Dr José Pedro Aguiar-Branco > JPAB - José Pedro Aguiar-Branco Advogados > Porto, Portugal > Lawyer Profile

Dr José Pedro Aguiar-Branco

Work Department

Financial & Warranties / Intellectual Property / Competition, Regulation and European Union

Position

Founding Partner

Career

Minister of Justice in the 16th Constitutional Government

Minister of Defense in the 19th and 20th Constitutional Governments

President of the Porto District Council of the Portuguese Bar Association, 2002/2004 term

Vice-President of the Portuguese Young Lawyer Association from 1988 to 1991

Deputy of the Parliament, 2015-2019

Member of the Superior Council of Domestic Security, 2010-2011

Deputy of the Parliament between from 2005 to 2011 (10th and 11th legislatures)

President of PSD Parliamentary Group in 11st legislature, 2009-2010

Member of the Parliamentary Commission for Constitutional Affairs, Rights, Freedoms and Guarantees in 10th legislature, 2005 – 2009

President of the Oporto Municipal Assembly, 2005-2009

Languages

English / French

Memberships

Admitted to the Portuguese Bar Association in 1982

Member of the arbitration centres:

• • • ACL – Lisbon Commercial Association
    • ACP – Porto Trade Association
    • Concórdia – Conciliation, Dispute Mediation and Arbitration Centre
    • APA – Portuguese Association of Arbitration

Education

Law degree from the University of Coimbra, 1980

Frequency in the Political Siciences course at the Institute of Political Siciences From University of Bordéus, France, 1976