Professor Dr. Luís Menezes Leitão was born in Coimbra, Portugal. Portuguese Nationality.

Professor ex cathedra of Contract and Tort Law, Labour Law and Insolvency Law at the Law Faculty of the University of Lisbon.

Member of various scientific Academies in Portugal, Italy and Germany.

Lawyer and Arbitrator.

Former Dean of the Law Faculty of the University of Lisbon.
Former Vice-President of the Lisbon Section of the Portuguese Bar Association
Former Member of the Pedagogic Council of the Portuguese Judges Formation Institution.
Vice-Chairman of the Institute of Consumer Law and the Institute of Labour Law at the Law Faculty of the University of Lisbon.

Author of more than 50 titles published about Contract Law, Tort Law, Labour Law, Tax Law, Insolvency Law, and Internet Law.