Uría Menéndez

Public Law, Banking and Finance, Energy and Natural Resources.

Partner

Bernardo Ayala is a partner of Uría Menéndez in Lisbon.

He has over 30 years’ experience advising on public law, infrastructure projects (including project finance) and dispute resolution (including arbitration, public law litigation and multijurisdictional litigation), and is recognised as one of Portugal’s leading practitioners in these areas.

Bernardo advises a broad spectrum of clients on public procurement (particularly project financing structures); domestic and multijurisdictional litigation and arbitration concerning public and administrative law issues; the civil liability of public authorities; M&A in regulated sectors; privatisations; regulatory matters; and financial products contracted by public entities.

English; French; Spanish.

Portuguese Bar Association; International Bar Association; European Group of Public Law; Public Contracts in Legal Globalization network.

Law degree, Universidade de Lisboa, 1993.