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Galhardo Vilão Torres - Sociedade de Advogados
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Academic and Professional Qualifications
LL.L. (Licentiate in Laws), Faculty of Law, University of Lisbon, 1987.
LL.M. (Master in Laws), Institute of Air and Space Law, McGill University, Montreal, Canada, 1991.
Lawyer admitted to the Portuguese Bar Association since 1990.
 
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Practice Areas
Financial, banking and insurance law; capital markets; commercial transactions, including buy-outs and venture capital transactions; mergers and acquisitions; corporate law; telecommunications and Internet; aviation and aerospace.
 
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Professional Career
Founding partner of Galhardo Vilão, Torres – Sociedade de Advogados.

Formerly:
Partner of Oliveira, Martins, Moura, Esteves e Associados - Sociedade de Advogados, a member of Landwell, correspondent law firms of PricewaterhouseCoopers, 1999 - 2000.
Lawyer at Belarmino Martins & Associados - Sociedade de Advogados, 1997 - 1999.
Lawyer at Barros, Sobral, G.Gomes & Associados – Sociedade de Advogados, Lisbon, 1992-1997.
On secondment to Clifford Chance, London, 1995.
Chairperson of the Arbitral Tribunal of the American Chamber of Commerce in Portugal, 1994-1996.
Legal adviser to the Macao Government, 1987-1990.
 
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Legal Authorship
Air Cabotage: Legal Aspects, Monograph, McGill University, 1991.
The Air Carrier’s Liability, Exame, Editora Abril, January 1992.
Madeira, International Financial Law Review - Special Supplement on Offshore Financial Centres, Euromoney Publications Plc, September 1992.
The Air Carrier´s Liability, Vida Económica, December 1992.
Repossession of Aircraft and Insolvency in EC Countries - An Industry Report, Chapter on Portugal, Lloyd’s of London Press ltd, 1993.
Portugal – Legal Aspects of Securities Lending, International Securities Lending and Repo Directory, Euromoney Publications Plc, 1994.
Portugal - The Moment of Truth, Privatisation Yearbook 1995, Privatisation International, 1995.
Madeira - The Single European Banking Licence / The EU Parent-Subsidiary Directive, OFC Report 96/97, Campden Publishing Ltd, 1996.
Madeira, Offshore Finance Handbook 1997, Asia Law & Practice Publishing Ltd, 1996.
Telecoms Law Review: Portugal, The Tarifica Regulator, Philips Tarifica Ltd, March 1997.
Electronic Commerce, International Financial Law Review – Special Supplement on Spain and Portugal, Euromoney Publications Plc, January 1999.
Electronic Commerce – a Legal Perspective, Valor, June 1999.
Portugal – a New Securities Code, Capital Markets 2000, International Financial Law Review, Euromoney Publications Plc, December 1999.
The New Securities Code and the Internet, Semanário Económico, 21 March 2000.
 
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Teaching Assignments and Official Appointments
Former tutor of air law at the traffic control school of the Portuguese airport authority, ANA - Aeroportos e Navegação Aérea, 1997-1998.
Former Secretary-General of the Macao Standing-Council for Social Concert, 1988-1990.
 
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Professional Memberships
IASLA – Institute of Air and Space Law Association
 
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