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Henrique is a Doctor of Law and university professor, with over 30 years of combined experience in legal practice and academia.
His work focuses on Compliance, Criminal Law, Economic and Financial Criminal Law, Criminal Procedure, Regulatory Offences, Regulation, and Competition. He is widely recognised for his expertise in complex financial disputes and international proceedings, particularly in matters involving judicial cooperation—such as extradition requests, European arrest warrants, and asset seizure orders, being consistently praise by Clients for his work in high-profile criminal cases.
Henrique leads complex economic and financial crime proceedings, including fraud-related offences, corporate disputes, cybercrime, misuse of public funds, tax offences, and regulatory breaches in highly regulated sectors such as banking, competition, insurance, telecommunications, and environmental law. He plays a central role in defining procedural strategy and managing reputational risk, with a rigorous and business-oriented approach across all stages of criminal proceedings.
He also has extensive experience in civil and criminal disputes related to construction and urban planning, including arbitration, acting both as counsel and arbitrator.
Henrique’s practice spans multiple sectors of the economy, and he is actively involved in the development and implementation of Criminal Compliance programmes. He plays a key role in helping clients not only resolve disputes but also prevent them—particularly in matters involving anti-money laundering—and in structuring robust and effective governance models.
— PhD in Law, Universidade Católica Portuguesa, Lisbon (2012)
— Master’s Degree in Legal Sciences, Universidade Católica Portuguesa, Lisbon (1998)
— Law Degree, Universidade Católica Portuguesa, Lisbon (1991)
— Master’s Degree in Legal Sciences, Universidade Católica Portuguesa, Lisbon (1998)
— Law Degree, Universidade Católica Portuguesa, Lisbon (1991)
Henrique has been a Partner at CCA since 2007 and is an Assistant Professor at the Faculty of Law of Universidade Católica Portuguesa – Lisbon School, where he has taught for over 30 years, contributing to undergraduate, master's, and postgraduate programmes.
He is also a lecturer at Católica Lisbon School of Business and Economics, Universidade Católica Portuguesa – Lisbon School.
Henrique has served as a trainer at the Centre for Judicial Studies in the area of Regulatory Offences (Administrative Courts) (2019–2020), as a member of the Gender Equality and Domestic Violence Commission of the Portuguese Bar Association (2017), and as a lecturer at the Higher Institute of Police and Internal Security Sciences (2000–2001).
Throughout his career, he has also been a member of the Research Office of the Portuguese Bar Association and its representative on the National Council of Legal Medicine.
Member of the Portuguese Bar Association (Ordem dos Advogados)