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PLMJ Offices
Av. Fontes Pereira de Melo, 43
1050-119 Lisboa
Portugal
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Benedita Lacerda
Work Department
Public Law
Position
Managing Associate
Career
Benedita is a managing associate in the Public Law practice and she has around 20 years’ professional experience, focusing on the areas of administrative law, public contracts, public procurement and planning, including litigation.
Benedita’s experience also includes advising clients on regulatory matters in various sectors and dealing with concessions for public works and services, and for the use of water resources, particularly in the context of expropriations.
Benedita regularly participates in conferences and as a lecturer on matters of administrative litigation, public procurement and the environment.
She has completed postgraduate courses in administrative litigation and in public procurement at the Faculty of Law of Universidade Católica Portuguesa in Porto.
Before joining PLMJ, Benedita was a lawyer at Cuatrecasas and JPAB – José Pedro Aguiar-Branco & Associados.
Languages
Portuguese, English, French and Spanish
Education
Law degree from Universidade Católica Portuguesa in Porto, 2000.
Admitted to the Portuguese Bar Association
Postgraduate course in ‘The New Administrative Litigation’ from the Faculty of Law of Universidade Católica Portuguesa in Porto, 2003
Postgraduate course in ‘The New Public Procurement Code’ at the Faculty of Law of Universidade Católica Portuguesa in Porto, 2009
Specialisation course on the municipal business sector at the Faculty of Law of the University of Coimbra (CEDIPRE), 2010.
Advanced training course in ‘Public Extra-Contractual Civil Liability’ at the Faculty of Law of Universidade Católica Portuguesa in Porto, 2012
Advanced training course in ‘The New Framework of the Code of Administrative Procedure’ at the Faculty of Law of Universidade Católica Portuguesa in Porto, 2015
Initial pedagogical training for trainers (certificate of teaching skills/CCP), B-Training/Gesperitus, 2018
Contract design training, Lexdebata/Gertúlio Vargas Foundation, 2019
Lawyer Rankings
Portugal > Planning law
(Rising stars)The ‘dedicated and extremely professional’ team at PLMJ stands out for its expertise in town and country planning, as well as in related domains like public and administrative law, real estate, tourism, and administrative litigation. The department is regularly instructed by asset management firms, funds and major companies in the energy and real estate sectors. Led by the highly regarded Andreia Candeias Mousinho, the practice boasts significant experience in urban development, complex planning and licensing issues. Key support is offered Benedita Lacerda, who specialises in administrative law, planning, public procurement, and related litigation proceedings.
Lawyer Rankings
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- Banking and finance
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- Commercial, corporate and M&A
- Dispute resolution
- Employment
- EU and competition
- Insolvency and restructuring
- Planning law
- Projects and project finance