Luís works with companies, public entities, and institutions engaging with the design and exercise of public power, from regulatory decisions to administrative disputes. His clients are navigating regulated and politically sensitive environments where institutional architecture, procedural design, and long-term positioning are decisive. He helps them anticipate how administrative authority is exercised in practice, and understand how strategic choices shape exposure to legal and institutional risk.
His experience centers on public regimes: how they are built and how they perform under pressure. He has been involved in legislative and regulatory projects in areas including public employment, energy, natural resources, and environmental governance. He chaired a national commission tasked with defining a reform strategy for the Public Administration, contributing to a framework that informed subsequent legislative developments.
Alongside his legal practice, he has spent decades teaching administrative and constitutional law and served as Dean of the Lisbon Law School of the Universidade Católica Portuguesa, leading a period of strategic repositioning and internationalization.
He also held senior roles connected to the governance and oversight of the administrative and tax courts, providing direct insight into how public institutions assess legality and justify decisions.
Luís holds a law degree from the Universidade Católica Portuguesa (1985), a master’s degree in legal and political sciences from the University of Lisbon (1990), and a PhD in legal and political sciences from the Universidade Católica Portuguesa (2004).