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Ambassador Domingos Fezas Vital of Portugal visited students, faculty and alumni at IU McKinney on November 17. He was joined on the stop by Trade Commissioner Rui Boavista Marques.

“They were impressed with our school,” said Ryan Marques, ’10, an associate in the immigration group at Lewis & Kappes. Marques, no relation to the trade commissioner, is an honorary counsel to Portugal responsible for promoting trade, investment, and tourism between the country and the state of Indiana. He worked with the Indianapolis Chamber of Commerce on a workshop on how to do business in Portugal that was attended by 50 local business people. Ambassador Vital and Trade Commissioner Marques are interested in establishing connections between IU McKinney and the Coimbra Faculty of Law at the Universidade De Coimbra. Both officials were intrigued by McKinney’s strong health law and intellectual property law programs, Ryan Marques said.

In the photo at left are, from left, Fernanda Beraldi, LL.M. ’15; Ambassador Domingos Fezas Vital; IU McKinney LL.M. student Aline Fagundes; IU McKinney LL.M. student Renato Barros Fagundes; and IU McKinney Professor Frank Sullivan, Jr.

In the photo at right, from left, are Dean Andrew Klein, IUPUI Chancellor Nasser Paydar; Ambassador Domingos Fezas Vital; and Ryan Marques, ’10.