ARMANDO FRANÇA
FOUNDING PARTNER
PRACTICE AREAS:
Civil, Administrative
EDUCATION
- Law graduate from the Faculty of Law of the University of Coimbra
- Postgraduate degree in Communication Law
- Postgraduate degree in Administrative Justice
- Member of the Portuguese Bar Association, since 1978
- Practised law from 1978 until 1994 and resumed his practise in February, 2011
- Founding partner of Armando França e Associados – Sociedade de Advogados, SP, RL
- Lecturer at the Higher Institute of Information Sciences and Administration of Aveiro
- Lecturer at Lusíada University, in the academic years of 1992/93 and 93/94
- President of the Municipality of Ovar, from January 1994 until March, 2005
- Member of the Economic and Social Committee, from 1994 until 2005
- Member of the Commission on Access to Administrative Documents (CADA), in 2001
- Member of the Portuguese Parliament, from March, 2005 until October, 2007
- Member of the European Parliament, from October, 2007 until July, 2009
- Regional Director of Economics of the Central Region, from March, 2010 until February, 2011