Academic background

• Degree in Law from FDL (1975).
• Master’s in Law from FDL – Legal-Economic Sciences – Dissertation “Regional Finances” debated in November 1982.
• Preparation of doctorate dissertation at the Law Faculty of the University of Rome (1987-1989).
• Ph.D in Law from FDL – Dissertation “Public Debt and Creditors’ Guarantees”, debated in July 1994.
• Tests for admittance as professor in the Legal-Economic Sciences Group taken on 5 November 2004 and unanimously approved.
• Approved and classified in first place for the position of Associate Professor in the Legal.-Economic Sciences Group at the Lisbon Faculty of Law (May 1999).
• Associate Professor at the Faculty from 15 October 1999 to December 2004.
• Associate professor tenure at the Faculty of Law, commencing on 13 January 2005.
• Full professor tenure.
• Throughout his academic career, he has lectured in the modules of Public Finances I and II, Finance Law, Tax Law, Economic Law, Economic Law II, International Economic Law, Competition Law and International Economic Relations in undergraduate degrees and masters’ degrees.

University positions

• President of the Economic, Finance and Tax Law Institute of the University of Lisbon Faculty of Law.
• Vice-President of the European Institute of the University of Lisbon Faculty of Law.
• Member of the University Senate and the Senate Scientific Committee.
• Former President of the Pedagogical Council and the FDL Co-Operation Institute.
• Visiting professor at several national and foreign faculties at undergraduate and post-graduate degree levels, as well as supervising theses and participating in thesis juries.
• Member of the Editorial Board of the Lisbon Faculty of Law Review.
• Supervisor of dozens of masters’ theses and eighteen doctoral theses.

Professional background

• Partner at Paz Ferreira e Associados, Sociedade de Advogados de Responsabilidade Limitada.
• Founding partner of Sousa Franco, Paz Ferreira & Associados – Sociedade de Advogados (2001-2005).
• Legal adviser to Banco Português do Atlântico (1982-1989).
• Legal adviser to EPAL (State Water Company) (1980-1983).

Other relevant professional activities

• Member of Ministry of Justice think tank on justice problems.
• Member of the Judicial Scientific Council of the Portuguese Competition Authority.
• Member of the jury for judicial appointments to the Court of Auditors (2007, 2005, 2004, 2002 and 1999).
• Former President of the Portuguese Fiscal Association (2001-2007).
• Former member of the High Council of the Public Prosecutor’s Office (1983-1987 and 2005-2007) and the Consultative Council of the Public Debt Management Institute (2000-2003).
• Founder member of AREP and APRI and honorary member of the Azorean Cultural Institute.

Member of various ministerial committees charged with preparatory work for legislation, namely:

• Member of the Committee for Monitoring Privatisation (representing the Azores);
• Member of the Committee which prepared the 1988/89 tax reform (representing the Azores);
• President of the Committee which drafted the bill for the State Business Sector framework (1997-1998);
• President of the Commission which drafted the bill for the Public Debt Framework Law (1997-1998);
• President of the Committee which drafted the Finance Law for Madeira and the Azores (1996-1997);
• President of the Committee which drafted the bill for the Municipal Business Sector Law (2006);
• President of the Commission charged with the creation of an earthquake protection system (2006-2007)
• Organiser and participant in many conferences and colloquies in Portugal and abroad.

Publications
Author of many books and articles on public finances, tax law, economic law, community law and regional law, including:

• Lecturing in Public Finances at a Law Faculty (Ensinar Finanças Públicas numa Faculdade de Direito), Almedina, Coimbra, 2005.
• Values and Interest - Economic Development and Community Cooperation Policy ((Valores e Interesses) – Desenvolvimento Económico e Política Comunitária de Cooperação), Almedina, Coimbra, 2004.
• Studies on the New Law on State-Owned Companies (Estudos sobre o Novo Regime do Sector Empresarial do Estado) (editor), Almedina, Coimbra, 2000.
• Economic Law (Direito da Economia) AAFDL, 2000.
• Economic and Monetary Union – A Study Guide (União Económica e Monetária – Um Guia de Estudo), Quid Juris, Lisboa, 1999.
• The Public Debt and Creditors’ Guarantees (Da Dívida Pública e das Garantias dos Credores), Almedina, Coimbra, 1995.
• Studies on Regional Financing Law (Estudos de Direito Financeiro Regional) (2 vol), Jornal da Cultura, Ponta Delgada, 1995.
• Regional Finances (As Finanças Regionais), IN-CM, Lisboa, 1985.

Languages spoken

• Portuguese
• English
• French
• Italian

Main practice areas

• Public finances and finance law
• Economic law
• Tax law
• Constitutional law
• Competition and regulatory law – Community law
• Commercial and corporate law