Education

PhD / Doctor in Tax Law

22/05/2009
Title of the dissertation: “Proportionality Analysis in the European Court of Justice’s Case Law on Direct Taxation – Proportionality in the Assessment of the Compatibility of Internal Tax Rules with EU’s Law”

University of Santiago de Compostela – Law School (Spain)

Classification: Summa cum laude, by unanimity; Doctor Europeus (maximum classification)

11/09/2006

Master on European Tax Law (“Diploma de Estudios Avanzados”)

University of Santiago de Compostela – Law School (Spain)

Classification: 10 (0-10). Graduated with honours as the best of his class

10/2004 – 06/2005

Postgraduate studies on Tax Law (“Pós-graduação”)

University of Oporto – Law School (Portugal)

Classification: 18 (0-20) Graduated with honours as the best of his class               

   

10/2003 – 06/2004

Postgraduate Studies on Corporate law (“Pos-graduação”)

University of Coimbra – Law School (Portugal)

Classification: 16 (0-20) in the final essay

   

10/1998 – 08/2003

Law Degree (“Licenciatura”)

University of Oporto – Law School (Portugal)

Classification: 17 (0-20) Graduated with honours as the best of his class

   

09/1995 – 06/1998

High School Diploma

D. Sancho I High School

Classification: 19 (0-20) Graduated with honours as the best of his class