António Goucha Soares earned his PhD degree in Law at the EUI, Florence (1996), after graduating from the Lisbon Law School (1985) and the College of Europe, Bruges (1987).

He is Full Professor at ISEG - School of Economics & Management, University of Lisbon - and Jean Monnet Chair of European Law. He was Visiting Professor at Brown University (1999 and 2003). 

Brexit. A Saída do Reino da União Europeia (Actual, 2021) is António Goucha Soares last book. He is the author of several other books, including A Livre Circulação de Pessoas na Europa Comunitária (Fragmentos, 1990), Repartição de Competências no Direito Comunitário (Cosmos, 1996), A Carta dos Direitos Fundamentais da União Europeia (Coimbra Editora, 2002), A União Europeia (Almedina, 2006), Direito & Política da União Europeia (Appris, 2013) and  Euro: e se a Alemanha sair primeiro? (Temas e Debates, 2016). 

He has also published several scholarly articles on European law & politics in refereed journals such as European Law Review, Liverpool Law Review, European Public Law, Perspectives on European Politics and Society, European Competition Law Review, Econômica, Interdisciplinary Political Studies, World Competition, European Societies, Juridical Tribune, Revista Brasileira de Política Internacional, Revista Crítica de Ciências Sociais or Beijing Law Review.