Mariana França Gouveia

Joined PLMJ in 2016.
Partner in the Arbitration practice.

About Mariana

Mariana is a partner in the Arbitration practice and has over 20 years’ experience in more than 30 arbitration cases, as a lawyer and as an arbitrator. She is regularly appointed as an arbitrator in domestic and international commercial arbitrations with their seats in various parts of the world.

Since 2018, Mariana has been the director of the Faculty of Law of Universidade Nova de Lisboa and, since 2003, an associate professor at the same university, where she coordinates the master’s in court and arbitration law.

She is the author of extensive scientific works, among others, in the areas of arbitration law and civil procedure law.

Mariana is a member of the Portuguese Arbitration Association and the Portuguese ICC Arbitration Committee.

Specializations:

Arbitration

Contacts

Office: Lisbon
(+351) 213 197 300
mariana.francagouveia@plmj.pt

Languages:
English

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Curriculum Vitae

Academic Background

Law degree from the University of Lisbon, 1997
Admitted to the Portuguese Bar Association, 1997
Doctorate in law specialising in civil procedural law from the Faculty of Law of Universidade Nova de Lisboa, 2003
Associate lecturer at the Faculty of Law of Universidade Nova de Lisboa, since 2003
Associate lecturer at Universidade Autónoma de Lisboa, 2008 - 2011
Assistant lecturer at the Higher Institute of Police Sciences and Internal Security, 2006 - 2008
Assistant in the subject of commercial law at the Faculty of Law of the University of Lisbon, 1997 -1999
Head of the subjects consumer law, real rights, civil procedure I, civil procedure II, legal professions and tactics, alternative dispute resolution, civil enforcement procedure, theory of the legal rule, civil declaratory procedure, theory of process and procedural models, arbitration and civil procedure practice and introduction to arbitration at the Faculty of Law of Universidade Nova de Lisboa
Head of the subject introduction to law at the Higher Institute of Police Sciences and Internal Security
Head of the subjects introduction to law, enforcement procedure, interdisciplinary legal practice and civil procedure at Universidade Autónoma de Lisboa
Head of the subject civil procedure on the doctorate course at the Faculty of Law of Universidade Agostinho Neto (Luanda), held jointly with the Faculty of Law of Universidade Nova de Lisboa, 2011 - 2012
Head of the subject procedural law on the doctorate course of the Higher School of Law of the Higher Institute of Science and Technology of Mozambique (Maputo), held jointly with the Faculty of Law of Universidade Nova de Lisboa, 2007 - 2008
Member of the Scientific Council, 2003 - to date
Coordinator of the master's in justice, 2010 - 2011
Member of the Faculty Committee, 2013 - to date
Member of the Pedagogical Committee, 2013 - to date
Coordinator of the litigation and arbitration master's, 2015 - to date
Head of the subject of procedural law on the master's course in legal sciences at the Higher School of Law of the Higher Institute of Science and Technology of Mozambique (Maputo), held jointly with the Faculty of Law of Universidade Nova de Lisboa, 2011 - 2012

Professional Background

Partner at PLMJ since 2018
Legal adviser at UMAC – the Consumer Disputes Mediation and Support Unit of the Faculty of Law of Universidade Nova de Lisboa, 2001-2003
Coordinator of UMAC – the Consumer Disputes Mediation and Support Unit of the Faculty of Law of Universidade Nova de Lisboa, 2004-2006; 2009 - to date
President of the Electoral Commission, 2004 and 2008
Director of the Alternative Dispute Resolution Laboratory, 2007 - to date
Adviser to the Minister of Justice, 2002
Consultant at the Office of Legislative Policy and Planning of the Ministry of Justice, 2002 - 2004
Director of the Audit and Modernisation Office of the Ministry of Justice, 2004 - 2005
Assistance to the Office of Legislative Policy of the Ministry of Justice in preparing and drafting Decree-Law108/2006 of 8 June (Experimental Procedural Rules), 2006
Consultant at the law firm Soares Machado & Associados, 2006 - 2010
Assistance to the Chamber of Legal Executives in preparing and drafting a proposal to revise the Reform of Enforcement Action, 2007
Member of the jury for the entrance examinations for the Centre for Judicial Studies, 2006 - 2007
Consultant at the law firm SRS - Sociedade Rebelo de Sousa Advogados, 2010 - 2016
Assistance to the Chamber of Legal Executives in preparing and drafting a proposal for the legislation Out of Court Pre--enforcement Procedure (Pepex), 2014
Scientific consultant and coordinator of the team to update the Rights and Duties Website of the Francisco Manuel dos Santos Foundation, since 2013
Non-executive member of the board of directors of the Francisco Manuel dos Santos Foundation, since 2013

Member of

Committee of the Centre for Commercial Arbitration of the Portuguese Chamber Of Commerce and Industry, 2012
ICC Arbitration Committee
ICC Portugal Arbitration Committee
Roster of arbitrators of the Centre for Commercial Arbitration of the Chamber Of Commerce and Industry
Roster of arbitrators of the Commercial Arbitration Institute of the Oporto Commercial Association
Roster of arbitrators of Concórdia – Centre for Conciliation, Mediation of Conflicts and Arbitration

04/2019

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