Margarida Lima Rego

Margarida Lima Rego is a Full Professor and Director at the NOVA School of Law, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, where she has taught since 2005. She is the scientific coordinator of the Doctorate in Law and previously co-founded and coordinated the Master’s in Law and Financial Markets (2015–2022). Her roles include teaching Law of Obligations, Hard Cases, and a Jean Monnet Module on EU Insurance Law, alongside leading Private Law seminars.

• PhD in Private Law, Universidade Nova de Lisboa (2009)
• MPhil in Contract Law, University of Oxford (2001)
• MJur in European and Comparative Law, University of Oxford (2000)
• Degree in Law, University of Lisbon (1999)

Her research focuses on Private Law, with emphasis on Contract Law, Insurance Law, and intersections with Human Rights, Gender Equality, and Data-Driven Law. She explores legal theory, judicial decision-making under uncertainty, and technological innovation in financial markets. Her publications span topics like third-party contracts, statistical discrimination in insurance, and compensatory principles.

At CEDIS, NOVA School of Law’s R&D unit, she founded the NOVA Knowledge Centre for Data-Driven Law, integrating empirical analysis into legal scholarship. She contributes to EU insurance law challenges in the SDG era and addresses modernization in financial markets through a legal lens. Her work bridges doctrinal rigor with interdisciplinary methodologies.