Fernanda Magalhães joined Cerejeira Namora, Marinho Falcão in 2026 as Of Counsel, where she practises in the area of Civil Law.
She holds a PhD in Law, with a European Doctorate designation, and a Master’s degree in Civil Law from the Faculty of Law of the University of Porto. She graduated cum laude in Law from the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro.
She is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Law at Universidade Portucalense, where she teaches courses in Civil Law. She is also an Invited Assistant Professor at ISCAP, where she teaches Web Law on the Master’s in Digital Communication Advisory and Cyberspace Law on the Master’s in Business Intelligence and Analytics.
She is a Researcher at the Portucalense Legal Institute and was previously a member of the Centre for Interdisciplinary Research on Justice at the Faculty of Law of the University of Porto, from 2019 to 2026. Her academic and research activities focus on Civil Law and Digital Law. She has conducted part of her research at leading international institutions, including the Max Planck Institute for Comparative and International Private Law in Germany, Tilburg University in the Netherlands, the University of Tartu in Estonia, and the University of Salamanca in Spain.
She has participated in national and European research projects in the fields of Civil Law, Digital Law and emerging technologies. She is the author of numerous publications in Portugal and abroad and regularly speaks at conferences, seminars and continuing education courses in these areas.
From 2023 to 2026, she was a member of the Monitoring Committee for the PhD in Law at the Faculty of Law of the University of Porto.
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