Paulo de Sousa Mendes, Graduate in Law (1981), LL.M. (1987) and LL.D. (2006). Professor of the Faculty of Law of the University of Lisbon. Teaches Criminal Law, Criminal Procedural Law, Criminology and Evidence Law. Director of the Legal Department of the Portuguese Competition Authority. Member of the Board of the Institute for Criminal Law and Criminal Sciences. Held scholarships from DAAD (Munich 1986, Freiburg 1990), MPI (Freiburg 1991, 1995), and Fundação para a Ciência e Tecnologia (Trento, Munich, Bielefeld, 2000–2004). Former Evaluator of GRECO Evaluation Team for Czech Republic (2010). Former Professor at Portuguese Military Academy. Former Member of the Supervision Committee for the Portuguese Intelligence Services and of the Portuguese Committee for the Reformation of the Penal Code and the Penal Procedural Code. Former legal expert at the Portuguese Securities and Exchange Commission.
