António de Oliveira Couto is a founding Partner of Sousa Guedes, Oliveira Couto & Associados – Sociedade de Advogados, SP, RL. Partner responsible for the Litigation and Banking and Financial Law practice areas.
Lawyer of the Legal and Litigation Department of the União de Bancos Portugueses from 1982 to 1985.
Director of the Legal and Litigation Department of the União de Bancos Portugueses Porto from 1985 to 1989.
Trainer Lawyer of Civil Procedure II in the in the Trainee Courses of the Portuguese Bar Association – District Council of Porto from 1998 to 2000.
Vice-President of the Justice Council of the Oporto Football Association from 2010 to 2014.
Member of the Justice Council of the Oporto Football Association since 2014.

Practice Areas
Banking and Financial Law, Litigation, Commercial and Corporate Law, Civil Law, Tax Law and Criminal Law.

Academic Qualifications
Law Degree from the Law Faculty of the University of Coimbra (1977). Postgraduate Studies in Management and Accountancy from the Portuguese Catholic University of Porto (1983). Course in Financial Analysis from the Corporate Institute of Accountancy and Economy (2001). Postgraduate Studies in Tax Law from the Law Faculty of the Portucalense University (2003).

Memberships
Portuguese Bar Association (admitted in 1979).

Languages
Portuguese, English, French and Spanish.