Commercial Arbitration Practice Council

Created by decision of the Board and presided since 5 November 2009 by Rui Pinto Duarte, the Council for Commercial Arbitration Practice started its activity on 14 February 2007, with José Miguel Júdice as delegate of the Board and furthermore consisting of the Members António Pires de Lima, António Pinto Cardoso, José Pires Machado, José Lebre de Freitas, Bernardo Ayala, Ricardo Guimarães, António Vieira da Silva and João Raposo.

The Council promotes periodical meetings on topics related to arbitral proceedings, which are open to any interested parties. In October 2012 Luís Cortes Martins came to preside the Council, with the remaining members being Armindo Ribeiro Mendes, José Carlos Soares Machado, Rita Gouveia, Filipa Cansado Carvalho e Ricardo Guimarães.