Consultant at Melo Alves where he focuses his practice in information, communication & technology and in investigations & white collar, specializing in compliance and regulatory infringement proceedings and criminal law, relating to data protection, telecommunication, competition and cybercrime.
Practice
- Privacy and Data Protection
- Compliance and regulatory infringement proceedings
- Criminal Law
Professional Experience
- Joined team Melo Alves in 2023
- Served as Advisor to the Portuguese Minister of Home Affairs of the XXIII Constitutional Government (2022 - 2023)
- Practiced law in the areas of Investigations & White Collar and Information, Communication & Technology at VdA – Vieira de Almeida e Associados (2017 - 2022)
- Paulo has experience in Consumer Law, assisting alternative resolution processes for consumer disputes through mediation and arbitration, with a special focus on the electronic communications sector (2016 - 2017)
Academic Background
- Law Degree from NOVA School of Law
- Master’s Degree in Law and Management from NOVA School of Law and NOVA School of Business and Economics
Published Works
Author of specialized works, including:
- “A Prescrição da Obrigação de Indemnizar: Notas sobre o artigo 498º, n.º 1, do Código Civil”, master thesis available here
- “A Conservação e o Acesso a Dados de Tráfego de Comunicações Eletrónicas para Fins de Persecução Criminal à Luz da Jurisprudência do Tribunal de Justiça da União Europeia”, published in Estudos em Homenagem à Professora Doutora Maria Helena Brito, volume II
Professional Associations
- Admitted to the Portuguese Bar Association in 2019
Languages: Portuguese and English