Judge since 1999 and Investigating Judge since 2009, sitting in the Criminal Investigation Court of Lisbon. Post Graduate Studies in Criminal Investigation, with a focus on financial crime and Master Degree on Criminal Procedure, focusing on the right to fair trial and the presumption of innocence. Extensive experience in the pretrial judicial analysis of financial crime, corruption and cybercrime. International Trainer for judicial authorities on the topics of digital evidence, cybercrime and crypto assets. Since July 2020 serving in The Hague as Seconded National Expert at Eurojust with the responsibility to coordinate the European Judicial Cybercrime Network.