Carla F. Machado > PLMJ > Oporto, Portugal > Lawyer Profile

Carla F. Machado

Work Department

Public Law

Position

Managing Associate

Career

Carla is a managing associate in the Public Law practice and she has 12 years’ experience in the legal profession, focusing on public procurement.

She has a law degree, a master’s and a PhD in public law, all from the Faculty of Law of the University of Coimbra.

Carla is guest lecturer at the Faculty of Law of the University of Coimbra, teaching the subjects of public contracts, administrative law and constitutional law.

She has taught on numerous training courses and spoken at seminars and postgraduate courses in the area of public procurement. She is also the author, co-author and contributor to many publications in the area of public law and, in particular, public procurement.

Carla is a member of the Public Procurement Group (GCP) of the Centre for Studies in Public Law and Regulation (CEDIPRE) and a contributor to the Public Contracts Journal.

She was an assistant to the Minister of the Presidency and of Administrative Modernisation in the 21st Constitutional Government, and an assistant to the Ministers for Internal Administration in the 19th and 20th Constitutional Governments.

Languages

Portuguese, English and French

Memberships

Grupo de Contratação Pública (GCP), do Centro de Estudos de Direito Público e Regulação (CEDIPRE), 2013

Júri de provas de Mestrado na área do Direito Público e de concursos públicos de pessoal

Education

Law degree from the University of Coimbra, 2008

Admitted to the Portuguese Bar Association, 2013

Postgraduate in European justice and human rights from the University of Coimbra, 2008

Postgraduate in public procurement from the University of Coimbra, 2011

Postgraduate in administrative and tax justice from the University of Coimbra, 2012

Master’s in legal and political sciences from the University of Coimbra, 2010

Prize for the best students of the University of Coimbra, in the academic years 2003-2004 and 2004-2005

Wolters Kluwer Merit Prize – University of Coimbra, 2009

Scholarship from the Rangel de Sampaio Foundation of the University of Coimbra, in the academic years 2008-2009 and 2009-2010