Team
Main Participants
Board of Directors
President
Julia Suderow
(Professor at Deusto University)
Nationality: Spanish and German
Academic curriculum: Julia Suderow is a law graduate from the University of Hannover, has a Master’s degree by the University of Hannover and by the University of Louvain, and has a doctorate by the Carlos III University of Madrid, with a specialization in Competition and International Private Law.
Professional activity: Julia teaches as an Associate Professor at the University of Deusto, in the areas of Private International Law and International Trade Law and is the author of numerous publications, written in English, German and Spanish. She is a national coordinator of the Permanent Observatory for the Application of Competition Rules at the University of Trento. Julia is a lawyer specialized in Competition Law, Mergers and Acquisitions, International Arbitration and Private International Law and is the founding partner of 3C Compliance that aims to provide compliance advisory services to companies.
Vice-President
Maria José Azar-Baud
(Professor at University Paris XI)
Nationality: French and Argentinian
Academic Curriculum: Maria José Azar-Baud a law graduate from the Universidad Católica de Santiago del Estero – Magna Cum Laude. She has a double doctorate from the University Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne and the University of Buenos Aires. Her thesis deals with Collective actions in Consumer law in France and Argentina, under a Comparative Law perspective (Dalloz, in 2013).
Professional Activity: Maria José is an Associate Professor at the University of Paris-Saclay and lectures at University 1 Paris Panthéon-Sorbonne, University 2 Panthéon-Assas, amongst other international universities and training schools for lawyers and judges. Her main areas of research are: Consumer Law, International Contracts and Comparative Procedural Law. She is also the author of numerous publications written in English, French and Spanish. She also founded the Observatory of group actions in France, has been a lawyer at the Bar of Buenos Aires and is now admitted to the Paris Bar.
Vice-President
Victoriano Nazareth
(Retired Senior Technician in School Administration at the Ministry of Education)
Nationality: Portuguese
Academic curriculum: Victoriano Nazareth has a degree in History from the University of Coimbra and has attended the Postgraduate Course in Documentary Sciences at the Faculty of Arts and Humanities of the University of Coimbra. Victoriano also has a specialization in Total Quality Management by INA.
Professional activity: Victoriano Nazareth is a retired Senior Technician in School Administration at the Ministry of Education.
Patricia Gil Lemstra
(Lecturer and researcher at Tilburg University – International Business Law)
Nationality: Dutch and Brazilian
Academic Curriculum: Patricia Gil Lemstra is a law graduate from Universidade de São Paulo (USP), with specialization in Tax Law by the Instituto Brasileiro de Estudos Tributarios (IBET), and LL.M (Latin Legum Magister or Master of Laws) degree in International Business Law by Tilburg University. She is a PhD candidate of Tilburg University and her research deals with intra-corporate dispute resolution.
Professional Activity: Patricia is a lecturer and researcher at Tilburg University in the area of International Business Law.
Afonso de Freitas Dantas
Researcher at the Cyberlaw Research Center (CIJIC) and at the Space Law Research Centre (SPARC)
Nationality: Portuguese
Academic curriculum: Afonso de Freitas Dantas is a law graduate from the Faculty of Law of the University of Lisbon (2021) and is enrolled in a master’s degree in Law and Legal Science at the same Faculty. He also has a postgraduate study in National Defense Law (FDUL and IDN), as well as in International Nuclear Law (Nuclear Energy Agency – OCDE and University of Montepellier).
Professional activity: Afonso de Freitas Dantas is a researcher at the Cyberlaw Research Center (CIJIC) and at the Space Law Research Centre (SPARC).
Secretary General
Daniela Antão
Nationality: Portuguese
Daniela has a long professional career and extensive experience relating to Law and public communication, having, namely, exercised executive and legal functions with two large companies in the telecommunications industry and having been Secretary General of a Portuguese business association.
Research Assistant
Amy J. Adams
Nationality: British
Academic curriculum: Amy Adams is a joint Law and German graduate from the University of Bristol, UK. During this degree, she spent a year abroad studying German and international law at the University of Göttingen. She holds an LL.M. in European Law from Paris II Panthéon‐Assas University and is currently training for admission to the English Bar at BPP University Law School.
Professional activity: Before joining Ius Omnibus, Amy completed several placements in barristers’ chambers, and has experience as a Claims Handler.
Board of Directors
Vice-President
Maria José Azar-Baud
(Professor at
University Paris XI)
President
Julia Suderow
(Professor at Deusto University)
Vice-President
Victoriano Nazareth
(Retired Senior Technician in School Administration at the Ministry of Education)
Member
Patricia Gil Lemstra
(Lecturer and researcher at Tilburg University – International Business Law)
Member
Afonso de Freitas Dantas
(Researcher at the Cyberlaw Research Center and at the Space Law Research Centre
General Assembly
Vice-President
Catalin-Gabriel Stanescu
(Professor of the Law School of the University of Copenhagen)
Vice-President
Carolina Ramalho dos Santos
Supervisory Council
Vice-President
Gianfranco Alfano
(Researcher of Commercial Law at the Università degli Studi di Napoli Federico II.)
President
Csongor Nagy
(Professor at Szeged University)
Vice-President
Susanna Lopopolo
(PhD candidate Universitá degli Studi di Bari)
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