Managing Partner, Sérvulo & Associados, and Co-Head of Financial Law, Capital Markets and Governance Department. Invited Professor, Católica|Lisbon School of Law and Portuguese Securities Law Institute (Instituto dos Valores Mobiliários).  Chairman of the General Meeting of the Portuguese Banking Association. Masters Degree by the Faculty of Law, University of Lisbon (1997). Former positions include: Vice-President, Public Company Practice and Regulation Subcommittee, International Bar Association (2011-2013). Director of the International Policy and Regulatory Department (2006-2008) and of the Corporate Finance Department (1998-2006) of the Portuguese Securities Commission (CMVM). Member of the Steering Committee of the National Council of Financial Supervisors (2006-2008). Member of the European Securities Committee (2006-2008). Member of the OECD Steering Group on Corporate Governance (1998-2008). Publishes and lectures regularly in the fields of Corporate Governance, Securities Law, Banking Law, Company Law and Financial Law and co-ordinates the research group Governance Lab.