He holds a Law degree from the Faculty of Law of the University of Lisbon (1997-2002). He completed a Postgraduate Course and a Master's degree, both in Labor Law, at the Faculty of Law of Lisbon, Catholic University of Portugal, in 2006 and 2009, respectively. He is currently pursuing a PhD in Public Policy at ISCTE – University Institute of Lisbon, having had his thesis project approved on the topic of "Collective Labor Relations".

He has published several academic articles and co-authored the Green Paper on Labor Relations (2016).

He collaborates with the law firm Fausto Leite – Advogados (since 2004). He provides legal advice in collective bargaining processes, especially in the communications, telecommunications (SNTCT) and press (SJ) sectors. Since 2012, he has been a member of the Arbitration Tribunal of the Economic and Social Council (CES), as a Party Arbitrator.

filipe.lamelas@colabor.pt