HUGO DUARTE FONSECA
Of Counsel
Presently a Senior Instructor in the Faculty of Law of the University of Macau (FLL-UM) and Portuguese Law and Macau’s Law Legal Consultant.
Graduated in Law (LLB), on January 2002, by the Faculty of Law of the University of Coimbra (Portugal) and Master (LLM) in Commercial and Company Law by the same Faculty (July of 2006).
Taught at the Faculty of Law of the University of Coimbra since 2002 until 2013 (including Commercial Contract Law, Company Law and Public Finance), when he moved to Macau (where he currently teaches at FLL-UM in the undergraduate and master courses).
Admitted to the Portuguese Bar Association since 2005; worked at several Law firms in Portugal and in the Macau S.A.R., including as an International Legal Consultant/Of Counsel.
He has published several articles on numerous topics (both in the Macau S.A.R. and Portugal) of Contract Law, Commercial Law, Company Law and Public Finance and issued several Legal Opinions addressed to Portuguese and Macau S.A.R.’s higher Courts.
Previously a member of the national Jury for selecting Portuguese Judges, cited/referred to in various Court’s decisions published by the Supreme Civil Court in Portugal and speaker in several conferences in Portugal and the Macau S.A.R.
Master in Company Law and Commercial Law (LLM in Coimbra Faculty of Law, 2006); Law degree (LLB in Coimbra Faculty of Law, 2002)
Portuguese, English, Spanish, French.
MembershipsMember of the ‘Law Institute of the Faculty of Law of Coimbra University’ since 2013 (as a researcher); Member of ‘ADSR’ (Labor and Company Law Association – Portugal) since 2014; Member of ‘IDET’ (Labor and Company Law Institute – Portugal) since 2010.
Supplementary appointed member of the High Council of Macau’s Lawyer Association (2021-2022).
Member of the Portuguese Bar Association since 2005.
