Benedita is a managing associate 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.

Before joining PLMJ, she was a lawyer at the law firm Cuatrecasas.

Bar Admissions
Admitted to the Portuguese Bar Association

Education
Law degree from Universidade Catolica Portuguesa in Porto, 2000.
Postgraduate course in 'The New Administrative Litigation' from the Faculty of Law of Universidade Catolica Portuguesa in Porto, 2003
Postgraduate course in 'The New Public Procurement Code' at the Faculty of Law of Universidade Catolica 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 Catolica Portuguesa in Porto, 2012
Advanced training course in 'The New Framework of the Code of Administrative Procedure' at the Faculty of Law of Universidade Catolica Portuguesa in Porto, 2015
Initial pedagogical training for trainers (certificate of teaching skills/CCP), B-Training/Gesperitus, 2018
Contract design training, Lexdebata/Gertolio Vargas Foundation, 2019

Significant Accomplishments
Chambers Europe
2024 - Benedita Lacerda, Associates to Watch Planning & Zoning Law
The Legal 500
2023 - Benedita Lacerda, Rising stars Planning Law
2022 - Benedita Lacerda Planning Law


Professional Activities and Experience
Associate at the law firm Cuatrecasas, Gonçalves Pereira (Porto), 2007-2019
Associate at the law firm JPAB - José Pedro Aguiar-Branco & Associados, 2002-2007