Intellex Acquires Expert by Big Village

We're thrilled to announce that Intellex has acquired Expert by Big Village, effective March 22, 2024. This strategic move enhances our capabilities and strengthens our commitment to delivering exceptional solutions to our customers.

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Expert Details

Portuguese Law, Corporate and Commercial Law, Insurance Law, Contract Law, Tort Law, Evidence.

ID: 730035 Portugal

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Expert is both an academic and an experienced practicing lawyer. In the latter capacity she has been most active in the areas of corporate and commercial law. She has played an important role in the setting up of varied operations on behalf of domestic and foreign clients, and in the drafting and negotiation of commercial contracts, with an emphasis on insurance. She provides ongoing legal advice in all areas of insurance and reinsurance, insurance mediation and pension funds. She has drafted legislation in the field of insurance law in the capacity of advisor of the Portuguese Government. As a law professor, she has taught different courses and published extensively in a wide range of topics within private law, both in English and in Portuguese. Fluent in English, her in-depth knowledge of English law and proceedings, acquired whilst reading for a masters degree at Oxford University, make her an ideal candidate for an expert witness in Portuguese law before the English Courts.



Now a senior associate with her law firm’s corporate and commercial practice group, she has played an important role in the setting up of varied operations on behalf of domestic and foreign clients and she provides ongoing legal advice in all areas of corporate and commercial law. She focuses on the drafting and negotiation commercial contracts, with an emphasis on insurance.

Education

Year Degree Subject Institution
Year: 2009 Degree: PhD Subject: Private Law Institution: New University of Lisbon
Year: 2001 Degree: MPhil Subject: Contract Law Institution: Oxford University
Year: 2000 Degree: MJur Subject: European and Comparative Law Institution: Oxford University
Year: 1999 Degree: BA Subject: Law Institution: University of Lisbon

Work History

Years Employer Title Department
Years: 2002 to Present Employer: Undisclosed Title: Lawyer Department:
Responsibilities:
She is a senior associate within the corporate and commercial department..
Years Employer Title Department
Years: 2005 to Present Employer: Undisclosed Title: Visiting Professor Department:
Responsibilities:
She has been invited to teach several courses, first as a teaching assistant and then as an assistant professor. She retains the title of visiting professor because she is not presently a faculty member.

Government Experience

Years Agency Role Description
Years: 2009 to 2009 Agency: Portuguese General Directorate of Consumers Role: Drafter of legislation. Description: She co-drafted the bill of what later became Decree-Law 222/2009 of 11 September (on life insurance related to housing loans).
Years: 2007 to 2008 Agency: Ministry of Finance Role: Secretary. Description: She was appointed Secretary to the Permanent Joint Committee on the Cahora Bassa Project, between the Portuguese Republic, the Republic of Mozambique and the Republic of South Africa.

Career Accomplishments

Associations / Societies
She is a member of the Portuguese Bar Association since 2002. She is a member of the Centre for Research in Law and Society of the New Univ. Lisbon since April 2009. She is a member of AIDA Portugal (Portuguese Chapter of the International Association of Insurance Law) and a member of its Scientific Board since May 2011.
Licenses / Certifications
She is a licensed attorney in Portugal (Advogada).
Professional Appointments
She is part of the body of arbiters of the National Centre of Information and Arbitration of Consumer Conflicts since May 2011. She was appointed Secretary to the Permanent Joint Committee on the Cahora Bassa Project, between the Portuguese Republic, the Republic of Mozambique and the Republic of South Africa (November 2007 to May 2008). • She has been appointed secretary of general shareholder meetings of various national and international companies (since 2002).
Awards / Recognition
Awarded a doctoral grant by the Max-Planck-Institute for Comparative and International Private Law (July 2008). Awarded a doctoral fellowship by the Portuguese Foundation for Science and Technology (01.01.2007 to 31.03.2008). Appointed Martin Senior Scholar - Worcester College – Oxford University (2001). Awarded a Chevening scholarship by the British Council (1999/2000). Awarded a Merit Scholarship by the University of Lisbon (1998).
Medical / Professional
She has completed her internship as an attorney at the law firm Morais Leitão, Galão Teles, Soares da Silva & Ass. (September 2002 to March 2004).
Publications and Patents Summary
She has published in a variety of topics within private law.

Language Skills

Language Proficiency
English, Portuguese She is fluent - nearly bilingual.
French She reads fluently but her speaking and writing skills are rusty.
German Her knowledge of legal German is reasonable but her skills are otherwise basic.
Spanish She reads fluently and speaks reasonably well but has never formally learnt how to write in Spanish.

Fields of Expertise

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