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LL.M. CATÓLICA AdvaNCED master of laws

Specializations 2008-2009: Lisbon www.llmcatolica.com

international business Law Competition Law

What’s new in LL.M. Católica? Building on the success of prior editions of this program, we are proud to present LL.M Católica 2008/2009 (Advanced Master of Laws). LL.M. Católica offers two different tracks and is specifically designed for those attorney who seek a professional career in either international business law or competition law. For those who choose the specialization in International Business Law the program offers an innovative approach to transnational, Anglo-American and European business law. It covers a wide range of topics, such as contracts, project finance, commercial and investment arbitration, corporate law, securities regulation, EU internal market, and international tax law. The Competition Law specialization provides a unique and in depth review of European and American competition/antitrust law-with a strong focus on the economic basis of competition. A variety of topics are covered, including competition policy and enforcement, intellectual property and economic regulation. We are thrilled for being able to offer the first LL.M. made in Portugal. Its excellence is reflected in the strong support we have received from major Portuguese law firms and companies, the Luso American Foundation and the Fulbright Commission in Portugal. This program is recognized by our partners as a quality project worth sponsoring.

LL.M. Católica is specifically designed for those attorney who seek a distinct professional career Luís Fábrica Dean, Universidade Católica Portuguesa, Lisbon School of Law

I invite you to share our enthusiasm by applying to this innovative program, and I look forward to welcoming you to our campus.

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LL.M. Católica

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Program

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Pre-LL.M. Courses

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International Business Law

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Competition Law

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Faculty

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Student Profile

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Advisory Board

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Partners

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General Information

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About Lisbon

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Luís Barreto Xavier Program Director Rodrigo Queiroz e Melo Program Administrator Gonçalo Matias Program Administrator

LL.M. CATÓLICA Advanced Master of Laws Key features • LL.M. Católica is an advanced legal program intended for those lawyers who seek a successful professional practice: - LL.M. Católica exceeds the expectations and demands of both experienced lawyers, who want to deepen their skills and knowledge, and young associates seeking to enhance their opportunities in an international career. - LL.M. Católica also provides an environment in which those who seek an academic career can hone their academic skills while specializing in specific areas of law.

LL.M. católica brings together top international academics and professionals from both Europe and the United States

• LL.M. Católica is a true international program: - LL.M. Católica students come from a wide range of backgrounds and countries. - LL.M. Católica’s outstanding faculty includes prominent scholars from prestigious American and European universities and top lawyers from international law firms. Using interactive and innovative teaching methods, our faculty is able to utilize Católica’s extensive and modern resources to engage students in an exciting and meaningful way. • LL.M. Católica is one of the few Anglo-American LL.M. programs in continental Europe that has been successful in bringing together top international academics and professionals from both Europe and the United States. LL.M. Católica is one of the finest and most respected LL.M. programs in all of Europe.

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Goals 1. To provide thorough exposure to and understanding of International Business and Competition Law. 2. To encourage and develop better legal research and analysis. 3. To develop innovative methods of legal problem solving while enhancing and improving dispute resolution skills. 4. To prepare students for legal practice in the international context. 5. To improve students' understanding and use of legal language and to improve students’ legal writing proficiency in legal and business contexts.

Enrollment in the LL.M. may provide: • Networking opportunities both domestically and internationally. • Access to practical training experience, under specifically designed protocols adopted by Católica and developed with the support from our Career Office. • Opportunity to pursue further studies at Universidade Católica, such as writing a Master of Laws dissertation or enrolling in a Ph.D. program. • Access to an additional LL.M. semester abroad in either America or Europe at one of our partner Law Schools.

LLM Católica has given me the chance to develop and perfect skills in various aspects of international trade and business law, helping me to grow as a professional while giving me the opportunity to intermingle with students from all over the globe. It has been a truly exceptional academic and international experience! Ana Eliza Szmrecsányi, lawyer, Brazil

As an attorney who wanted to gain a sophisticated and comprehensive knowledge of the issues that arise in transnational practice, Católica has met and exceeded all of my expectations. LL.M. Católica has afforded me the opportunity to interact with colleagues from varying legal and professional backgrounds. In addition to Católica's academic strengths, Lisbon is a wonderful and welcoming city. I highly recommend the LL.M. program to any lawyer who wants to strengthen and enrich their practice. David Cole, lawyer, United States of America

Program Attendance LL.M. Católica is a one year program, running from September to July. The academic calendar is structured into three terms with classes generally held on Thursday, Friday, and Saturday mornings. Students must complete a total of 60 ECTS credits to meet the LL.M. Católica degree requirements. This includes four courses and several seminars. It is possible to attend the program over two academic years (part-time basis), thus allowing busy professionals to set their own pace.

The Case Method LL.M. classes will have a dual nature, emphasizing both practice and theory. Through the application of the case method teaching technique, students will be faced with difficult, yet practical problem-solving scenarios where in-depth analysis and reasoning will have to be applied. Serious preparation outside class is required and class discussion is encouraged. Class attendance is supplemented by LL.M. Católica’s website, which features additional study materials and allows for enhanced student-faculty interaction.

LL.M. Católica Conferences

Serious preparation outside class is required and class discussion is encouraged

The LL.M. academic program is enriched with a regular series of academic and professional conferences hosted by Universidade Católica. These conferences bring the brightest and most respected legal minds, along with renowned international personalities, to Universidade Católica. Such conferences give our students the opportunity to meet, network, and interact with influential members of the international legal community.

LL.M. Católica Seminars During the academic year, enrollment in particular LL.M. Católica seminars is made available to practitioners, who are not enrolled in the LL.M. program. Their participation not only enhances our program’s diversity and increases the breath of intellectual conversation, but provides a networking opportunity for both the LL.M. students and the professional community.

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Pre-LL.M. courses English Legal Writing

This course will give students practice in legal writing and legal drafting similar to

Jo Ellen Lewis Washington University in St. Louis

a variety of legal documents often used in the areas of pre-litigation, litigation, transac-

what American lawyers do in practice. Students will have the opportunity to work with tional work and estate planning. All students will be supplied with a comprehensive course booklet containing readings and lecture notes for each class, samples of various legal documents, including client advisory letters, complaints and answers, briefs, contracts, leases and wills.

Analytical and Quantitative Methods for Lawyers Jan Dalhuisen Miranda Chair in Transnational Financial Law, Universidade Católica Portuguesa Mihael Jeklic King’s College London

The course covers basic topics in decision analysis, game theory, principles of accounting, corporate finance, basic statistics, and modern contracting and negotiation theory. It aims to equip students with analytical skills essential for understanding and evaluating the following: 1. Decision analysis and game theory module - independent and interdependent decision-making, a set of techniques traditionally taught to first year MBA students, including decision analysis and game theory, expected value calculation, and prisoner’s dilemma; 2. Accounting module - central notions of double-entry bookkeeping, methods of accounting for ordinary business transactions in financial statements and financial analysis; 3. Finance module - fundamental principles of corporate finance, including theory of corporate finance, leverage effect, time value of money and discounted cash flow valuation of financial assets; 4. Statistics module - basic statistical analysis, including graphic representation of statistical data, measures of central tendency and variability, normal distribution and the 68-95-99.7 rule, and the Z scores; 5. Contracting module - function of contracts and key elements of effective agreements, such as risk allocation, incentives, value creation in legal work, information asymmetry, and an outline of most important types of contracts such as cost plus, fixed-payment, construction and principal-agent contracts, notions of moral hazard and adverse selection; 6. Negotiations module - interpersonal interaction involved in legal and business negotiations, including the Harvard principled negotiation method, 7-elements analysis and the tension between creating and claiming value. The modules highlight six most important areas of analytical skills required of law school graduates in legal practice, where effective argumentation and the giving of sound legal advice often depend on mastery of language and analytical techniques described above. The course complements the traditional law school curriculum, primarily focused on analogical reasoning skills and research, with the main purpose of equipping students with the basic analytical skills, as well as making them familiar with the analytical repertoire of MBA graduates who are likely to become their major clients. This is an important foundation course for future business lawyers and students potentially interested in pursuing alternative careers such as investment banking or consulting. No prior knowledge in any of the course subjects is required.

Specialization in International Business Law Structure of the Program First Term

Second Term

Third Term

American Contract Law

Comparative and Uniform Contract Law and Law of Movable Property

pre-ll.m. English Legal Writing

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Analytical and Quantitative Methods for Lawyers courses International Commercial Arbitration and Investment Dispute Resolution

Corporate Law and Securities Regulation

Modern Financial Products, Services and Regulation

seminars

Principles of International Trade

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International Business Transactions European Union Internal Market New Technology and the Law

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Mandatory if English is not your native language.

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Seminar for both specializations.

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International Tax Law Policy and Planning

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This is an important program that specialises in (a) the modern approaches to law formation and legal reasoning in civil and common law, (b) the impact, meaning and method of the transnationalisation of private law, (c) the functional and interdisciplinary approaches developed in the US especially through analytical methods, law and economics, and law and psychology, (d) modern company law in Europe and the USA, (e) modern financial products, financial risk, risk management and the principles of financial regulation, (f) foreign investment laws, now often incorporated in Bilateral Investment Treaties (BIT's), as more in particular relevant for Portuguese speaking countries in Africa and South America, (g) the impact of regional cooperation especially the concept and effect of the EU internal market and the operations of WTO, and (h) international dispute resolution especially in arbitration. These subjects are taught seminar style in small classes by student-friendly world class legal scholars. They particularly mean to make students aware of and prepare them for what they are likely to face in international commerce and finance in the next 30 years.

Prof. Jan Dalhuisen | Miranda Chair in Transnational Financial Law, Universidade Católica Portuguesa

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Project Finance and Securitisation

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International Business Law Courses American Contract Law Raymond T. Nimmer Dean, University of Houston Law Center Distinguished Chair in Residence, UCP

This course will examine the idea and methodology of making and enforcing contracts and the terms within which law allows parties to set the scope and the character of their own obligations. We will examine contract formation, how one determines the terms of the obligation, what differences exist among different fileds contacting, and how contracting occurs in modern commerce. The primary focus will be on basics of contract law and practice, but we will also consider comparative law issues resulting from differences among common law and other traditions, as well as from international sources of law such as the Convention on the International Sale of Goods, the UNIDROIT Principles of International Contract Law, and the various uniform laws adopted and enforced in the United States.

Comparative and Uniform Contract Law and Law of Movable Property

The main subject of this course is the transnationalisation of modern contract and

Jan Dalhuisen Miranda Chair in Transnational Financial Law, Universidade Católica Portuguesa

codification, of the effects of statism and legal positivism on the development of modern

property law and efforts at formalisation and unification especially at the EU level 0(“The Way Forward”). The course will start with a critical discussion of the differences between common and civil law in these areas, of the objectives and draw backs of statutory law and especially commercial and financial law, and of the older more fluid notions of universal law. It will highlight the key distinction between professional law and consumer law, the status of different sources of law in a globalising business world especially of custom, general principle and party autonomy, the emergence of a new transnational law merchant or lex mercatoria, the reducing importance of domestic private law but also the continuing relevance of domestic regulation in international business dealings. The course will subsequently investigate the notion and operation of private law as a dynamic concept and determine the significance and impact of legal dynamism especially in the study of the concept of good faith in contract law, of indirect agency in agency law, and of party autonomy in movable property law, the latter particularly for modern financial products, in which connection equitable proprietary rights, tracing, assignments, set-off and netting principles will be studied. Newer ideas about the issues of certainty and finality will be considered also and the modern functional approaches, especially of Law and Economics, will be explained and their meaning and importance assessed.

Corporate Law and Securities Regulation 2 Franklin A. Gevurtz University of the Pacific, California PART

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1 European Corporate Law and Securities Regulation

Professor and course description available at www.llmcatolica.com

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2 US Company and Capital Market in Comparative Perspective

This course is intended for European professionals whose responsibilities require a sufficient understanding of US law to advise both private-sector and governmental-sector clients dealing with both outward-bound and inward-bound transactions. Topics are selected with a focus on their comparative legal and policy treatment in the European Union.

They include freedom of establishment and the state law governing the internal affairs of corporations; creditor protection rules; basic elements of corporate governance at the state and federal level; duties of corporate directors and controlling shareholders; insider trading and securities fraud liability; and the rules governing both merger and (hostile) takeover transactions.

This course covers the modern ways of resolving international commercial and investments disputes through arbitration. For commercial disputes, it investigates the differences with and advantages/disadvantages of this way of dispute resolution compared to ordinary litigation in the national courts. It subsequently discusses the various steps in the proceedings, the main international arbitration alternatives in ad hoc, ICC or LCIA arbitration, the different sets of procedural rules that may apply and their legal status, the modern attitudes to arbitrability and to the applicable substantive private or regulatory laws, and finally the

International Commercial Arbitration and Investment Disputes Resolution Jan Dalhuisen Miranda Chair in Transnational Financial Law, Universidade Católica Portuguesa

residual roles of national courts in the supervision of arbitrations, in providing support and interim relief, and in the recognition of arbitral awards. For investment disputes, the course goes into the differences with international commercial arbitration, discusses the scope and substance of modern bilateral investment treaties (BITs) and of the NAFTA treaty in North America, the role of ICSID, and the problems in the applicable public international law or other transnational law and in the modern causes of action they give the international investor either in or outside these treaties.

This course deals with modern financial products, their risks, the management of these risks, the financial services provided in connection with the origination and sale of these products, and the legal back up under modern private and regulatory law. Banking and capital market transactions are distinguished. The main modern financial banking products will be explained like asset backed funding in secured transactions or through finance sales, repos, factoring, finance leasing, ordinary and credit derivatives,

Modern Financial Products, Services and Regulation Jan Dalhuisen Miranda Chair in Transnational Financial Law, Universidade Católica Portuguesa

loan securitisations and the layering of risk. In the capital markets, the accent is on modern capital market products and their holding, the issuing activity, underwriting and trading, brokerage and fund management activity. As to the regulatory response, the course goes into the nature, objectives and effectiveness of financial regulation, the main techniques, the differences between banking and capital market activity, the capital adequacy requirements, and the EU harmonisation program in this area.

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International Business Law Seminars International Business Transactions

Seminar description available at www.llmcatolica.com

Richard M. Buxbaum University of California, Berkeley

International Tax Law Policy and Planning Charles Gustafson Georgetown University, Washington, D.C.

This seminar will examine the way in which income deriving from international trade, investment and labor movement is taxed, devices for avoiding double taxation and planning techniques for minimizing the tax burden on international transactions. The impact of income tax treaties will in particular be explored. Specific problems will be discussed to demonstrate practical issues of international tax planning.

Project Finance and Securitisation Luís Branco and Pedro Cassiano Santos Universidade Católica Portuguesa, Lisbon

Project finance and securitisation will cover two types of innovative financing structures that have become extremely relevant in the international markets. In what relates to project finance the objective is to understand the legal framework of this type of limited-recourse financing, specially in the context of the development of projects for the construction of important public infrastructures. On securitisation the focus will be on the legal analysis of asset backed securities and its comparison it with other negotiable instruments; significative attention will also be given to the market transactions that are carried out using such asset backed securities.

While being an intensive, advanced programme, addressed to those who seek an active professional practice in international trade and business law, this LL.M. experience met my expectations and goals of increasing my experience as a banking and finance practitioner, by enabling me to further develop my skills and knowledge and to enhance my career opportunities both at a domestic and international level. Additionally, by welcoming outstanding professors and students coming from different countries, the LL.M. provides a rich personal and professional exchange, which, besides invaluable friendship links, will, no doubt, strengthen and broaden both our international contacts and our networking opportunities, two essential features in our professional careers that play a major role within an increasing international legal environment. Ana Rita Almeida Campos, lawyer, Portugal

Specialization in Competition Law Structure of the Program First Term

Second Term

Third Term

Intellectual Property Law in a Global Context

Economic Perspectives on Competitive Regulation

pre-ll.m. English Legal Writing

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Analytical and Quantitative Methods for Lawyers courses European Competition Law

Comparative Perspectives on Antitrust Enforcement seminars EU Institutional Framework Principles of International Trade

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Economic Theories of Regulation

Competition Policy: an economic perspective

Antitrust Law and Economics

Competition Law Enforcement

Workshops: competition cases

European Union Internal Market New Technology and the Law

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Mandatory if English is not your native language.

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Seminar for both specializations.

International Antitrust Law

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Law is gradually becoming an international and European subject: a great part of the relevant legal rules (particularly in the economic domain) is of European or international origin; litigation increasingly has a transnational dimension; legal cultures communicate and tend towards miscegenation; law firms and their legal services are increasingly transnational. In this context, this LLM answers to these new developments by offering a truly international program reflected at the level of its legal subjects, its student body and its outstanding international faculty. ester for everyone. Prof. Miguel Poiares Maduro | Advocate-General, European Court of Justice

a truly international program

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Competition Law Courses Comparative Perspectives on Antitrust Enforcement

This course will provide a comparative approach to U.S. and E.U. antitrust regulation,

Daniel Crane Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law, Yeshiva University in New York City

tion law rules, but rather on the procedures and institutions by which competition law

Economic Perspectives on Competitive Regulation

This course will study the economic theories, rhetoric, and influences that shape

Daniel Crane Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law, Yeshiva University in New York City

relationship between market structure and innovation, and vertical restraints and verti-

European Competition Law

The course focuses on Articles 81 and 82 EC Treaty (the EC Competition rules), and

Rosa Greaves University of Glasgow, UK

and also touch on competition law institutions in emerging markets. It will provide some background on the differing goals and orientations of competition law in the studied jurisdiction. However, it will not focus primarily on the substance of competiis created. Topics to be addressed include (among others) institutional design, structure of antitrust agencies, federalism, standing rules, private enforcement, and damages.

competition policy. Topics to be addressed include (among others) economic theories about market power and market structure, the welfare effects of price discrimination, monopsony and oligopsony, empirical and game theoretic theories of predation, the cal competition.

on the control of mergers in the EU. The EC competition rules prohibit agreements between undertakings which restrict competition and affect trade between Member States as well as the abuse of a dominant position by an undertaking within a substantial part of the common market. The course will cover the following matters: the nature and objectives of competition law and policy; the enforcement powers of the European Commission and the National Competition Authorities under Regulation 1/2003; the application of Article 81 to horizontal and vertical agreements; the meaning of "dominance" and "abuse"; the proposals for reform of Article 82; the basics of merger control in the EU.

Intellectual Property Law in a Global Context Trotter Hardy William and Mary School of Law, Williamsburg, Virginia

A study of U.S. and E.U. copyright, patent, trademark, and unfair competition law with comparisons to selected other jurisdictions. Efforts at international harmonization such as Berne, TRIPS, and World Intellectual Property Organization treaties will be explored.

Competition Law Seminars This seminar is designed to provide students with an understanding of the economic principles that underlie modern antitrust legal analysis. Topics covered will include merger analysis (the Merger Guidelines, market and monopoly power, the analysis of unilateral effects, and coordinated effects), and high technology (network effects, innovation, tying, and monopoly leveraging). Principles will be developed through a discussion of a number of significant recent high-profile cases.

Antitrust Law and Economics

The seminar will deal with the problems and prospects of modern competition law enforcement both at the EU and the Portuguese levels, with reference to antitrust enforcement and control of concentrations. The trend towards modernization and decentralization of application of EU competition law will be emphasized, as well as its problems and difficulties in the different Member States. Administrative and judicial enforcement will be compared, against the background of a prevailing “effects based approach”. The European Commission’s White Paper on Damages Actions for Breach of the EU Antitrust Rules will deserve particular attention, together with the more general issue of private enforcement.

Competition Law Enforcement

What is competition policy? The role of competition policy in a market economy. The

Competition Policy: an Economic Perspective

perspective of competition economics and competition law. A short history of antitrust laws. The primacy of EU competition law. The structure of competition institutions in the EU. Competition and regulation. Article 81 and horizontal agreements and per se rules. Rule of reason and non-horizontal agreements. Article 82 and abuses of dominant position. Comparing EU and USA laws. Merger regulation. Building the single market.

Daniel L. Rubinfeld U.C. Berkeley

J. L. Cruz Vilaça Universidade Católica Portuguesa, Lisbon

Abel Mateus Universidade Nova, Lisbon

State aid. The future of antitrust.

This seminar deals with models and theories of economic regulation. Presentations will be based on current regulatory issues in the EU. The main topics are: 1. The rationale for economic regulation, using both public interest theories and economic

Economic Theories of Regulation João Confraria Universidade Católica Portuguesa, Lisbon

theories of regulation. 2. Regulation, liberalisation and competition law. 3. Price regulation: incentive based vs. cost based price regulation. 4. Models of price regulation used according to the current EU legal framework in utilities and network industries. 5. Quality of service regulation. The economic rationale for fines. 6. Regulatory credibility and its impact on investment. 7. Regulatory risk: sources and impact. Institutional rules to control regulatory risk.

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EU Institutional Framework

Scene setting: general approach to the Institutions with special focus on the innova-

António Vitorino Universidade Católica Portuguesa, Lisbon

Foreign Policy and Security): possible trends of evolution. Key horizontal questions:

tions introduced by the Lisbon Treaty. The “new” triangular system (President of the European Council/President of the European Commission/High Representative for global concept of checks and balances in a multilevel system; the open question of the nature and dimension of the executive branch; accountability and judicial review; the control of subsidiarity and the role of National Parliaments.

International Antitrust Law Michal Gal Faculty of Law, University of Haifa, Israel NYU Center for Law and Business

This course will consider the effects of economic globalization on antitrust. Antitrust issues are becoming increasingly international: As international trade increases, so does the effect of anti-competitive conduct that takes place outside one's borders. Accordingly, this course will examine the effects of globalization on the ability of jurisdictions to apply their domestic laws to regulate international antitrust problems, as well as the effects of such national law enforcement on other countries. It will then explore the justifications and costs of a variety of international enforcement and harmonization tools that have been applied or suggested, including the International Competition Network and regional antitrust agreements.

What can I say about LLM Católica? Only the best. It is an innovative programme offered by a leading Portuguese law school assisted by institutions like the Fulbright Commission, Millenium BCP Foundation and top Portuguese law firms. After having worked as a lawyer for four years I found this LLM to be a perfect way of toping my legal education. LLM Católica not only gave me an opportunity to enhance my knowledge of international commercial and international trade law, but also allowed me to study these areas of law from both American and European perspective. And I also have to mention that discovering Portugal is just as much fun as the programme itself, which really made LLM Católica a complete and rewarding experience. I can highly recommend it to everyone. Marek Puwalski, lawyer, Poland

International Business Law and Competition Law Seminars The concept of a common market involves the elimination of all obstacles to intra-community trade in order to merge the national markets into a single market bringing about conditions as close as possible to those of a genuine internal market (Schul, 1982). The seminar, by focusing on the development and application of the principle of free movement, assesses whether those objectives have been fully achieved. The structure is firmly grounded on the four fundamental freedoms: goods, persons, services and

EU Internal Market Miguel Poiares Maduro Advocate-General, European Court of Justice Andrea Biondi King’s College London

capital. Each of the freedoms is analysed with reference to the case law of the European Court of Justice and to relevant legislation.

A study of legal issues that arise because of contemporary technology such as the Internet and digital information, with a bit of historical context to see how such issues have affected the law in prior times. Areas of law will include copyright law, privacy law, contract law, tort law, and others as

New Technology and the Law Trotter Hardy William and Mary School of Law

time permits.

The course will look at fundamental principles of the World Trade Organization concerning the balance between free trade and other policies and values. We will closely examine the WTO case-law on the so-called General Exceptions in GATT and GATS, which permit WTO members to restrict trade for the purpose of e.g. safeguarding public health, protecting the environment, or maintaining public morals. This case-law

Principles of International Trade Piet Eeckhout Director of the Centre of European Law, King’s College London

speaks of a “process of weighing and balancing” - we will analyse what that process involves, and what this means for the WTO's role in non-trade policies.

This LLM program offers a unique and unmatched experience in the study of law. The program blends the best of legal education from Europe, the U.S. and England in a manner that is not matched in any other European program. Lawyers who attend this LLM will never forget or regret the experience they receive. Prof. Raymond Nimmer | Dean, University of Houston Law Center Distinguished Chair in Residence, UCP

a unique truly and unmatched international experience program

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My experience at Católica was immensely rewarding, both professionally and academically. I was able to interact with and learn from leading academics in the fields of international law and business. My colleagues - practitioners in law themselves - added an atmosphere of collegiality to the learning process. I learned a great deal about the law just from being exposed to the different legal and cultural traditions of my classmates. My time in Lisbon is one I will always remember fondly. I have and will continue to highly recommend the Católica program. Benjamin Bricker, exchange student, University of Illinois

I spent the fall of 2007 studying as an exchange student at Católica and enjoyed my stay in Lisbon very much. Academically, the ability to build a modular schedule composed of smaller seminars in a variety of areas lent itself to a diverse curriculum. Socially, in the law and language classes that I attended, I met many students and practicing lawyers from Portugal and from all over Europe with whom I was able to experience Lisbon: from touring monuments to going out and taking advantage of the city's vivid nightlife. It was a spectacular semester and I warmly recommend the program. Dan Tammuz, exchange student, Duke Law School

My enrollment in LL.M. Católica has proven to be a won bet. Most classes were taught by US professors, which I believe was of paramount importance, since it allowed a permanent contact with a practical view of the law, always focused in the search for the concrete legal solution. LL.M. Católica proved to be a quite demanding and innovative program, where a problem-basis approach is a must. I truly recommend Católica's LL.M. for all those who want to be engaged in a high level and competitive masters program. Eleonora Henriques, lawyer, Portugal

Faculty 2008/2009

Abel Mateus Andrea Biondi António Vitorino Charles H. Gustafson Daniel A. Crane Daniel L. Rubinfeld Franklin A. Gevurtz J. L. Cruz Vilaça Jan Dalhuisen Jo Ellen Lewis João Confraria Luís Branco Michal Gal Miguel Poiares Maduro Mihael Jeklic Pedro Cassiano Santos Piet Eeckhout Raymond T. Nimmer Richard M. Buxbaum Rosa Greaves Trotter Hardy

Abel Mateus

Abel Mateus is Professor of Economics at Universidade Nova, Lisbon. First President of

UNIVERSIDADE NOVA, LISBON

Portuguese Competition Authority (2003-2008). Deputy Governor at Central Bank of Portugal (1992-1998). PhD in Economics, University of Pennsylvania, USA. Member of the European Union Economic Policy Committee and Monetary Policy Committee (19931998). Responsible for monetary policy in Portugal from 1993-1998, at the time of the introduction of the euro. Has been a consultant for the World Bank and IMF, and has advised more than twelve countries in all continents. Senior Economist at World Bank (1982-1992). Has published extensively in both Portuguese and English.

Andrea Biondi

Andrea Biondi is Professor of European Union Law and the Co-Director of the Centre for

KING’S COLLEGE LONDON

European Law at King's College London. Prof. Biondi is also visiting professor at the College of Europe in Warsaw and at Georgetown University . He is a member of the Bar of Florence as well as being an Academic Member of Francis Taylor Building Chambers in London. Prof. Biondi is on the International Advisory Board of European Public Law, King's College Law Journal and the European Public Private Partnership Law Review.

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António Vitorino

António Vitorino is a lawyer and a member of the Bar Association since 1982. Assistant

LAWYER, GUEST PROFESSOR, CATÓLICA PORTUGUESA, LISBON

Professor at the University of Lisbon Law School since 1982. Professor at Universidade Autónoma Luís de Camões (1985-1995) and Universidade Internacional of Lisbon (19981999). Member of Parliament from 1980 until 2006. Secretary of State for Parliamentary Affairs (1983-1985). Secretary of State of the Government of Macau (1986-1987). Judge of the Portuguese Constitutional Court (1989-1994). Member of the European Parliament (1994-1995), Chairman of the Civil Liberties Committee. Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Defence (1995-1997). European Commissioner for Justice and Home Affairs (1999-2004). Member of the Praesidium of the European Convention (2002-2003) and representative of the European Commission in the 2004 Intergovernmental Conference.

Charles H. Gustafson

Charles Gustafson is Professor of Law and former Associate Dean for International and

GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY, WASHINGTON, D.C.

Graduate Programs at the Georgetown University Law Center in Washington, D.C. He teaches in various areas of public international law, international trade and investment and federal taxation. He is a coauthor of several casebooks on federal income taxation, including Taxation of International Transactions (3d Ed.) (West, 2006), as well as articles and book chapters on issues of international law and/or taxation. He has practiced law in New York and Washington, served in the Office of the Legal Adviser to the Department of State and lectured at universities on every continent. He spent several years as a member of the Faculty of Law at Ahmadu Bello University in Nigeria. He has also served as consultant to various United States Government agencies and to several international organizations and as an arbitrator in commercial and investment disputes. He is an active member of the American Law Institute and has served on a number of committees for the American Bar Association. He received his J.D. degree from the University of Chicago and his B.S. degree from the University of Buffalo.

Daniel A. Crane is a law professor at the Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law, Yeshiva

Daniel A. Crane

University in New York City, where he teaches contracts, antitrust, and antitrust and intellectual

BENJAMIN N. CARDOZO SCHOOL

property. In 1996, he received his J.D., with honors, from the University of Chicago, where

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practiced litigation and antitrust law first with Morgan, Lewis & Bockius in Miami and later with Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison in New York. He continues to serve as counsel to Paul, Weiss. Professor Crane’s recent scholarship has focused primarily on antitrust and economic regulation, particularly the institutional structure of antitrust enforcement, predatory pricing, bundling, and the antitrust implications of various patent practices. His work has appeared in the University of Chicago Law Review, the Texas Law Review, the California Law Review, the Michigan Law Review, the Cornell Law Review, and the Minnesota Law Review, among other journals. He is the co-editor (with Eleanor Fox) of ANTITRUST STORIES and has a book on the institutional structure of antitrust enforcement forthcoming with Oxford University Press. His articles have been cited in a number of federal and state court opinions. He is visiting at New York University Law School during the 20072008 academic year and will visit at the University of Chicago Law School in 2009. He is the recipient of a Fulbright Scholar award to teach at Universidade Católica Portuguesa. Daniel L. Rubinfeld is Robert L. Bridges Professor of Law and Professor of Economics at the

Daniel L. Rubinfeld

University of California, Berkeley. He served from June 1997 through December 1998 as

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Deputy Assistant Attorney General for Antitrust in the U.S. Department of Justice. Professor Rubinfeld is the author of a variety of articles relating to antitrust and competition policy, law and economics, and public economics, and two textbooks, Microeconomics, and Econometric Models and Economic Forecasts. He has consulted for private parties for a range of public agencies including the Federal Trade Commission, the Antitrust Division of the Department of Justice, and the State of California Attorney General. In the past he has been a fellow at the National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER), the Center for Advanced Studies in the Behavioral Sciences, and the John Simon Guggenheim Foundation. Professor Rubinfeld teaches courses in law and economics, antitrust, and law and statistics, and is a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and a research fellow at NBER. He is the past President of the American Law and Economics Association. Professor Gevurtz is a Distinguished Professor and Scholar at the University of the Pacific in

Franklin A. Gevurtz

California, and the Director of its Center for Global Business and Development. He is - in the

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words of a United States Court of Appeals decision - a "leading commentator" on corporate law. Among Professor Gevurtz' widely cited scholarship is the treatise, CORPORATION LAW. Professor Gevurtz is also well-known for authoring the casebook, BUSINESS PLANNING (now in its fourth edition) - which is by far and away the dominant book used to teach this course in law schools throughout the United States. Most recently, Professor Gevurtz authored the book, GLOBAL ISSUES IN CORPORATE LAW; part of a revolutionary series of books for which Professor Gevurtz also serves as series editor and which are designed to facilitate the introduction of international and comparative law issues in core law school courses. Professor Gevurtz also has written numerous law review articles on topics including corporate law, the law of other business organizations, and the antitrust laws. Prior to joining the faculty at the University of the Pacific in 1982, Professor Gevurtz practiced with the internationally known law firm of O'Melveny and Myers. He has been a visiting professor at the law schools of the University of California, Berkeley (Boalt Hall), and the University of California, Davis, and has taught or lectured in Athens, Copenhagen, London, Nancy (France), Salzburg and Seoul. In 2006, the University of the Pacific conferred its Distinguished Faculty Award upon Professor Gevurtz.

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J. L. Cruz Vilaça

Professor J. L. Cruz Vilaça graduated at Coimbra Law School; LLM in Political-Economic

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Sciences; Docteur in International Economics, Paris I; studied and worked at St. Antony’s, Oxford University, and at NY Fordham Law School. Formerly Assistant Professor at Coimbra Law School. Now Visiting Professor at the Law Schools of the Catholic and the Nova Universities of Lisbon; Associate Professor of the International University. Former AdvocateGeneral at the ECJ and President of the European Court of First Instance. Former Secretary of State for European Affairs in the Portuguese Government. Attorney-at-law, Partner and Head of EU and Competition practice with PLMJ & Associates.

Jan Dalhuisen

Professor Dalhuisen is a leading expert in international commercial and financial law and

MIRANDA CHAIR IN TRANSNATIONAL FINANCIAL LAW UNIVERSIDADE CATÓLICA PORTUGUESA

the occupant of the Miranda Chair at the Católica. He is also Professor at King's College in London and UC Berkeley, and has held important Visiting Professorships in Continental Europe, China and Australia. He is Corresponding Member of the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences and the author of Dalhuisen on Transnational and Comparative Commercial, Financial and Trade Law and earlier of Dalhuisen on International Insolvency and Bankruptcy. Professor Dalhuisen is a graduate of the University of Amsterdam, where he also obtained a PhD, and of UC Berkeley. He is Member of the NY Bar, Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators in London, an active international arbitrator and former senior in house counsel and investment banker.

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Professor Lewis began teaching at Washington University School of Law in 1995. She teaches Legal Practice I and II, Advanced Legal Writing, Real Estate Practice and Drafting and is the Co-Advisor for the Wiley Rutledge Moot Court Competition. She became Director of the Legal Practice program in 2000 as part of a rotational directorship. She has taught courses in U.S. Real Estate Transactions and Topics in U.S. Law at Aoyama Gakuin University in Tokyo. Prior to joining the faculty at Washington University, she was in private practice in Washington, D.C. for eight years, specializing in negotiating and documenting sophisticated commercial real estate transactions. Professor Lewis graduated from Georgetown University Law Center in 1986 where she was the Executive Editor of the American Criminal Law Review. Professor Lewis regularly speaks on issues related to Legal Writing and Legal Practice at national and international conferences.

João Confraria

Professor Confraria is a member of the Board of Instituto Nacional da Aviação Civil, the

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Portuguese civil aviation authority. Professor at the School of Economics and Business of Universidade Católica Portuguesa. He teaches courses on Regulation, Public Policy and Telecommunications, at the undergraduate, Msc and MBA levels and he coordinates Executive Courses on Regulation and Competition. Currently he is also a member of the advisory board of Portugal Telecom. From 1996 to 2002, he was a member of the Board of ICP-Autoridade Nacional de Comunicações, the Portuguese regulatory authority for communications markets and, from 2005 to 2007, director of Centro de Estudos Aplicados, at Universidade Católica Portuguesa. Author of several books and papers on regulation and industrial policy in Portugal.

Luís Branco

Luís Branco is a Senior Lecturer at the Catholic University in Lisbon. He is Partner in a major

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law firm in Portugal and head of the Banking, Finance and Project Finance Practice Group. He specializes in Banking and Finance Law, having participated in several relevant transactions in the areas of project finance, securitization, investment funds and derivatives. He has consistently been nominated by international publications as a leader in these areas. He is the author of various books and articles on banking law.

Michal Gal is a Professor, Director of the Law and MBA Program, and Co-Director of the

Michal Gal

Forum on Law and Markets at the Faculty of Law, Haifa University, Israel. She was a Visiting

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Professor at NYU, Georgetown and the University of Melbourne. Prof. Gal’s research focuses on competition law and policy. She is the author of the book Competition Policy for Small Market Economies (Harvard University Press, 2003). She also published many scholarly articles on competition law issues, including oligopoly pricing, the conditions for antitrust in developing economies, the political economy of antitrust, and the globalization of antitrust. Dr. Gal served as a consultant to several international organizations (including the OECD and UNCTAD) on issues of competition law in small and developing economies and is a non-governmental advisor of the International Competition Network (ICN). She also advised several small economies on the framing of their competition laws. Prof. Gal has won many grants and prizes for her research as well as four teaching awards. Miguel Poiares Maduro is Advocate General at the Court of Justice since 7 October 2003.

Miguel Poiares Maduro

Degree in Law (University of Lisbon, 1990). Researcher (European University Institute, 1991).

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Doctor in Laws (European University Institute, Florence, 1996). Visiting Professor (College of Europe; London School of Economics; Centro de Estudios Constitucionales, Madrid; Catholic University, Portugal; Institute of European Studies, Macao). Professor (New University, Lisbon, 1997). Fulbright Visiting Research Scholar (Harvard University, 1998). Co-Director of the Academy of International Trade Law; Co-Editor (Hart Series on European Law and Integration, European Law Journal) and member of the editorial board of several law journals. Winner of the Rowe and Maw Prize and of the Prize Obiettivo Europa (for the best PhD thesis at the EUI). Author of "We the Court-The European Court of Justice and the European Economic Constitution" (Hart Publishing, 1997). Mihael Jeklic lectures a graduate course on Analytical Methods and Negotiations at

Mihael Jeklic

University of London, King’s College, School of Law, covering theory and practical skills

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development in the areas of decision analysis, game theory, modern contracting theory, accounting, finance, statistics, cognitive psychology and negotiations. He is a former banker (at first lawyer) at the EBRD and was an adviser to the Slovene government on restructuring and privatisation. Mihael is a graduate of the University of Ljubljana Law School and Harvard Law School. He is currently a MSc student at the Psychoanalysis Unit at the Psychology Department of University College London, where he focuses on unconscious dynamics underlying reality distortion and their implications on interpersonal interaction. He has a transactional analysis therapy certificate from the European Transactional Analysis Association. He resides in London, United Kingdom. Pedro Cassiano Santos leads the Banking and Financial Law department of Vieira de Almeida

Pedro Cassiano Santos

& Associados law firm, advising a wide variety of clients in banking and financial matters and,

UNIVERSIDADE CATÓLICA PORTUGUESA, LISBON

in that capacity, takes (or shares) responsibility for the legal advice rendered, the transaction’s implementation and negotiation tasks. Both as leader and member of specialised teams of lawyers of the firm, he has participated in the drafting and negotiation of contracts and other documentation for many financial transactions, including loans, mortgage loans, leasing, securitisation and equity and debt placements both in Portugal and abroad. During his career at VdA, he has been seconded for over 3 years to an investment bank where he provided in-house legal advise to the various activities of such client. His law firm experience also includes the negotiation of varied financial transactions, including loan and leasing transactions and raising funds for project finance and privatisation projects. In the securities area he has been instrumental in the launching of Medium Term Note Programmes and issuance of Notes thereunder.

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Piet Eeckhout

Piet Eeckhout studied law (lic.iur.) and European law (lic.Eur.iur) at the University of Ghent,

KING’S COLLEGE LONDON

Belgium, where he also obtained his PhD degree. Before joining King’s in 1998 he taught at the University of Ghent and at the University of Brussels (VUB). Between 1994 and 1998 he worked in the chambers of Advocate General Jacobs at the European Court of Justice. Professor Eeckhout is Director of the Centre of European Law, at King’s (see www.kcl.ac.uk/cel). He is co-editor of the Yearbook of European Law, and also teaches at the College of Europe, Bruges. He is an associate academic member of Matrix Chambers, London. Professor Eeckhout is a leading authority EU law and international economic law. He is the author of External Relations of the European Union (Oxford University Press 2004). In 2004 he delivered the General Course at the Academy of European Law, Florence, and in 2006 he is General Rapporteur at the biennial FIDE (Federation of European Law Associations) Conference.

Raymond T. Nimmer

Raymond Nimmer is currently the Dean and Leonard Childs Professor of Law at the University

DEAN, UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON LAW CENTER DISTINGUISHED CHAIR IN RESIDENCE, UCP

of Houston Law Center and co-director of the Houston Intellectual Property and Information Law Institute. He is the author of over ten books and numerous articles, his most recently published book is The Law of Electronic Commercial Transactions (Pratt & Sons, 2003). Professor Nimmer is a frequent speaker at programs worldwide, in the areas of intellectual property, business and technology law. He was the co-Reporter o the Drafting Committee on Revision of U.C.C. Article 2 and the reporter of the Uniform Computer Information Transactions Act (UCITA). He is a consultant to the National Science Foundation and the office of the Legal Advisor of the U.S. State Department. In addition to his expertise in technology issues, he is an expert in areas of business law. He is the author of a four volume treatise on Commercial Asset Based Financing and a Contributing Editor for a leading multivolume treatise on bankruptcy law. He is admitted to practice in Illinois and Texas as well as the United States Supreme Court.

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Richard Buxbaum is the Jackson H. Ralston Professor of International Law at the University of California at Berkeley. Richard Buxbaum practiced law in Rochester, New York, and with the U.S. Army before joining the Boalt faculty in 1961. He publishes in the fields of corporation law and comparative and international economic law, and since 1987 has been editor in chief of the American Journal of Comparative Law. Buxbaum founded and was the first chair of UC Berkeley's Center for German and European Studies and Center for Western European Studies. From 1993 to 1999, he was dean of international and area studies at UC Berkeley. Buxbaum has served on various state and national committees engaged in the drafting and review of corporate and securities legislation. He is contributing editor to a variety of U.S. and foreign professional journals and has been a visiting professor at the Universities of Michigan, Cologne, Frankfurt, Münster and Sydney. He holds honorary degrees from the Universities of Cologne, Osnabrück and Eötvös Lorand Budapest, and received the 1992-93 Alexander von Humboldt Foundation Award for Humanities and Arts. Buxbaum is a member of the American Law Institute and was elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 2001.

Rosa Greaves joined the School of Law at Glasgow in 2006 and has been a Professor II at

Rosa Greaves

the University of Oslo since 2004. She was formerly the Director of the Durham European

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Law Institute (DELI) at the University of Durham (UK) (1994-06) and Lecturer and Senior Lecturer at the University of Southampton (UK) (1976-1994). She was also a Visiting Professorial Fellow at the Centre for Commercial Laws at Queen Mary & Westfield College (University of London) from 2000-05. She has been Visiting Professor at the Universities of Western Australia, Hamburg, Rouen and Georgia (USA). She teaches annually at the Academy of European Law in Trier (Germany) and at the Catholic University of Lisbon. Rosa Greaves was a “stagiaire” in the Legal Service of the Commission (1976), worked with a firm of City of London solicitors for six months and spent two years in Brussels (1989 - 1990) where she worked as an in-house consultant to the Directorate General then responsible Enterprise Policy and Distributive Trades (DGXXIII) and for Coopers Lybrand Europe. In 1995 she spent three months in Judge David Edward’s Chambers at the European Court of Justice. During research leave in 1999 and 2004 she spent six months as a Visiting Fellow at the Centre for European Legal Studies at the University of Cambridge (UK). Rosa Greaves specialises in European commercial law and most of her research and publications are in this area. Professor Trotter Hardy is Associate Dean of Technology and Professor of Law at the William and Mary School of Law in Williamsburg, Virginia, USA. Professor Hardy earned a B.A. degree

Trotter Hardy WILLIAM AND MARY SCHOOL WILLIAMSBURG, VIRGINIA

from the University of Virginia, and an MS degree in information systems from American

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University in Washington, D.C. After several years working in the computer field as a pro-

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grammer and systems analyst for the National Institute of Standards and Technology, he attended law school at Duke University in North Carolina. He served as Articles Editor on the Duke Law Journal, and was selected for Order of the Coif. Following graduation in 1981 he clerked for the Honorable John D. Butzner, Jr. of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit. He has served as the Leo Goodwin Distinguished Visiting Professor at Nova Southeastern University Law School, and was Scholar in Residence and Technical Advisor to the Register of Copyrights, U.S. Copyright Office during 1996. While at the Copyright Office he wrote “Project Looking Forward: Sketching the Future of Copyright in a Networked World,” a forecast of issues relating to copyright and the Internet. Professor Hardy is the author of articles in the University of Chicago Legal Forum; the University of Pittsburgh Law Review, the Tulane Law Review, the Nova Southeastern University Law Review, the University of Akron Law Review, and the University of Dayton Law Review; Business Law Today; the Journal of Legal Education; the Richmond Journal of Law and Technology; the Journal of the Copyright Society of the U.S.; and the Harvard Journal of Law and Technology. He has often lectured on intellectual property and the Internet.

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Student Profile We seek highly motivated students with a strong academic background and professional experience. Candidates are subject to a highly competitive selection process. In addition, students are subject to a demanding evaluation system throughout the duration of the LL.M. program, featuring written exams and take home essays. LL.M. Católica students are typically experienced lawyers from well-known law firms with an average age of 28. Students attending the LL.M. program in the past have come from around the world, including such countries as Belgium, Brazil, Colombia, Greece, Latvia, Poland, Portugal, Spain, United States of America, and Venezuela. Such diversity not only provides an opportunity for our students to develop their legal and academic careers, but gives them the opportunity to share experiences and build upon their personal relationships. Classes have typically around 30 students, so that everyone may have the opportunity to share experiences, exchange best practices and increase personal and professional relationships.

Advisory Board Chairman Rui Machete |

Executive Council Chairman, Luso-American Foundation

Members Andrea Biondi |

Co-Director, Center of European Law, King's College London

António Moura Portugal | Carlos Gomes da Silva | Carlos Santos Ferreira | Daniel A. Crane |

Azevedo Neves, Benjamim Mendes, Bessa Monteiro & Associados

Executive Director, Galp Energia

Chairman, Millennium BCP

Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law

Evaristo Mendes |

Universidade Católica Portuguesa

Jan Dalhuisen |

Miranda Chair in Transnational Financial Law, Universidade Católica Portuguesa

João Confraria |

Universidade Católica Portuguesa

João Vieira Almeida | John Phillips |

Vieira de Almeida & Associados

Former Dean, King's College London

José Engrácia Antunes | Laurie Reynolds | Luís Branco |

Universidade Católica Portuguesa

University of Illinois, Visiting Professor at Universidade Católica Portuguesa

Morais Leitão, Galvão Teles, Soares da Silva & Associados

Luís Cortes Martins |

Serra Lopes, Cortes Martins & Associados

Manuel Castelo Branco |

Gonçalves Pereira, Castelo Branco & Associados

Miguel Teixeira de Abreu | Abreu Advogados Paulo Zagalo e Melo | Philip R. Wood | Rosa Greaves |

Luso-American Foundation

Oxford, Cambridge, QMUL, London School of Economics

University of Glasgow

R. Wesley Carrington |

LL.M. Católica is subject to permanent evaluation from the program’s Advisory Board

Fulbright Commission in Portugal

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Partners

Our Universities have to become international and competitive, attracting students and researchers in the global market. This is a necessary precondition of progress. Today it is generally accepted that moving global embraces also the law faculties. Competition law, international law, EU law, all pointed in this direction. But today competition and trade law, and even administrative law became international and global. LL.M Católica and now Global Legal Studies are important initiatives whose dynamics shall push forward the Law Faculty as a whole and will contribute to make Católica one of the most prestigious universities in Europe. That is our goal. Rui Machete |

Executive Council Chairman

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Luso-American Foundation

The Fulbright Commission is proud to partner with the Catholic University of Portugal, contributing to the success of this pioneering LL.M. program by bringing top qualified U.S. Lecturers to Portugal. The Fulbright Distinguished Lecturers awards are viewed in the United States as among the most prestigious appointments in the Fulbright Scholar Program. R. Wesley Carrington |

Chairman of the Board of Directors

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Fulbright Commission in Portugal

As Portugal’s first privately owned bank, operating in several European markets, Millennium bcp has long been committed to a culture of excellence in the study of business law, and to promoting a truly European spirit in the teaching of the discipline. In the LL.M offered at the School of Law of the Catholic University of Portugal, we are delighted to recognise the highest academic standards combined with an international outlook. That is why we are proud to support this increasingly successful and prestigious programme. Carlos Santos Ferreira |

Chairman of the Board of Directors

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Millennium BCP

Galp Energia has always been a keen supporter of the idea that competition in the energy markets is not only advantageous for the consumers, but also provides strong incentives for the operators to become more efficient so that they can generate greater benefits for all their stakeholders. Therefore, Galp Energia is proud to be associated with LLM Católica, which we see as an opportunity to contribute to the development of greater awarenesss and understanding of the way the markets operate in the present environment. Carlos Gomes da Silva | niti

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Galp Energia

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Having been considered in 2008 as the Best Portuguese Company to work for and in 2007 and 2008 as the best Law Firm to work for in Portugal (Exame/Heidrick & Struggles), Abreu Advogados has for long been committed to the continuing education of its lawyers. The Firm currently sponsors fifteen of its associates in several LL.M and post graduation programs, in Portugal and abroad, and sees its association with the LL.M Católica program as a fundamental tool in further promoting the education of the Portuguese legal profession and as an opportunity to be in contact with some of the finest future Portuguese lawyers. Miguel Teixeira de Abreu |

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Abreu Advogados

In ABBC we have been at the forefront of quality work and consistent service. Only professionals with adequate levels of training allow us to maintain our standards and so we invest on their training each year. This LL.M to which ABBC is proudly associated in the form of the sponsorship guarantees a high quality output and an in-depth and up-to-date insight on European and International matters so vital for a global legal services provider. António Moura Portugal | Partner | ABBC - Azevedo Neves, Benjamim Mendes, Bessa Monteiro, Cardigos & Associados

Gonçalves Pereira, Castelo Branco has a consistent and old relation with the Portuguese Faculties of Law which was started by our Senior Partner André Gonçalves Pereira. Post graduate education is of utmost importance for those lawyers that aim at excellence and expertise. We are very proud to co-sponsor this project launched in Portugal by Universidade Católica which is a major step towards a more intensive cooperation between Universities and Law firms. Manuel Castelo Branco |

Managing Partner

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Gonçalves Pereira, Castelo Branco & Associados

At Morais Leitão, Galvão Teles, Soares da Silva, we strive for excellence on a daily basis. We believe it is essential to establish solid ties with the law schools and are proud to be amongst the first law firms to participate in the LL.M program offered at Católica. This program represents a major breakthrough in Portuguese legal education. Not only do we recognise the importance of an LL.M. program for lawyers who want to pursue an international career, but we also know that Católica is just as committed to excellence in education as we are. Luís Branco |

Partner

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Morais Leitão, Galvão Teles, Soares da Silva & Associados

Serra Lopes, Cortes Martins & Associados has a longstanding and close relationship with Universidade Católica’s School of Law. In fact, our firm strongly believes in the human values and the high-quality standards of Universidade Católica. The LL.M. in International Trade and Business Law is an audacious project, which represents, in our opinion, a fine example of the innovative approach and the technical excellence in legal education that can only lead to an outstanding success. Furthermore we consider that the practical and profound approach of the LL.M. programme and the quality of the teaching staff involved will certainly contribute to improve the legal practice in Portugal. That’s why we’ve encouraged and supported the project since the first moment. The experience of last years’ programs has confirmed only confirmed our utmost expectations, transforming this project into a successful experience! Luís Cortes Martins |

Managing Partner

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Serra Lopes, Cortes Martins & Associados

As a top Portuguese independent firm, with strong ties with the local community, VdA is deeply committed to further the depth and reach of the legal profession in Portugal, supporting various initiatives dedicated to the promotion of innovation and excellence in law. By joining the LLM Católica project, we know we are teaming up with the best in the academic field to help raise the standards and breed a new perspective and experience into the market. João Vieira de Almeida |

Managing Partner

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Vieira de Almeida & Associados

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General information Tuition

Applications

Tuition for the LL.M program during the 2008/2009 academic year is:

All LL.M. candidates must have a law degree and professional experience. Preference will be given to candidates with a strong academic record and those with rich professional experience.

• Full-time - one year: e 12 000

You may submit your application at any time.

• Part-time - two years: e 13 200 • Master Dissertation e 1 500

(Optional):

LL.M. applications must be completed with all required documentation. Successful applicants will be sent a formal offer of admission signed by the LL.M. Director. Applicants should submit the following documents • Application form (available at www.llmcatolica.com) • Personal statement of motivation (in English)

Scholarships available FLAD scholarships For applicants from the U.S.: five Luso-American Foundation scholarships, consisting of e 5 000 (aprox. $7,500 USD) and round-trip travel.

• Two letters of recommendation (in English or Portuguese) • Official transcripts from schools attended (in English or Portuguese) • Curriculum vitae (in English or Portuguese) with dates and lengths of employment (maximum of two pages) • TOEFL or IELTS (or equivalent) scores – (if English is not your native language) • Copy of Identity Card or Passport • 2 photos

MillenniumBCP scholarships For applicants from Greece, Poland and Romania: four MillenniumBCP

Important dates

scholarships of e 15 000.

Beginning of the program:

Católica scholarships, For applicants from Brazil:

September 11, 2008 End of the program: July 19, 2009 Graduation: July 20, 2009

2 grants - half or total tuition waiver

Information LL.M. Católica administration Phone +351 217 214 179 [email protected]

Ana Ferrão Luís Belo Filipa Paiva e Pona

About Lisbon, a great place to live Lisbon is Portugal’s political and economic capital. Superbly located on the north bank of the Tagus River, Lisbon’s seven hills are its defining feature. Apart from LL.M. Católica, our students will benefit from Lisbon’s pleasures and cultural richness. The city has many traditions and various contrasting architectural styles, ranging from traditional areas with narrow alleys, which date from before the 1755 earthquake, to the magnificent open space of Praça do Comércio in the city center. Lisbon is very close to Estoril, Cascais and Sintra - some of the nicest and most prized areas in all of Europe. Portugal’s temperate climate means you can enjoy sunshine almost year round while taking advantage of Lisbon’s beaches and mountains. Whether you prefer a night at the opera, a visit to the castles, a soothing game of golf or the rush of great surf, Católica’s central location in Lisbon provides convenient access to all of Lisbon’s splendors. Not only is Lisbon a great place to live, but its location provides easy access to other major western European cities, such as Paris, Rome, and London.

Participating in the LL.M. Católica Master of Laws is a wholly unique experience. When combined with the life in a city like Lisbon, the program becomes even more attractive. Distinguished Professors from famous Universities around the globe with an interactive way of teaching paired with a multi-cultural class environment is one of the strongest elements of the LL.M. The LL.M program gave me the opportunity to deepen my knowledge in the International Trade and Business Law field, meet interesting people from many different countries and discover Portuguese cultural life at the same time. It was a great experience for me and therefore I strongly recommend it. Anastasios Sandalakis, lawyer, Greece

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