BR Portuguese Boutique Law Firm

Family and Children's Law, Labour and Social Security Law, Private Clients

Lawyer and founding partner of Bernardino, Resende E Associados, Sociedade de Advogados RL.

Family Mediator (since 2022)

Guest lecturer in Family and Children's Law at the Centre for Social Studies at the University of Coimbra (since 2022).

Alternate Social Judge at the Family and Minors Court of Lisbon (since 2021)

Director of Human Resources at Euromiami - Sociedade Imobiliária, Lda (since 2014).

Director of Human Resources at CISF-Consultoria e Soluções Integradas de Investimento e Serviços Financeiros, Lda (since May 2012).

Guest lecturer on the Postgraduate Course in Basic and Advanced Life Support at the Escola Superior de Enfermagem S. Francisco das Misericórdias (2007).

Vice-President of the Board of the General Assembly of the Barlavento Adapted Riding Association (since 2007).

Worked as a Lawyer in the Legal Department of Banco BES Investimento (2001-2006).

Former Insolvency Administrator (1997-2010).

Lawyer (1997 to date).

English, French, Spanish.

OA - Portuguese Law Bar Association. OAB/SP - Brazilian Bar Association - São Paulo Section (since 2012). JUTRA - Luso-Brazilian Association for Labor Lawyers (since 2017). Professional training course (pedagogical training of trainers, initiation). IBA - BR Portuguese Boutique Law Firm is member of the International Bar Association (since 2019). AAFC - Association of Family and Children's Lawyers (since 2021). IBDFAM - Brazilian Institute of Family Law (since 2023). FALP - Portuguese Federation of Portuguese-Speaking Lawyers (since 2024). AEA - BR Portuguese Boutique Law Firm is member da Association of European Attorneys (since 2024).

Course Family, Children and Youth Law - Key Issues in the Portuguese and Brazilian Systems (2024) Postgraduate course in Family Law and Family Mediation at the Portuguese Catholic University of Lisbon (2021/2022) Postgraduate course in Children's Law (1st course) at the Portuguese Catholic University - Faculty of Law (2018/2019). Master's Degree in Advanced Studies in Labour Law from the Portuguese Catholic University - Faculty of Law (2013). Postgraduate in Advanced Studies in Labour Law from the Portuguese Catholic University - Faculty of Law (2012/2013). Postgraduate Diploma in Corporate Legal Advice from the Instituto Superior de Gestão (1998/1999). Law degree from the Faculty of Law of the Lusíada University of Lisbon (1997).

Bibliography and Published Articles 2025 – ‘Not even in El Salvador’. Inmate with psychiatric problems hospitalised after a week of confinement without clothes in the Azores – in CNN Portugal 2025 – ‘You chose this man!’ A judge in Mafra is ‘terrorising’ mothers in child custody cases– in CNN Portugal 2025 - ‘Love will keep us apart’, as in the Joy Division song? It shouldn't, but it can. What the law tells us about romantic relationships at work – in CNN Portugal 2024 - Social Security is suspending support for people with disabilities of more than 60 per cent – in TVI Notícia 2024 - Life imprisonment for a 14-year-old boy? Father guilty of his son's crimes? Portugal is not the United States – in CNN Portugal 2024 - Today we are debating the State of the Nation. And these are the questions the experts would like to see answered – in CNN Portugal 2024 - Davide and Leslie came to work for a call centre in Portugal, but ended up being evicted from the rooms they were paying the company for – in CNN Portugal 2024 - This is the fundamental article about your holiday allowance - and not just about how much you'll receive – in CNN Portugal 2024 - Bullying yes, hate crime no. Lynching of Nepalese child in Lisbon school ‘can go unpunished’ – in CNN Portugal 2024 - ‘Labour agreements’ with the CPLP to regulate immigration? Rangel's ‘unfortunate attempt’ to ‘respond’ to Brussels - – in CNN Portugal 2024 - Where will Betty go when she's discharged? "It's unusual to return to the place where the violence took place" - in TVI Notícias, Portugal 2024 – “They are the same as nudes and are used as "bargaining chips" in online groups. Can a third party intervene when they see photos of children on social media? - in CNN Portugal 2024 - "The Superior Interest of the Child must always be placed as the Unique and Fundamental Premise" - in Pontos de Vista Magazine - edition 128. 2424 – “Shaken babies: the punishment that brought Santiago, Leonor, Gonçalo and other children between life and death” – in CNN Portugal 2023 – “My son is under 16 and uses Whatsapp and social networks. Can I be punished?” - in CNN Portugal 2023 – “It's enough to note that even in the case of 'death', Portuguese jurisprudence is far from quantifying values” - in CNN Portugal 2023 - “Teacher act like a 15-year-old girl to receive intimate photographs of minors. Modus operandi "is very common"" - in TVI Notícias, Portugal 2023 - "What if your underage child turns up at home with a tattoo? Freedom of expression, the consequences, and what the law (doesn't) say in Portugal" - in CNN Portugal 2022 - "Even without covid rules, some parents are still being barred from schools. Find out what you can do" - in CNN Portugal 2022 - "Eight-year-old boy institutionalised. "The child was already the victim, but now she is the one carrying out the punishment” - in CNN Portugal 2020 - "30 years of the Convention on the Rights of the Child" - in Magazine “Pontos de Vista”. 2019 - "Right of children to be heard" - in Magazine “Pontos de Vista”. 2017 - "The importance of startups for employment" – In Caderno Comercial of Diário de Notícias. 2017 - "The Law of Immigration and Business Mobility" - In Revista Vida Judiciária. 2016 - Women in Leadership - "When We Do, We do it well" - in Magazine “Pontos de Vista”. 2016 - Applied Business Law, volume II - Procedural law – Publisher Almedina - São Paulo - Brazil. 2016 - Lecture – “Teleworking, the future", University of São Paulo. 2013 - Master Degree Tease - Legal Subordination in Teleworking. 2012 - Labor Law and the Weakest Link - In Magazine “Pontos de Vista”. 2012 – Changes to Labor Law ...and to mentalities - In Supplement “Qualidade & Inovação”, Publico Newspaper.