Energy & Natural Resources Law, Public Law and Environmental Law, Real Estate.

Manuel de Andrade Neves is a Partner and has been at Abreu Advogados since 1993. He is jointly responsible for the International Desk in East Timor for matters relating to public and environmental law. He is a pioneer in the area of environmental law, working primarily on matters related to energy and natural resources.

He has extensive experience in these matters, having focused in the areas of the environment, water and energy (renewables), both nationally and internationally (Mozambique, Angola and East Timor).

He was a founder and director of Euronatura – Centre for Environmental Law and Sustainable Development, where he directed and coordinated the Oceans and International Rivers Programme. Between 2002 and 2003 he held the position of chief of staff for Spatial Planning and Nature Conservation. He was also a member of the European Council on Environmental Law, and member of the Portuguese Consulting Committee on the Decree-Law Governing Land Use, Spatial Planning and Urban Development to which he was appointed by the Ministry of the Environment and Spatial Planning.

Surrogate Member of the European Council on Environmental Law (1998-2002); International Bar Association (IBA); Portuguese Bar Association; Timor-Leste Bar Association.

Partner.

Law degree from the University of Lisbon Faculty of Law (1993)

D.E.S.S. - Diplôme d'Études Supérieurs Spécialisés on Environmental Law and Urban Planning, from the Faculty of Law, Robert Schuman University, Strasbourg, with a thesis respecting the "Change of International Watercourses and the Environment" under the direction of Prof. Alexandre Kiss.

Postgraduate degree in Pollution and Harmful Substances (Diplôme Universitaire des Pollutions et Nuisances) from the Faculty of Sciences, Robert Schuman University, Strasbourg.

Intensive course on International Petroleum Transactions, Lisbon (2014)