With more than 20 years of experience in litigation, arbitration, corporate restructuring and insolvency, Pedro focuses his practice on civil and commercial litigation and arbitration, both domestic and international, as well as on corporate restructuring and insolvency. Pedro also has extensive experience in labour law, working with corporate and institutional clients.
Pedro has worked with several national and international law firms, where he built solid experience in his practice areas.
Pedro was a consultant at the Office of Legislative Policy and Planning of the Ministry of Justice, SIMPLEX project manager at the State Secretariat for Justice, and consultant to the Presidency of the Council of Ministers. In 2021, he founded ec legal.
- Fluent in English and Spanish.
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Academic Qualifications
- Postgraduate diploma in Community Competition Law, King's College London;
- Postgraduate diploma in Logistics and Legislative Science;
- Postgraduate diploma in Contract Law;
- Law degree from the Faculty of Law of the Portuguese Catholic University of Lisbon.
Professional Associations
- Member of the Bar Association since 2003;
- Member of the Portuguese Arbitration Association;
- Member of the Portuguese Association of Insolvency and Recovery Law;
- Recognised by the Best Lawyers Directory in Litigation since 2020.
Publications
- Production of Evidence in Arbitration and Intervention by the State Court - Commentary on the Judgment of the Lisbon Court of Appeal of 27 January 2022, Revista de Direito Civil, no. 2, 2023;
- Joint and several liability as personal guarantee, O Direito I Magazine, 2022;
- Impossibility and insecurity in the execution of consignment in deposit in O Direito III Magazine, 2018;
- State Court Decisions and Transnational Arbitration, Principia, 2018;
- "The legal regime of the inventory process" published in issues no. 139 and 140 of the magazine Vida Judiciária (November and December 2009);
- Co-author of The system of appeals in civil and criminal proceedings, Ministry of Justice/Office of Legislative Policy and Planning, Coimbra, Coimbra Editora, 2007.
