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President of the European Association of Law & Economics. He is a Professor of Law at George Mason University in the United States and holds the Chair in Research Innovation at Católica Global Law School.
He has a degree in Economics from Universidade Nova de Lisboa, a Master's degree in Economics and Law (LL.M.) from the University of London and a PhD in Economics from the University of York, UK.
He joined the Executive Board of the American Society for Comparative Law (2021-2023), after having chaired the Spanish Association of Law and Economics between 2017 and 2021. He has taught at Texas A&M University (2015-2018), the University of Illinois (2007-2015), the New University of Lisbon (2001-2007) and Pompeu Fabra University in Barcelona (1998-2001).
He was awarded the Julián Marías prize by the government of the Autonomous Community of Madrid in 2010. He is the author of more than 150 scientific articles published in international journals.
He was Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Francisco Manuel dos Santos Foundation between 2014 and 2016 and has been a member of its Board of Trustees since 2018.

Last updated: January 2024

Born in Lisbon in 1974. In 1997, she graduated in Law at the Law Faculty of the Lisbon University and, in 2003, she obtained a doctorate in Law, specialising in Civil Procedure, from the Law Faculty of the Lisbon Nova University. Since then, she is a Law Professor at the Law Faculty of the Lisbon Nova University, where she lectures on Civil Procedure Law and Alternative Dispute Resolution. She is also a consultant for the Litigation and Arbitration Department of the Law firm SRS Advogados. She is a board member of the Arbitration Centre of the Lisbon Commercial Association and a member of the Arbitration Committee of the ICC – International Chamber of Commerce. She is also the author of several monographs and scientific articles on the subjects of civil procedure, arbitration, conflict mediation and justices of peace.

Last updated: march 2022