PLMJ

Public Law

Senior Counsel

Benedita is a senior counsel in the Public Law practice. With around 20 years’ professional experience, she has focused on the areas of town and country planning law, administrative law, and public procurement, including litigation.

Benedita advises clients on the development and follow-up of projects involving the licensing of activities and urban development operations, as well as on urban planning matters.

Benedita regularly participates in conferences and as a lecturer on matters of administrative litigation and public procurement.

She has completed postgraduate courses in administrative litigation and in public procurement at the Faculty of Law of Universidade Católica Portuguesa in Porto.

Portuguese, English, French and Spanish

Admitted to the Portuguese Bar Association

Law degree from Universidade Católica Portuguesa in Porto, 2000.

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