I.                     Professional experience in the legal practice

- Diogo Pereira Coelho – Advogado, Lisboa.

·         Lawyer in individual practice (license n.º 63237L) since August 2022.

o   Practice Areas: IT, TMT & Digital Law (FinTech, DeFi, Web3, Blockchain, Crypto-Assets, NFT, DAO, Tokenization, CBDC, Metaverse, Artificial Intelligence, Robotics, etc.); Tax Law (TaxTech, FinTax, Cryptotaxation, NHR, etc.); Criminal Law (FinCrime, Cybercrime, International Asset Recovery, etc.); Administrative Offences Law, Regulation & Compliance (RegTech, AML, etc.).

o   Registered in the database of the Embassy of Luxembourg since October 2022.

o   Registered on the Belgian Embassy's list of German-speaking lawyers since November 2022.

o   Registered on the German Embassy's list of German-speaking lawyers since February 2023.

- Carlos Pinto de Abreu e Associados - Sociedade de Advogados, SP, RL, Lisbon.

·         Associate Laywer since January 2021 and Trainee Lawyer from September 2018 to January 2021.

o   Practice Areas: Criminal Law (with special focus on FinCrime, Cybercrime, Transnational Asset Recovery, Organized Crime, etc.); Tax Law (with special focus on Cryptotaxation and NHR); IT, TMT & Digital Law (with special focus on Cryptoassets, Blockchain, etc.); Administrative Offenses Law, Regulation and Compliance (with special focus on the banking sector).

II.                    Academic qualifications

1.   Academic degrees

- Master in Law and Legal Practice in the Specialty of Corporate Law (2021) from FDUL.

- Law degree (2017) from FDUL.

2.   Addicional academic education

- Specialization Course in Compliance and Criminal Law (2022), organized by IDPEE of the FDUC.

- Course in Criminal Law in AI and AI in Criminal Law (2022), organized by the IDPCC of the FDUL.

- Intensive Course in Cryptoassets: Taxation, Accounting and Market Regulation (2022), organized by IDEFF of the FDUL.

- Course in Administrative Offenses Law (2022), organized by the IDPEE of the FDUC.

- Advanced Postgraduation Course in Company Law (2021), organized by CIDP of the FDUL.

- Intensive Specialization Module in Corporate Finance Digital (2021), organized by CIDP of the FDUL.

- Postgraduation Course in Corporate Finance (2021), organized by CIDP of the FDUL.

- Postgraduation Course in E-Commerce (2019), organized by FDUL of the CIDP.

- Postgraduation Course in Corporate Governance (2017), organized by CIDP of the FDUL.

III.                  Linguistic skills

- Portuguese as mother tongue, full command of German (successful attendance at German elementary school from 3rd to 8th grade), advanced knowledge of English and intermediate knowledge of Spanish.

IV.                 Articles

- «Auditorias forenses: brevíssimo excurso informativo» (co-authored by Carlos Pinto de Abreu), in Anatomia do Crime, N.º 14, Julho-Dezembro 2021, ISSN 2184-027X, CIDPCC, AAFDL Editora, 2022, pp. 55-78.

- «Defesa dos interesses patrimoniais da vítima em fraudes transfronteiriças – Relevância dos mecanismos preventivos previstos na Lei 83/2017, de 18.09.» (co-authored by Vânia Costa Ramos), in Miscellanea APAV, N.º16, 2022, pp.36-47.

- «Cooperação judiciária para efeitos de defesa dos interesses patrimoniais da vítima» (co-authored by Vânia Costa Ramos), in M.R. Desterro Ferreira, E.L. Lopes Cardoso & J. Conde Correia, Cooperação Internacional para Efeitos de Recuperação de Ativos, Almedina, 2021, pp. 227-276.

- «O High Frequency Trading serve de amplificador do risco sistémico durante eventos catastróficos globais, tais como a pandemia de COVID-19?», O Direito, Ano 154.º, III, 2022, pp. 559-604.

- «Defesa dos interesses patrimoniais da vítima em casos de utilização do sistema financeiro para dissipação dos proventos de fraudes transfronteiriças: em especial, a relevância dos mecanismos preventivos da Lei 83/2017, de 18.03.» (co-authored by Vânia Costa Ramos), in Sousa Mendes, P., Quintela de Brito, T., Soares Pereira, R., Neves da Costa, J., & Câmara Machado, M. da, Law Enforcement, Compliance e Responsabilidade Empresarial, Almedina, CDIP, 2023, pp. 279-307.

- «Defense of the victim's interests in cases of use of the financial system to dissipate the proceeds of cross-border fraud: in particular, the relevance of the Anti-Money Laundering preventive mechanisms in Portugal» (co-authored by Vãnia Costa Ramos), in New Journal of European Criminal Law (in progress).

V.                   Recognitions and public interventions

- Honorable mention in the 7th edition of the APAV Award for Research 2021, with the following article: «Cooperação judiciária para efeitos de defesa dos interesses patrimoniais da vítima» (co-authored by Vânia Costa Ramos).

- Intervention as a speaker at the ceremony for the awarding of an honorable mention in the 7th edition of the APAV Research Award 2021, held at the Atmosfera M auditorium, in Porto, on December 7, 2021.

- Intervention as a speaker at the Lisbon Blockchain Conference, organized by Nova Blockchain Club of Nova School of Business and Economics of Universidade Nova de Lisboa, held at the Jerónimo Martins Grand Auditorium on may 12, 2023.

VI.                 Other information of interest

1.   Other professional experiences

- Trainer in the Legal Services Technician Course at the Instituto para o Desenvolvimento Social (IDS), Lisbon, de novembro de 2018 a julho de 2022. from November 2018 to July 2022. Activity: taught multiple modules in various areas of Law and evaluation as a jury member (as a tutor) of multiple students in Professional Aptitude Tests.

- Operations technician at the German Business Implementation Management (BIM) department of BNP Paribas Securities Services, Lisbon, from June 2017 to July 2018. Activity: Financial Markets, in the implementation of securities, real estate, and venture capital investment funds, among other financial instruments.

- Operador de Call Center at Teleperformance Portugal, S.A., Lisbon, from September 2013 to January 2015. Activity: customer service in German language, in the project of Orange Comunications, S.A. (Switzerland).

- Operador de Call Center at Arvato – Bertelsmann AG, Lisbon, from October 2015 to October 2016. Activity: customer service in German language, in the project of Microsoft Corporation (Germany).

2.       Associativism

- Fellow at ECOTA - European Carbon Offset Tokenization Association, since 2023.

- Fellow at DEA - Digital Euro Association, since 2023.

- BIG Portugal Ambassador at BIG - Blockchain Industry Group, since 2023.

- Member at European AI Alliance, since 2023.

- Member at IBCA – International Blockchain Association, since 2023.

- Member at ECBA – European Criminal Bar Association), since 2023.

- Member at EFCL – European Fraud and Compliance Lawyers, since 2023.

- Associate and Qualified Certified Trainer at APF – Associação Profissional de Formadores, since 2022.

- Legal Expert at FairTrials, since 2022.

- Effective Member at Forum Penal – Associação dos Advogados Penalistas, since 2022.

- Associate at ANJAP – Associação Nacional dos Jovens Advogados Portugueses, since 2018.

- Associate at The European Law Students’ Association (ELSA) of the FDUL, between 2015 and 2016.

3.       Articles in newspapers

- «O Certificado Verde Digital e a Liberdade de Circulação», Mar. 2021, Observador.

- «Uma nova era ou o princípio da derrocada?», Jun. 2021, Jornal Económico.

- «Metaverse: devem os reguladores estar mais atentos do que nunca?», Nov. 2021, Observador.

- «O certificado digital e o sistema de créditos sociais», Fev. 2022, Observador.

- «A inteligência artificial é um perigo? Podemos ficar descansados, as autoridades estão atentas», Apr. 2022, Observador.

- «Proposta de OE de 2023: a tributação de criptoativos em sede de IRS», Nov. 2022, Jornal Económico.

- «Alteração da proposta de OE para 2023 em sede de tributação de criptoativos (IRS): algumas notas», Dec. 2022, Jornal Económico.

- «Ano 2050: Era Digital», Jan. 2023, Observador.

- «NFTs na indústria da música», Fev. 2023, Observador.

- «Organizações Autónomas Descentralizadas (DAO): ponto de situação», Mar. 2023, Dinhero Vivo.

- «Os recentes avanços no setor da IA são uma benção ou uma maldição?», Apr. 2023, Observador.

- «A aprovação do regulamento MiCA: algumas notas», May 2023, Observador.

4.   Other qualifications

- Initial Pedagogical Training Course for Trainers (FPIF), with Pedagogical Skills Certificate (CCP) issued by Instituto do Emprego e Formação Profissional, I. P. (2021).

- E-Trainer Course, with certificate issued by Alamedas Office/ Instituto do Emprego e Formação Profissional, I. P. (2022).

Lisbon, May 6, 2023