Before joining Garrigues, he was the founding partner of the firm Lino Torgal & Associados, between 2015 and 2017, and a partner at Sérvulo & Associados, from 2005 to 2014 (Managing Partner between 2012 and 2014). Previously, he collaborated with the firms of Dr. Mário Esteves de Oliveira (1993-1995) and Professor Diogo Freitas do Amaral (1999-2004). He provides ongoing advice to financial operations acting in regulated sectors (in particular, energy (electricity and natural gas), water and sewage, waste and electronic communications). He has advised developers, financers, and awardees on multiple projects in the area of infrastructures (in particular in the port, rail, road and airport sectors), in Portugal, Latin America and Africa. He has experience in arbitration, having been involved in the resolution of lawsuits relating to concession and other public agreements, as well as contract work and other civil or commercial agreements. He participated in such proceedings as lawyer or arbitrator. He is on the list of arbitrators of the Centro de Arbitragem Comercial da Câmara de Comércio e Indústria Portuguesa and the Instituto de Arbitragem Comercial da Associação Comercial do Porto. He was a member of the Work Group appointed by the Joint Office of the Ministers of State and Finance and Public Works, Transport and Communication responsible for preparing the Public Procurement Code, in 2008. He was elected as a member of the Bar Association Lisbon District Council (2005-2007).

Education
Law Degree from the Catholic Lisbon School of Law (1993).
Harvard Law School (Leadership in Law Firms, 2013).