Associate Professor at the Faculty of Law of the University of Coimbra (FDUC), where he teaches since 1994, and from which he graduated and received his master and doctor of laws, in the field of business law.
Visiting professor at the Instituto Superior de Contabilidade e Administração de Coimbra and on several postgraduate courses, and former visiting professor at the University of Macau and the Universidade Portucalense.
Researcher at the Instituto Jurídico da FDUC, he was an Erasmus student at the Catholic University of Leuven and a visiting researcher at the Max-Planck Institute for Innovation and Competition in Munich.
Speaker or moderator at numerous scientific meetings, member of several scientific societies and editorial boards, and author of more than a hundred publications in national and international books and journals.
Former Director of the University Press and member of the National Council of Culture.