Paulo Câmara holds a PhD in Law from the Faculty of Law of Universidade Católica Portuguesa and is a Visiting Professor at this Faculty of Banking Law, Securities Law and Corporate Governance, on the Business Master's Degree and the Law and Management Master's Degree. Co-coordinator of the Corporate Governance & ESG and ESG Strategy & Reporting Executive Programmes. Guest lecturer in Corporate Governance at the Lisbon MBA. Partner of Sérvulo & Associados - Sociedade de Advogados, RL, and co-coordinator of the Financial Law, Capital Markets and Corporate Governance Department.
Coordinator of the Governance Lab research group (www.governancelab.org). Scientific Coordinator of the Securities and Financial Markets Congress and Scientific Co-Coordinator of the ESG Congress. Co-Chairman of the Legalink ESG Practice Group. Chairman of the General Meeting of the Portuguese Banking Association (since 2016). Member of the Code Monitoring and Follow-up Committee of the Portuguese Institute of Corporate Governance (since 2018).
Member of the Editorial Board of the Journal of Financial Law and Capital Markets and member of the Scientific Committee of the Journal Concorrência & Regulação.
In the past he has held positions such as: Member of the Scientific Committee of the IOSCO 2021 Annual Conference; Vice-Chairman of the Public Company Practice and Regulation Subcommittee of the International Bar Association (2011-2012); Member of the Drafting Committee of the Corporate Governance Code of the Portuguese Institute of Corporate Governance (2011-2013); Director of the International and Regulatory Policy Department (2006-2008) of the Portuguese Securities Market Commission; Director of the Issuers Department of the Portuguese Securities Market Commission (2000-2006); Assistant Professor at the Faculty of Law of the University of Lisbon (1993-2006); Member of the Revision Committee of the Portuguese Securities Market Code (1997-1999); Member of the Coordination Committee of the National Council of Financial Supervisors (2006-2008). Member of the European Securities Committee (2006-2008); Member of the Chairman's Bureau of the OECD Steering Group on Corporate Governance (2006-2008); Member of the working group set up at the OECD to draw up the OECD Principles on Corporate Governance (1998-1999); Member of the Steering Group on Corporate Governance organised by the OECD (1999-2008).