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mjrdfc2@cam.ac.uk

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Education CV

Education

  • PhD in Law Candidate, University of Cambridge (2022-present)
  • LL.M in International Business Law (Distinction), London School of Economics and Political Science (2019)
  • Master in Private Law (summa cum laude, 2020) and Bachelor of Laws (2017), Catholic University of Portugal
  • Erasmus exchange semester, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven (2016-2017)

Scholarships and prizes

  • Cambridge International & Newnham Kishor-Rhodes Scholarship (2022-2025)
  • Professor Doutor Baptista Machado award (2020)
  • Dean's Merit Scholarship, Catholic University of Portugal (2013-2017, renovated each year)
  • Euroinfoliteracia prize, paper contest, Catholic University of Portugal and European Commission's representation in Portugal (2016)

Academic and research experience

  • Visiting Scholar to the Max Planck Institute for Comparative and International Private Law (Hamburg), 2024
  • Research Assistant, Legal Systems and Artificial Intelligence Project, Centre for Business Research, Judge Business School, University of Cambridge (2023-current)
  • Fellow, Information Law Society Center (Università degli studi di Milano), 2023/2025
  • Conference Convenor, 12th Annual Conference of the Cambridge International Law Journal (2023)
  • Law Admissions Interviewer, Newnham College, University of Cambridge (2022)
  • Teaching Assistant: Tort Law and Foundations of Private Law (2020-2022), Catholic University of Portugal

Professional experience

  • Admitted to the Portuguese Lawyer's Bar (2022)
  • Internship at the Portuguese law firms Cerqueira Gomes & Associados, RL (2017-2018), and PLMJ (2019-2021)

Fields of research

Contract Law; Tort Law; Artificial Intelligence;

 

Supervisors

Supervisor: Professor Felix Steffek
Adviser: Dr Måns Magnusson (Uppsala University)

Representative Publications

  • A teoria das esferas do risco. A utilização de agentes eletrónicos no cumprimento dos contratos e a proposta de Diretiva de 28.09.2022 relativa à adaptação das regras de responsabilidade civil extracontratual à inteligência artificial, Revista de Direito Civil, Almedina, Lisbon, n.º 1 (2023), p. 77-104;
  • O regime jurídico da formação e do (in)cumprimento dos "contratos inteligentes" (os smart contracts), Revista de Direito Civil, Almedina, Lisbon, a.5 n.3-4 (2020), p.723-764;
  • Consequences of non-disclosure: a win for foul players? Decision of the Oberlandesgericht Frankfurt am Main (26 SchH 2/18), 24 january 2019, PLMJ Arbitration Review, n.º 4, 2020, Academic Association of the Lisbon Faculty of Law (co-author).