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João de Sousa Assis holds a PhD in EU Private Law from the University of Glasgow, Scotland, where he also tutored business organisations. He graduated in Portuguese and EU law and holds a masters in Commercial Law, both from the New University of Lisbon, Portugal. Before joining the Iberian law firm Uría Menéndez, where he worked for two years as a trainee lawyer within the departments of M&A, TMT, banking and labour, he worked as a mediator for consumer conflicts. João is currently working full-time as Vice Dean for International Affairs and as a Lecturer in Private Law at ISCAL, and part-time as a Lecturer at the Polytechnic Institute of Beja. His research interests span the areas of EU Private Law, Comparative Private Law, Contract Law, Consumer Law, Market and Commercial Law, and Insolvency Law.
Identification

Personal identification

Full name
João Pedro de Sousa Assis

Author identifiers

Ciência ID
AD15-CEE9-DD46
ORCID iD
0000-0002-0989-4755

Languages

Language Speaking Reading Writing Listening Peer-review
Portuguese (Mother tongue)
English Proficiency (C2) Proficiency (C2) Proficiency (C2) Proficiency (C2) Proficiency (C2)
French Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1)
Spanish; Castilian Proficiency (C2) Proficiency (C2) Advanced (C1) Proficiency (C2) Proficiency (C2)
Education
Degree Classification
2017/06/23
Concluded
PhD in Law (Doctor of Philosophy)
Major in European Private Law
University of Glasgow School of Law, United Kingdom
"The Law of DOnation and the Market - Scottish, Portuguese and French perspectives" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
2009/07/07
Concluded
Master in Commercial Law (Mestrado)
Major in Commercial Law
Universidade Nova de Lisboa Faculdade de Direito, Portugal
"O Contrato de Mecenato" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
17
2007/09/17
Concluded
First Degree in Law (Licenciatura)
Universidade Nova de Lisboa Faculdade de Direito, Portugal
17
Affiliation

Science

Category
Host institution
Employer
2022 - Current Researcher (Research) Universidade Portucalense Infante Dom Henrique Instituto Jurídico Portucalense, Portugal

Teaching in Higher Education

Category
Host institution
Employer
2023/02/01 - Current Invited Assistant Professor (University Teacher) ISCTE-Instituto Universitário de Lisboa, Portugal
2018/10/01 - Current Adjunct Teacher (Polytechnic Teacher) Instituto Politécnico de Lisboa Instituto Superior de Contabilidade e Administração de Lisboa, Portugal
2018/09/01 - 2024/02/29 Invited Adjunct Teacher (Polytechnic Teacher) Instituto Politécnico de Beja Escola Superior de Tecnologia e Gestão, Portugal
2012/09/01 - 2015/08/31 Assistant (University Teacher) University of Glasgow School of Law, United Kingdom

Positions / Appointments

Category
Host institution
Employer
2023/10 - Current Pro-president Instituto Politécnico de Lisboa Instituto Superior de Contabilidade e Administração de Lisboa, Portugal
Projects

Contract

Designation Funders
2020/01 - Current Tourism: legal and economic analysis
UIDB/04112/2020
Co-Coordinator
Universidade Portucalense Infante Dom Henrique Instituto Jurídico Portucalense, Portugal

ISCAL - Lisbon Accounting and Business School , Portugal

Instituto Politécnico de Lisboa, Portugal
Concluded
Outputs

Publications

Book chapter
  1. Assis, João. "Third Sector’s Corporate Social Responsibility: In Portuguese Law". In Building Global Societies Towards an ESG World, 203-215. Springer Nature Switzerland, 2024.
    10.1007/978-3-031-56619-6_12
  2. Assis, João. "Turismo - Reflexões Jurídicas e Económicas". In A Insolvência da Entidade Administradora, 71-85. Coimbra, Portugal: Almedina, 2023.
    Published
  3. Assis, João. "Responsabilidade social e associações sem fins lucrativos". In Estudos em Homenagem ao professor Doutor Manuel Pita. Portugal: Almedina, 2022.
    Published
  4. Assis, João. "La adquisición tabular por tercero de buena fe en Portugal". In El tercero de buena fe examinado por tres continentes, 115-147. Lima, Peru, 2022.
    Published
  5. Assis, João. "Portugal". In The Technology, Media and Telecommunications Review. United Kingdom, 2011.
    Published
  6. Assis, João. "Portugal". In International Product Liability Review. United States, 2011.
    Published
  7. Assis, João. "Portugal". In The Technology, Media and Telecommunications Review. United Kingdom, 2010.
Book review
  1. Assis, João. "Book Review: The European Union Illuminated: Its Nature, Importance and Future by Ali M. El-Agraa". Review of The European Union Illuminated: Its Nature, Importance and Future (2015): http://eprints.lse.ac.uk/64274/1/Book%20Review_%20The%20European%20Union%20Illuminated_%20Its%20Nature%20Importance%20and%20Future%20by%20Ali%20M.pdf.
    Published
Conference paper
  1. Assis, João. "Third Sector's Corporate Social Responsibility, in Portugal". Paper presented in 9th International Conference on CSR, Sustainability, Ethics and Governance “Towards an ESG World”, Santander, 2023.
  2. Assis, João. "Unwrapping gifts in European Private Law". Paper presented in Third Annual Conference of The Younger Comparativists Committee of the American Society of Comparative Law, Portland, 2014.
Conference poster
  1. Assis, João. "Donations in European Private Law". Paper presented in The Second Graduate Research Poster Session, Faculty of Law, University of Glasgow, 2013.
  2. Assis, João. "The concept of donation across Europe". Paper presented in The First Graduate Research Poster Session, Faculty of Law, University of Glasgow, 2012.
Edited book
  1. Assis, J.. Direito e sustentabilidade II [Recurso eletrônico on-line] organização CONPEDI. --, Brazil. 2024.
    Published • Editor
Online resource
  1. Assis, João. TELECOMUNICAÇÕES MÓVEIS. PROMOÇÃO DE VERÃO. SERVIÇO NÃO ENCOMENDADO.. 2009.
  2. Assis, João. COMPRA E VENDA DE PRODUTOS ELECTRÓNICOS. GARANTIA.. 2009.
  3. Assis, João. PRESTAÇÃO DE SERVIÇOS DE TELEFONE. COBRANÇA DE REPARAÇÃO NÃO EFECTUADA.. 2009.
  4. Assis, João. PRESTAÇÃO DE SERVIÇOS DE INTERNET. INEXISTÊNCIA DE RELAÇÃO DE CONSUMO.. 2009.
  5. Assis, João. CONTRATO DE EMPREITADA PARA CONSUMO. INCUMPRIMENTO.. 2009.
  6. Assis, João. TELEVISÃO POR CABO. (IN)CUMPRIMENTO DEFEITUOSO. DANOS MORAIS.. 2009.

Other

Other output
  1. Unwrapping gifts in European Private Law. Third Annual Conference of The Younger Comparativists Committee of the American Society of Comparative Law. 2014. assis, J..
Activities

Oral presentation

Presentation title Event name
Host (Event location)
2024/04 Past, present and future of the Macanese Commercial Code Conference New Trends on Research and Innovation
ISCAL - Lisbon Accounting and Business School (Lisbon, Portugal)
2024/04 A insolvência da Entidade Gestora do Empreendimento Turístico Impactos Económicos e Sociais do Turismo com uma visão Europeia do Turismo
Faculdade CESUS (Florianópolis, Brazil)
2024/04 Direito de Consumo e Sustentabilidade na Europa Alinhamentos para a Internacionalização da Pós-Graduação em Direito entre Brasil e Portugal
UFSC - Universidade Federal de Santa Catariana (Florianópolis, Brazil)
2024/04 Direito do Consumo e Sustentabilidade na Europa Conferência Diálogos Brasil-Europa
Universidade Presbiteriana Mackenzie (São Paulo, Brazil)
2024/04 O Contrato de Hospedagem em Portugal: do Alojamento Local ao Resort II Encontro Luso-Brasileiro: Tributação, Turismo e Desenvolvimento
University of Paraíba (João Pessoa, Brazil)
2024/04 Direitos Humanos e consumo sustentável através do Direito Privado I Simpósio Internacional em Direitos Humanos e Cidadania – Perspetivas Contemporâneas dos Direitos Humanos
Universidade Portucalense (Porto, Portugal)
2024/01/18 Tourism and European Consumer Law: Scope of EU-Wide Rules on Travel and Accommodation - Open Lecture at the Universiti Teknologi MARA (Malaysia) Invited Lecturer
Universiti Teknologi MARA (Penang, Malaysia)
2023 EU Consumer Law - Erasmus+ Lecture at University Milan-Biccoca (Italy) Erasmus+ Lecture, University Milan-Biccoca
University Milan-Bicocca (Milan, Italy)
2023 O Consumidor, a Indústria Têxtil, e Mercado Único - Webinar O Consumidor no Século XXI: Novas Abordagens, University Portucalense (Portugal) Webinar O Consumidor no Século XXI: Novas Abordagens
University Portucalense (Porto, Portugal)
2023 Third Sector's Corporate Social Responsibility, Future Perspectives - Conference on CSR, Sustainability, Ethics & Governance, University of Cantabria (Spain) Conference on CSR, Sustainability, Ethics & Governance
University of Cantabria (Santander, Spain)
2022 Comparative Law of Obligations - Special Lecture at the Faculty of Law, Thammasat University (Thailand) Special Lecture invited by Mr. Professor Korrasut Khopuangklang
Faculty of Law, Thammasat University (Bangkok, Thailand)
2021 Competition law and alcoholic beverages - Scholars Through the Pandemic Webinar Series, Faculty of Law, University of Chiang Mai (Thailand) Scholars Through the Pandemic Webinar Series
Faculty of Law, University of Chiang Mai (Chiang Mai, Thailand)
2021 CSR applied to not for-profit organizations - a legal reflection - Academic Paper delovered at the 7th International Conference on CSR, Sustainability, Ethics & Governance, Polytechnic University of Lisbon (Portugal) Academic Paper delovered at the 7th International Conference on CSR, Sustainability, Ethics & Governance
Polytechnic University of Lisbon (Lisbon, Portugal)
2020 Competition Law and the Digital Market in Portugal and Macau - Academic Paper delivered at the Workshop on Competition Law in the East Asian Digital Market, Faculty of Law, University of Chiang Mai (Thailand) Workshop on Competition Law in the East Asian Digital Market
Faculty of Law, University of Chiang Mai (Chiang Mai, Thailand)
2019 Special Lecture for Master and PhD Students “Comparative Perspectives on Promise”, Faculty of Law, Chiang Mai University (Thailand).
(Chiang Mai, Thailand)
2019 The prejudice against donation - Law Seminars Series at the Polytechnic University of Beja (Portugal) Law Seminars Series
Polytechnic University of Beja (Beja, Portugal)
2018 How to evict the tenant, how to avoid being evicted - Cycle of Conferences for Solicitors at the Polytechnic University of Beja (Portugal) Cycle of Conferences for Solicitors
Polytechnic University of Beja (Beja, Portugal)
2017 Open Lecture in the context for graduate students in international and European Law, “European Competition Law”, Nova School of law, New University of Lisbon (Portugal).
2017 European Competition Law through the Times - Cycle of Conferences in Law at the Instituto Superior Manuel Teixeira Gomes (Portugal) Cycle of Conferences in Law
Instituto Superior Manuel Teixeira Gomes (Portimão, Portugal)
2014 Unwrapping gifts in European private law - Third Annual Conference of The Younger Comparativists Committee of the American Society of Comparative Law, at Lewis & Clark Law School (USA) Third Annual Conference of The Younger Comparativists Committee of the American Society of Comparative Law
Lewis & Clark Law School of Portland, Oregon (USA) (Portland, United States)
2014 The stimulus to Harmonious Private Law: centralizing movements towards a European volksgeist - 4th Scottish Colloquium for Early Career Legal Researchers at the Faculty of Law, University of Dundee (UK) 4th Scottish Colloquium for Early Career Legal Researchers
Faculty of Law, University of Dundee (Dundee, United Kingdom)
2013 Donations in European Private Law: The Concept of Donation in European Private Law - The Second Graduate Research Poster Session, at the Faculty of Law, University of Glasgow (Scotland) The Second Graduate Research Poster Session, Faculty of Law, University of Glasgow
University of Glasgow (Glasgow, United Kingdom)
2013 Silence as Acceptance in Scots Law - Scots Law Discussion Group, at the University of Edinburgh (UK) Scots Law Discussion Group
University of Edinburgh (Edinburgh, United Kingdom)
2012 The concept of donation across Europe - The First Graduate Research Poster Session, at the Faculty of Law, University of Glasgow (UK) The First Graduate Research Poster Session
Faculty of Law, University of Glasgow (Glasgow, United Kingdom)

Event organisation

Event name
Type of event (Role)
Institution / Organization
2023 - Current Organisation and coordination of the “ISCAL Cycle of Seminars in Commercial Law 2023”, at the Lisbon Accounting and Business School - ISCAL (Portugal) (2023 - 2023)
Seminar (President of the Organising Committee)
Instituto Politécnico de Lisboa Instituto Superior de Contabilidade e Administração de Lisboa, Portugal
2024/04 - 2024/04 Conference New Trends on Research and Innovation (2024/04 - 2024/04)
Conference (Co-organisor)
ISCAL - Lisbon Accounting and Business School , Portugal
2024/04 - 2024/04 ISCAL International Days 2024 (2024/04 - 2024/04)
Workshop (Co-organisor)
ISCAL - Lisbon Accounting and Business School , Portugal
2024/04 - 2024/04 Cycle of Seminars in Commercial Law 2024 (2024/04 - 2024/04)
Seminar (Other)
ISCAL - Lisbon Accounting and Business School , Portugal
2023 - 2023 Organisation and coordination of the conference “Tax and Tourism in the XXI century”, at the Portucalense University (Portugal) (2023 - 2023)
Conference (Member of the Organising Committee)
Universidade Portucalense Infante D Henrique Departamento de Ciências Económicas e Empresariais, Portugal
2021 - 2021 Organisation and coordination of the “ISCAL Cycle of Seminars in Commercial Law 2021”, at the Lisbon Accounting and Business School (online) (2021 - 2021)
Seminar (President of the Organising Committee)
Instituto Politécnico de Lisboa Instituto Superior de Contabilidade e Administração de Lisboa, Portugal
2020 - 2020 Organisation and coordination of the Special lecture 'The limits of freedom of expression', at the Lisbon Accounting and Business School (online) (2020 - 2020)
Symposium (President of the Organising Committee)
Instituto Politécnico de Lisboa Instituto Superior de Contabilidade e Administração de Lisboa, Portugal
2020 - 2020 Organisation and coordination of the Webinar 'Market Regulation and The Pandemic', a CATS’ academics through pandemics webinar series, at the Faculty of Law, University of Chiang Mai (online) (2020 - 2020)
Conference (Co-organisor)
Chiang Mai University Faculty of Law, Thailand
2020 - 2020 Organisation and coordination of the 'Cycle of Seminars in Commercial Law 2020' - Lisbon Accounting and Business School - ISCAL (Portugal) (2020 - 2020)
Seminar (President of the Organising Committee)
Instituto Politécnico de Lisboa Instituto Superior de Contabilidade e Administração de Lisboa, Portugal
2019 - 2019 Organisation and coordination of the Interdisciplinary Training “How to identify counterfeit banknotes: training on Euro banknotes ”, especially aimed at the members of the IPBeja Business Incubator, at ESTIG - Polytechnic University of Beja (Portugal) (2019 - 2019)
Workshop (President of the Organising Committee)
Instituto Politécnico de Beja, Portugal
2019 - 2019 Organisation and coordination of the International Conference “The Future of Contracts”, at ESTIG - Polytechnic University of Beja (Portugal) (2019 - 2019)
Conference (President of the Organising Committee)
Instituto Politécnico de Beja, Portugal
2019 - 2019 Organisation and coordination of the seminar 'The life cycle of money: legal regime for cash recirculation in Portugal', at ESTIG - Polytechnic University of Beja (Portugal) (2019 - 2019)
Seminar (President of the Organising Committee)
Instituto Politécnico de Beja, Portugal
2014 - 2014 Organisation and coordination, in partnership with Dr Clare Frances Moran (Lecturer in International Law at the University of Aberdeen) of the International Conference “Glasgow Perspectives on Conflict Conference 2014”, University of Glasgow (UK) (2014 - 2014)
Conference (Co-organisor)
University of Glasgow College of Social Sciences, United Kingdom

Event participation

Activity description
Type of event
Event name
Institution / Organization
2022 - 2022 Panel Moderator at the Conference 'Congresso de Tributação do Turismo", University Portucalense (Portugal)
Conference
Congresso de Tributação do Turismo
Universidade Portucalense Infante Dom Henrique, Portugal
2012 - 2012 Chairman of the European Law Panel, at 'The First Graduate Research Seminar', School of Law, University of Glasgow (Scotland)
Seminar
The First Graduate Research Seminar
University of Glasgow School of Law, United Kingdom
2012 - 2012 Chairman of the International Law Panel, at the 'Law Postgraduate Colloquium', School of law, University of Glasgow (Scotland)
Conference
Law Postgraduate Colloquium
University of Glasgow School of Law, United Kingdom

Jury of academic degree

Topic
Role
Candidate name (Type of degree)
Institution / Organization
2020 The Competitive Compliance Program
(Thesis) Main arguer
Yuri Caxias Felisberto (Master)
ISCTE-Instituto Universitário de Lisboa, Portugal
2019 The Articulation of Distribution Contracts with Competition Law
(Thesis) Main arguer
Carina Isabel Martins Gautier Piedade (Master)
ISCTE-Instituto Universitário de Lisboa, Portugal
2019 The insolvency qualification incident
(Thesis) Main arguer
Gomes Manuel Soares (Master)
ISCTE-Instituto Universitário de Lisboa, Portugal
2019 The right to compensation arising from non-compliance with competition rules: the European model and its national applications (Portugal, France and Spain)
(Thesis) Main arguer
Sophie Salgueiro Freire (Master)
ISCTE-Instituto Universitário de Lisboa, Portugal
2018 Confidentiality of Parasocial Agreements: the historical and legislative evolution that led to the loss of its genesis
(Thesis) Main arguer
Ana Rita Furtado da Silva Messias (Master)
ISCTE-Instituto Universitário de Lisboa, Portugal

Course / Discipline taught

Academic session Degree Subject (Type) Institution / Organization
2023 - 2024 Visiting Professor under the Jean Monet Programme (classes in English) at Symbiosis Law School, Pune (India) Jean Monet Programme (classes in English) Symbiosis International (Deemed University) Symbiosis Law School Pune, India
2023 - 2023 Coordination of the course “Short Course on Comparative Law of Obligations” for postgraduate students, at the Faculty of Law, Thammasat University (Thailand) (Master) Thammasat University Faculty of Law, Thailand
2022 - 2023 Visiting Professor under the Jean Monet Programme (classes in English) at Symbiosis Law School, Pune (India) Jean Monet Programme (classes in English) Symbiosis International (Deemed University) Symbiosis Law School Pune, India

Journal scientific committee

Journal title (ISSN) Publisher
2019 - Current Revista de Direito da ULP/ULP Law Review (2795-5257)
Distinctions

Award

2014 Academic grant received from the New Initiatives Fund Program, University of Glasgow (Scotland)
University of Glasgow College of Social Sciences, United Kingdom
2013 Prize for Best Poster at the 'The Second Graduate Research Poster Session', University of Glasgow
University of Glasgow School of Law, United Kingdom
2012 Individual PhD Scholarship from the Foundation for Science and Technology (Portugal)

Title

2019 Reseatch Fellow at CATS (the Centre for ASEAN Transnational Studies of the Faculty of Law, Chiang Mai University, Chiang Mai (Thailand)
Chiang Mai University Faculty of Law, Thailand

Other distinction

2023 Visiting Research Fellow from May to July 2013 at the l'institut d'histoire du droit, University Panthéon-Assas (Paris II) (France)