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The 2nd Portuguese Criminal Law Summit

NEWS AND EVENTS 13 Nov 2024
The 2nd Portuguese Criminal Law Summit will be held in Peniche on 15 and 16 November.
 
Cláudia Amorim, Lawyer and Partner at SÉRVULO and President of the Board of the Forum Penal, and Fernanda de Almeida Pinheiro, President of the Portuguese Bar Association, will open the event. Also in attendance will be SÉRVULO's lawyer, Ana de Brito Camacho, discussing the future of Criminal Compliance in the second panel that will take place on the 16th November.
 
During the two-day event, further topics will be analysed: 
  • Electronic correspondence and the recent case law of the Constitutional Court
  • Cryptocurrencies and criminal investigation
  • The procedural dimension of confiscation without conviction and of third party assets
  • Criminal compliance: what does the future hold?
  • The Portuguese prison system in the light of the Petrescu case
  • The new challenges of social networks
The following speakers and instigators will also be participating: 
  • Manuel da Costa Andrade | Jubilate Full Professor at the Faculty of Law of the University of Coimbra
  • Sofia Ribeiro Branco | Lawyer | Forum Penal Advisory Board
  • David Silva Ramalho | Lawyer
  • Tiago Rodrigues Bastos | Lawyer
  • Maria João Antunes | Full Professor at the Faculty of Law of the University of Coimbra
  • Ana Rita Duarte de Campos | Lawyer
  • Dirce Rente | Lawyer | Vice-Chairman of the Forum Penal Board
  • Vânia Costa Ramos | Lawyer
  • João Viana | Lawyer | Vice-Chairman of the Board of the Portuguese Bar Association
  • Tiago Melo Alves | Lawyer
  • Manuel Magalhães e Silva | Lawyer | Forum Penal Advisory Board

Closing remarks will be made by Nuno Brandão, Lawyer and Assistant Professor at the Faculty of Law of the University of Coimbra and Chairman of the General Assembly of Forum Penal, and Germano Marques da Silva, Lawyer and Emeritus Professor at the Faculty of Law of the Portuguese Catholic University and Coordinator of the Advisory Board of Forum Penal. 

The event is open to all those interested in the legal profession and criminal law and procedure, whether or not they are Forum members. 
 
Register here until 3PM today.