Professional Activity

• In 2018: Of Counsel at Azoia & Capelo Advogados, Law Firm
• Between 2015 and 2017, State Secretary of the Presidency of the Council of Ministers of the 21^st Constitutional Government.
• In 2014: Member of the Executive Team responsible for the «Relatório de Simplificação das Medidas Regulatórias» (Simplification Report on Regulatory Measures) ordered by the “AMA – Agência de Modernização Administrativa”.
• In 2014: Assistant Teacher of the Legal and Political Sciences Group of the “Faculdade de Direito da Universidade de Lisboa”.
• Between 2013, 2014 and in 2017: Coordinator of the “OPAP – Observatório Permanente da Administração Pública”.
• Between 2007 and 2014, Consultant of the do Cabinet of Judges of the Constitutional Court.
• Between 2007 and 2014: Assistant of the Legal and Political Sciences Group of the “Faculdade de Direito da Universidade de Lisboa”.
• Between 2005 e 2007: Deputy of the Minister of Parliamentary Affairs of the 17^th Constitutional Government.
• Between 2004 and 2005: Legal Adviser of the Vice-President of the European Parliament
• Between 2003 and 2004: Lawyer at “A. M. Pereira, Sáragga Leal, Oliveira Martins, Júdice & Associados – Sociedade de Advogados”, in the areas of Civil, Commercial, Criminal and Arbitration Legal Disputes.
• Between 2001 and 2007: Trainee Assistant Teacher of the Legal and Political Sciences Group of the “Faculdade de Direito da Universidade de Lisboa”.
• Between 2001 and 2003: Trainee Lawyer at “ M. Pereira, Sáragga Leal, Oliveira Martins, Júdice & Associados – Sociedade de Advogados”, in the areas of Civil, Commercial, Criminal and Arbitration Legal Disputes.

Publications and Conferences.

• Several publications in his areas of activity: Administrative Law / Public Procurement / Regulation and Administrative Supervision  Law/ Administrative Sanctioning and Infractions Law  / Administrative Legal Disputes / Constitutional Law / Constitutional Legal Disputes / European Union Law / European Union Legal Disputes / Mass Communication Law.
• Last Publications:
• Principle of the mutability of administrative structures: organic extinction, merger and restructuring, in «Organização Administrativa: Novos Actores, Novos Modelos», AAFDL, Lisbon, 2018.
• European Administrative Law (Annotation), in «Enciclopédia da European Union» (org. Ana Paula Brandão / Francisco Pereira Coutinho / Isabel Camisão / Joana Covelo de Abreu), Quid Iuris, Lisbon, 2017.
• The Transnational Dimension of Administrative Law – A cosmopolitan view of the legal and administrative situations, AAFDL Editora, Lisbon, 2014.
• Administrative Sanctioning and Regulation – The ERC‘s Sanctioning Power (“Entidade Reguladora Para a Comunicação Social”) at the Crossroad between Administrative Law and Criminal Law, in «Media, Direito e Democracia» (org. Carlos Blanco de Morais / Maria Luísa Duarte / Raquel Alexandra), Almedina, Coimbra, 2014.
• The Public Sanctioning Law as a bisector point (imperfect) between Criminal Law and Administrative Law – Regarding constitutional jurisprudence, in «Concorrência & Regulação», 14 (2013), 105-173 – published in July 2014.
• Les nouvelles frontières du droit administratif – Globalisation et mutations du principe de la territorialité du droit public, in «Revue Européenne du Droit Public», 88 (2013), 655-709 – published in January 2014.
• Lecturer in several conferences on his areas of activity.
• Teacher of several subjects on his areas of activity at the “Faculdade de Direito da Universidade de Lisboa”.

Education

• Bachelor of Laws by the “Faculdade de Direito da Universidade de Lisboa”, 2001.
• Master Degree on Legal and Political Sciences by the “Faculdade de Direito da Universidade de Lisboa”, 2007.
• Doctor Degree on Legal and Political Sciences by the “Faculdade de Direito da Universidade de Lisboa”, 2014.

Bar and Professional Associations

• Investigator of the “Centro de Investigação de Direito Público” and associate at the “Instituto de Ciências Jurídico-Políticas” (ICJP), of the European Institute of the “Instituto de Direito Penal e de Ciências Criminais” (IDPCC).
• Member of the European Public Law Organization (EPLO), 2014.
• Member of the Council of Representatives of the ELGS – European Law and Governance School, between 2014 and 2015.
• Member of the “Comissão Nacional de Eleições”, between 2006 and 2007.
• Member of the “Ordem dos Advogados” (Bar Association) since 2003.

Languages

• English
• French
• Spanish
• German
• Italian