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Of Counsel with over 20 years of experience, Joana Farrajota is a specialist in Dispute Resolution.
Joana was Assistant to the Secretary of State for Internal Administration and Technical Expert to the Minister for Agriculture and the Sea. She is a referee for the Journal of Financial Law and Capital Markets. Joana is a lecturer in Private Law at the Faculty of Law of Universidade Nova de Lisboa, where she teaches Law of Obligations, Banking Law and Introduction to Mediation, as well as coordinating the Master's Degree in Law and Financial Markets. She is director of the Nova Financial Markets Knowledge Centre.
Focus Areas
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Dispute Resolution
Languages
- Portuguese
- English
- French
- German
SRS Global
- Europe
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Since 2016 - Consultant at SRS Advogados.
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Since 2015 - Professor at the Faculty of Law of Universidade Nova de Lisboa, where, since 2015, she has taught various private law subjects such as the Law of Obligations, in the undergraduate programme, Banking Law and Guarantees and Financing Contracts in the Masters in Law and Financial Markets and Law and Management and Introduction to Mediation in the Masters in Forensic Law and Arbitration. She also coordinates the Master's programme in Law and Financial Markets. She was also deputy head of the Faculty.
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2017 to 2021 - Guest lecturer at the Lisbon Law School of the Portuguese Catholic University, where she taught Banking Contracts.
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2014 to 2015 - Specialist Technician for the Minister of Agriculture and the Sea Assunção Cristas, in the Office of the Minister of Agriculture and the Sea.
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2011 to 2014 - Assistant to the Secretary of State for Home Affairs Filipe Lobo d'Avila, in the Office of the Secretary of State for Home Affairs.
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2002 to 2007 - Lawyer at Vieira de Almeida e Associados.
- PhD in Private Law from Nova University School of Law
- Law Degree from Nova University School of Law
- Lycée Français Charles Lepierre in Lisbon
- Portuguese Bar Association
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Since 2016 - Consultant at SRS Advogados.
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Since 2015 - Professor at the Faculty of Law of Universidade Nova de Lisboa, where, since 2015, she has taught various private law subjects such as the Law of Obligations, in the undergraduate programme, Banking Law and Guarantees and Financing Contracts in the Masters in Law and Financial Markets and Law and Management and Introduction to Mediation in the Masters in Forensic Law and Arbitration. She also coordinates the Master's programme in Law and Financial Markets. She was also deputy head of the Faculty.
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2017 to 2021 - Guest lecturer at the Lisbon Law School of the Portuguese Catholic University, where she taught Banking Contracts.
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2014 to 2015 - Specialist Technician for the Minister of Agriculture and the Sea Assunção Cristas, in the Office of the Minister of Agriculture and the Sea.
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2011 to 2014 - Assistant to the Secretary of State for Home Affairs Filipe Lobo d'Avila, in the Office of the Secretary of State for Home Affairs.
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2002 to 2007 - Lawyer at Vieira de Almeida e Associados.
- PhD in Private Law from Nova University School of Law
- Law Degree from Nova University School of Law
- Lycée Français Charles Lepierre in Lisbon
- Portuguese Bar Association
