Chen Chen
Chen Chen joined VdA in 2019. He is an Associate in the Banking & Finance practice, where he provides legal advice on regulatory matters and legal support for the financing of credit institutions and financial intermediaries operating in the capital markets.
He also provides ongoing support to various asset management companies on regulatory and legal issues, such as the incorporation of collective investment undertakings and ongoing support to their respective management entities, as well as in connection with the purchase and sale of assets under their management or the disposal of their shareholdings.
Law degree, University of Lisbon, Faculty of Law.
Guest Lecturer r at the Faculty of Law of the University of Lisbon, since 2020, where he lectures on General Theory of Civil Law.
Lecturer on several postgraduate courses organised by the Lisbon Centre for Research in Private Law– CIDP.
Researcher at the Lisbon Centre for Research in Private Law– CIDP.
Member of the Executive Committee of the Journal of Financial and Capital Markets Law – RDFMC.
Author of various articles namely:
- “White paper for ARTs”, em MiCA - A New Framework for the European Crypto-assets Market – 2nd Edition (coord. by João Luz Soares, João Vieira dos Santos, Martinho Lucas Pires, Guilherme Maia), Almedina (2025), 331-346, co-authored with Tiago Correia Moreira;
- “O seguro de Warranty & Indemnity: da perspetiva do comprador”, Revista de Direito das Sociedades, XVI (2024) 1, 35-63;
- “Financial Law”, em Treatise on Environmental Law, Vol. III (coord. by Carla Amado Gomes, Heloísa Oliveira e Madalena Perestrelo de Oliveira) (2024), 371-398, co-authored with Joana Gama Gomes;
- “Transparência”, em Direito das Sociedades Cotadas (coord. by José Ferreira Gomes), 2.ª ed. AAFDL Editora (2023), 255-316, co-authored with José Ferreira Gomes e Carlos Osório de Castro;
- “Livro branco dos ARTs”, em MiCA - Estudos sobre a Nova Regulação Europeia de Criptoativos (coord. by João Luz Soares, João Vieira dos Santos, Martinho Lucas Pires, Guilherme Maia), Almedina (2023), 409-504, co-authored with Tiago Correia Moreira;
- “Contratos à distância em geral”, Estudos de Direito do Consumo, Vol. I (coord. by Rui Paulo Coutinho de Mascarenhas de Ataíde, Francisco Rodrigues Rocha and Vítor Palmela Fidalgo), Almedina (2023), 777-801;
- “Startups Funding Legal Regime”, co-authored with Joana Costa Lopes, Revista Electrónica de Direito, Vol. 28, no. 2 (June 2022), 21-56;
- “Transformação transfronteiriça de sociedades de responsabilidade limitada e a proteção dos credores: a Diretiva (UE) 2019/2121”, Revista de Direito Comercial (30 January 2022), 229-283, co-authored with João Espírito Santo;
- “O acesso à atividade bancária: a autorização e o registo”, Revista de Direito Financeiro e dos Mercados de Capitais, Vol. 3, no. 1 (2021), 69-92.
Admitted to the Portuguese Bar Association.
English.