Hugo Fonseca
Co-Founder, Head Of Claims, Dispute Avoidance And Resolution at AD3PT
Porto, Porto, Portugal
Summary
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Top SchoolHugo Fonseca is a chartered civil engineer and co-founder who combines 11+ years of international delivery experience with deep expertise in claims, dispute avoidance and resolution for billion-dollar construction programmes. Based in Porto, he has led multidisciplinary teams across Europe, the Middle East and Southeast Asia, running projects from inception through handover and post‑contract management under diverse procurement models and international funder requirements. Hugo’s LLM in Construction Law and Arbitration complements his technical background, enabling him to spot and mitigate contractual and technical risks proactively rather than reactively. He has acted as party representative, claims expert, mediator and independent expert in arbitration and dispute board proceedings, and brings practical quantum and delay analysis experience to complex disputes. As a founder of two firms focused on claims and contract risk, he blends entrepreneurial drive with hands-on project leadership and construction methodology know-how. An uncommon combination of structural design training and formal arbitration credentials lets him bridge engineering detail and legal strategy when resolving high-stakes conflicts.
11 years of coding experience
12 years of employment as a software developer
Master's degree, Civil Engineering, Master's degree, Civil Engineering at Faculdade de Engenharia da Universidade do PortoMaster of Laws - LLM, Construction Law and Arbitration, Distinction, Master of Laws - LLM, Construction Law and Arbitration, Distinction at Robert Gordon UniversityHigh School, Ciences, High School, Ciences at Colegio ValsassinaLicentiate degree (5 years, 300 ects), Civil Engineering - Structural Design, Licentiate degree (5 years, 300 ects), Civil Engineering - Structural Design at Instituto Superior Técnico
Portuguese, English, French, Spanish
Github Skills (163)
kubernetes-secrets10
secrets-manager10
monitoring9
laravel9
golang9
api9
credentials9
jenkins-api-plugin9
jenkins-plugin9
aws-secrets-manager9
time-series9
docker9
aws9
modbus9
status-page9
Programming languages (9)
Github contributions (5)
hugomcfonseca/rundeck-executions-management
Jun 2017 - Mar 2018
Python script to manage Rundeck executions.
Contributions:1 release, 38 commits, 24 PRs in 8 months
pythongeventrundeckpython-scriptaio
hugomcfonseca/Cachet-1
Feb 2018 - Dec 2018
📛 An open source status page system for everyone.
Contributions:2 PRs, 2 pushes in 9 months
status-pagevuestatus
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