Paulo Farinha Alves
Joined PLMJ in 1994.
Partner in the Dispute Resolution practice.
About Paulo
Paulo is a partner in the Dispute Resolution practice. He has over 30 years of experience in criminal law, white collar crime, compliance, regulatory offences and sports law.
Between January and November 2012, Paulo was Vice-President of the Disciplinary Committee of the Lisbon Football Association, and until March 2013 he was a member of the Professional Football Committee of Sporting Clube de Portugal SAD.
Since 2020, he has been a member of the Professional Ethics Council of the Portuguese Bar Association (terms 2020-2022 and 2023-2025).
He holds a postgraduate degree in Accounting and Corporate Legal Advice from the Law Faculty of Universidade Católica Portuguesa, attended the postgraduate course in European Economic Criminal Law at the Faculty of Law of the University of Coimbra and the Executive Course in Football Law at the Portugal Football School of the Portuguese Football Federation.
Paulo has participated in conferences and seminars on criminal law, criminal procedure, administrative offences, compliance and sports law.
He is a founding member of Fórum Penal, an association of criminal lawyers, and is a member of other professional associations such as the European Criminal Bar Association (ECBA), the Union Internationale des Avocats (UIA), the International Bar Association (IBA) and the Portuguese Sports Law Association (APDD), of which he is currently Vice-President.
Contacts
Office: Lisbon
(+351) 213 197 300*
paulo.farinhaalves@plmj.pt
Languages:
English, Spanish
Academic Background
- Law degree from Universidade Católica Portuguesa, Lisbon, 1994
- Admitted to the Portuguese Bar Association, 1996
- Postgraduate in Accounting and Legal Support for Companies, Universidade Católica Portuguesa, Lisbon, 1997
- Attended postgraduate course in Economic and European Criminal Law at the Faculty of Law of the University of Coimbra, 2009
- Executive Course in Football Law - Portuguese Football Federation - Portugal Football School, 2018
Professional Background
- Partner at PLMJ since 2005
- Member of the Lisbon Professional Ethics Council of the Portuguese Bar Association
- Vice-president of the Disciplinary Committee of the Lisbon Football Association (January 2012 - November 2012)
- Director of professional football at Sporting Clube de Portugal – Futebol SAD (November 2012 - March 2013)
- Founding member of the criminal lawyers association, Fórum Penal, 2012
Member of
- ECBA - European Criminal Bar Association
- IBA - International Bar Association
- Fórum Penal – Associação de Advogados Penalistas
- UIA - Union Internationale des Avocats
- APDD - Portuguese Sports Law Association
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