Assistant Professor at the Autonomous University of Lisbon. Doctor in European Sports Law, Edge Hill University, Liverpool. Integrated Researcher at the Center for Research in Justice and Governance (JusGov) at the Law School of the University of Minho and Researcher at Ratio Legis – Center for Research and Development in Legal Sciences at UAL. Attorney. Invited Adjunct Professor at the Superior School of Sports in Rio Maior. Lecturer at the Football Business Academy, Switzerland. Author, co-author and coordinator of several books and scientific articles, especially in the areas of Sports Law and Olympism. Independent member of the UEFA Governance and Compliance Committee. Member of the Aquatics Integrity Unit – Adjudicatory Body of the International Swimming Federation/World Aquatics. Member of the Pierre de Coubertin International Committee. Former Secretary of State for Sports and Youth (XIX Constitutional Government).