Madalena Perestrelo de Oliveira is currently a Guest Professor at the University of Lisbon School of Law, where she has been teaching since 2011. Her PhD thesis focuses on investors’ protection in capital markets, namely on civil liability for securities fraud and on delisting situations.

Madalena is a regular speaker at several courses and conferences. She helps coordinate various postgraduate and intensive courses in the Lisbon Center for Research in Private Law in the areas of corporate governance, corporate finance, investment funds, bankruptcy and breach of contract. She also published several scientific articles and books in her areas of study.

Madalena is a non-executive director at Novabase SGPS, SA., a Portuguese listed company, where she previously held the position of the board of the general meeting’ secretary.

She is also of counsel at PLMJ in the Banking and Finance and Corporate M&A practices, and deputy director at the Journal of Financial Law and Capital Markets (RDFMC).

Graduated (2013) in Law at the Faculty of Law of the University of Lisbon and LL.M. (2014) in European Legal Studies at the College of Europe (Bruges Campus), António Garcia Rolo is currently Guest Academic Assistant and PhD candidate in the Faculty of Law of the University of Lisbon, a Senior Consultant at the Web3 and crypto consulting firm BlockReg Advisors and a Senior Advisor at the Web3 and crypto trade association Digital Currencies Governance Group (DCGG), as well as a lawyer. António Garcia Rolo has penned various published works on cryptoassets and blockchain law and DAOs, as well as more general company law, European company law, securities law, and civil and procedural law. António also regularly speaks in academic events and post-graduate courses on topics such as the law of cryptoassets, DAOs, company law and securities law. He is also a a researcher at the Lisbon Centre for Research in Private Law.​

Ana Nunes Teixeira is a Portuguese qualified lawyer specialised in Corporate M&A and Fintech, currently working at PLMJ law firm as a Senior Associate. Ana has extensive experience in advising companies and institutional investors on matters related to corporate law, mergers and acquisitions, private equity, venture capital and restructuring, as well as in assisting Fintech companies and crypto-asset investors on corporate, contractual and regulatory matters. Ana holds a MsC in Corporate and Business Law from Católica University Law School and a Postgraduate Degree in Corporate Finance from the Faculty of Law of the University of Lisbon.

João Serras de Sousa is currently a Guest Lecturer at University of Lisbon School of Law (since 2015), where Graduated in 2015. Concluded his Master’s academic part in 2016 and is currently preparing his doctoral dissertation in the field of Legal Sciences (which focuses on knowledge and legal persons).

Researcher at the Lisbon Center for Research in Private Law – CIDP (since 2015) and speaker at several courses and conferences. His main research areas are Civil Law and Corporate Law.

Lawyer at PLMJ (since 2016) in Corporate M&A and Private Equity practice.

PhD in Law at the Faculty of Law of the University of Porto, having been unanimously approved in the Oral Defence, with the thesis entitled "Regulation of Forms of FinTech Corporate Finance - In particular Crowdfunding and Initial Coin Offerings".  Since May 2018, Legal Advisor at CMVM – Portuguese Securities Market Authority. Since February 2022, Professor at the Faculty of Law of the Lusófona University and Integrated Researcher at the Centro de Estudos Avançados em Direito Francisco Suarez. 

Marta Boura is a Guest Lecturer at the Faculty of Law of the University of Lisbon, a PhD candidate and a researcher affiliated with the Research Centre for Private Law (since 2019). She is also an Of Counsel at Abreu Advogados, focusing on digital law and financial regulation, with experience advising national and international companies on matters related to technology, fintech, and digital markets. Marta is a regular speaker in academic events and courses, namely regarding financial regulation, company law and contracts. She has published research in the fields of Private Law, Banking Law and Commercial Arbitration.