Fernanda is a football lawyer (specialist in football contract law and football tax law). Invited Professor at Autonomous University of Lisbon (Football Law), PhDc of Law (Lisbon Faculty of Law, FDL), MSc of Management (Lisbon Business School, ISG), with scientific research and academic theses in professional football. She is the author of several papers on professional football (including contract law, procedural law, EU competition law, media law, national and international federation law).