Under the stewardship of the highly experienced Bernardo Diniz de Ayala, Uría Menéndez is well equipped to assist both domestic and international clients with administrative law matters relating to the energy, construction, and infrastructure sectors. The team boasts strong capabilities in both contentious and non-contentious matters, with particular expertise in public procurement, administrative disputes, privatisations, and regulatory issues. Ayala is recognised as ‘brilliant at all levels’ and draws on his extensive experience in public contracting and administrative litigation. Under his guidance, Afonso Choon has honed ’excellent technical skills’ in public law contentious matters, procurement, and administrative proceedings, while Gonçalo Andrade e Sousa is building a solid reputation in public procurement, project development and finance.
Testimonials
Collated independently by Legal 500 research team.
- 'Bernardo Ayala and Afonso Choon Dias have excellent technical knowledge in the sector and can respond to complex issues creatively. They deserve our complete trust.'
- 'Bernardo Alaya is a reference in the area. He is knowledgeable like few others.'
Key clients
- Banco Santander
- Cintra
Work highlights
- Assisting Santander with a compensation claim against the Bank of Portugal and the Ministry of Finance concerning the resolution of BANIF.
- Advised a consortium on a bid for the new Lisbon-Porto High-Speed Line.