Rita Vieira Marques is currently a PhD candidate at NOVA School of Law, where she is conducting research in the field of European banking regulation. During the last academic year, she was a Visiting Assistant Professor at NOVA School of Law. In the first semester of the 2025/2026 academic year, she is a Visiting Professor at NOVA School of Law, where she teaches the Master’s course Financial Instruments Law.She is a member of the NOVA FINANCIAL MARKETS knowledge centre at NOVA School of Law, where she coordinates the #Mudeasuahistoria Project, which aims to disseminate essential banking information in public transport and other public spaces. She is also a member and Scientific Coordinator of the NOVA Platform for European Administrative and Regulatory Law (NOVA PEARL), which focuses on the study of Regulatory Administrative Law. Rita holds a Law degree from NOVA School of Law (2010) and a Master’s degree in Law and Management from Lisbon School of Business and Lisbon School of Law of the Catholic University of Portugal (2014). Previously, Rita worked as a lawyer at Uría Menéndez for almost 12 years, specialising in commercial, corporate and civil litigation, as well as restructuring and insolvency matters. She provided legal advice both at the pre-litigation and litigation stages of various disputes. During this period, Rita also advised on administrative offence proceedings before regulatory authorities in the banking, insurance and securities sectors.
