The Public Law Legal Team is dedicated to matters under the Administrative Law, particularly in areas such as Public Contracting, the Administrative Litigation, the Environment and Urbanism.
Our Lawyers gained experience in several projects that took place in Portugal, in particular, on the level of public works, with valences on several areas such as the road sectors, port, airport, railway, hospital and energy.
The Lawyers allocated to this area has also relevant experience in the field of public procurement and contracts, as well as advising on public tenders and licenses from the local government, it is including the preparation of documents (opening public procurement, regulations and specifications) as well as the creation of legal structures (consortia and "joint ventures") in order to enable participation in public tenders and completion of projects.
Our Legal Team also has relevant experience in filing administrative complaints related to matters inherent to competitive tendering in public contracts.
Moreover, our Legal Team is frequently in charge of Administrative Litigation proceedings, comprehending several subjects, among others, those relating to the current activity of the Local Authorities.
Should be mentioned that this Legal Team also provides services in the area of Environment, which comprehend, in general, environmental consulting, as well as the monitoring of the pre-litigation and environmental litigation (Popular Actions; sanctioning procedures; administrative responsibility, civil and criminal).
In turn, our Legal Team is especially geared for monitoring directly matters related with the Urban Planning and Territorial Planning, in both business sectors, whether public and private, in several areas and sectors the economy, in particular, approval procedures of urban operations (allotment, urbanization, construction, among others) and administrative planning activities and urban rehabilitation (namely, definition of procedures and preparation of the normative content of the plans) but also advice on tax planning headquarters of projects , urban litigation and implementation of the several instruments of territorial management.
Finally, the Public Law Department is composed by expertise lawyers in the area of Legalisation of Foreigners, in view of obtaining residence permits or the Portuguese nationality and has even provided training in this area (the same having happened in relation to public procurement).
It is worth mentioning that this Department has proven experience in actions before the European Court of Human Rights, as well as the Portuguese Constitutional Court.
