PLMJ

Public Law

Partner

Diogo is the partner who heads the Public Law practice. He has 20 years’ experience, particularly in the areas of administrative law, public contracts, public procurement and construction. His experience also includes litigation in the state courts and arbitration, both as a lawyer and as an arbitrator.

Diogo also has experience in regulatory issues in multiple sectors, having worked on some of the largest construction projects, concessions, privatisations and public-private partnerships in Portugal.

In recent years, he has also worked with clients in other countries, particularly Angola and Mozambique. Here, Diogo has advised on several infrastructure projects and he has experience in the construction, transport, real estate and energy sectors.

He was a university lecturer for around 10 years and has a master’s in legal-economic sciences. Diogo still works regularly with higher education institutions and he is also the author of works on the areas to which he is dedicated.

Diogo is on the list of arbitrators of several arbitration centres, a member of the Management Committee of the Concordia - Centre for Dispute Conciliation and Mediation, and president of the Supervisory Board of the Public Markets Association (APMEP).

Portuguese, English, Italian and French

CEDIPRE - Public law and Regulation Study Centre

APA - Portuguese Arbitration Association

APMEP – Portuguese Association of Public Markets

Law degree from the University of Coimbra, 2002

Admitted to the Portuguese Bar Association, 2005

Attended postgraduate course in banking, securities markets and insurance law at the University of Coimbra, 2003

Advanced course in Business Taxation at Escola de Gestão Empresarial, Oporto Atlantic Business School, 2005

Postgraduate in Public Regulation and Competition, the Faculty of Law of the University of Coimbra, 2006

Master of Legal-economic Sciences, the Faculty of Law of the University of Coimbra, 2008

Junior assistant lecturer at the Faculty of Law of the University of Coimbra, 2003–2007

Specialist course in public procurement at the Faculty of Law of the University of Coimbra, 2009

Guest lecturer at the Faculty of Law of the University of Coimbra, 2009

Construction Law Summer School Cambridge, 2014