialists in her two practice sectors, having already been distinguished with several national and international awards and recommendations.

She holds a PhD in Civil Law from the Faculty of Law of the University of Coimbra and from the Faculty of Law of the University of Bologna, and has held various academic positions, having lectured on various subjects of civil law, in particular family and inheritance law. She is an invited speaker at national and international conferences.

Paulo Pereira Gouveia

Paulo Pereira Gouveia has a degree in Law from the University of Lisbon and a master's degree in Tax Law. He currently holds the position of Judge at the Court of Auditors since 1 June 2021.

He has professional experience as: Judge of the Administrative Litigation Section of the Southern Administrative Central Court, based in Lisbon, from November 2010 to May 2021; Vice-President of the South Administrative Central Court (2016-2021), elected by his peers; Circle Judge of the Administrative and Fiscal Court of Funchal from September 1999 until October 2010; President of the Administrative and Fiscal Court of Funchal until October 2010; Judge at the Courts of São Vicente, Ponta do Sol and Funchal (3rd Civil Court); Intern Judge in the Judicial Court of the District of Setúbal, after having been admitted as a Justice auditor in the Judicial Studies Centre in September 1992; Teacher - at the Centre for Judicial Studies - of trainee judges in the T.A.F., for tax litigation and administrative litigation; Member of the juries of the written exams of Administrative Law in the 5th Normal Training Course of the Centre for Judicial Studies for Administrative and Tax Courts (year 2018) and in the 6th Normal Training Course of the Centre for Judicial Studies for Administrative and Tax Courts (year 2019); Invited Lecturer in different Law Schools and other institutions and speaker in numerous conferences and courses.

Paulo de Tarso Domingues

Paulo de Tarso Domingues is a partner at Abreu Advogados since 2009, working mainly in corporate law and arbitration. He is Professor and Director of the Oporto University Law School, where he obtained his PhD degree, in the area of Commercial Law. He has a Law Degree from the Portuguese Catholic University and a Master in Legal and Business Sciences from the University of Coimbra Law School. He is a member of the Institute of Company and Labour Law of the Faculty of Law of Coimbra, the Centre for Legal and Economic Research of the Faculty of Law of the University of Porto, the Editorial Board of the journals Corporate Law in Review and RED - Electronic Journal of Law, the Academic Council of the Oporto Business School, the Portuguese Arbitration Association and the European Law Institute.