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Profile

Pedro is a partner in the Dispute Resolution practice who is known for his extensive experience in corporate and financial disputes. He has represented clients in large, highly complex court and arbitration cases, often involving multiple jurisdictions. Before working as a lawyer, he was judge in the Portuguese courts for more than a decade.

Pedro is a professor at the Faculty of Law of Universidade Nova de Lisboa, where he is responsible for the subject of corporate law and he coordinates the master's in law and management, offered in conjunction with Nova School of Business and Economics. Pedro has a PhD in private law and has written books and articles on various topics, but with a particular emphasis on corporate governance and M&A.

Education
Law degree from the University of Lisbon, 1994
Admitted to the Portuguese Bar Association, 2014
Graduation as judge at the Centre for Judicial Studies, 1998
Master's in legal sciences (LLM) from the University of Lisbon, 2000
Doctorate (PhD) in private law from the University Nova de Lisbon, 2011

Areas of Practice

  • Dispute Resolution

Professional Career


Professional Activities and Experience
Of counsel at PLMJ since 2014
Professor (chair in corporate law) at the law faculty of University Nova de Lisbon since 2012
Professor on the Master's in Law and Management, Nova School of Business and Economics, since 2012
Lecturer at the Centre for Judicial Studies, 2012-2014
Judge at the Lisbon Civil Courts, 2000-2012
Judge at the Grandola and Porto de Mós District Courts, 1998-2000


Articles

Additional Articles100 anos de Arbitragem – Os casos essenciais comentados
Advogados PLMJ, Arbitration
Coimbra Editora, Colecao Juridica PLMJ, Vol. IX, 2016

Atos gratuitos, capacidade jurídica e vinculacao das sociedades comerciais
Pedro Caetano Nunes, Societário, Corporate
in III Congresso Direito das Sociedades em Revista, Almedina, 2014

Arbitragem e medidas cautelares: algumas notas
Pedro Caetano Nunes, Arbitration
in VI Congresso do Centro de Arbitragem Comercial, Almedina, 2013

Jurisprudência sobre o dever de lealdade dos administradores
Pedro Caetano Nunes, Corporate
in II Congresso Direito das Sociedades em Revista, Almedina, 2012

Comunicaçío de cláusulas contratuais gerais
Pedro Caetano Nunes, Consumer Law
in Estudos em Homenagem ao Professor Doutor Carlos Ferreira de Almeida, II, Almedina, 2011

Dever de gestío dos administradores de sociedades anónimas
Pedro Caetano Nunes, Corporate
Almedina, 2012

Corporate Governance
Pedro Caetano Nunes, Corporate
Almedina, 2006

Responsabilidade civil dos administradores perante os accionistas
Pedro Caetano Nunes, Corporate
Almedina, 2001

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