Joao is a managing associate in the Public Law practice. He has over 15 years of professional experience, focusing on public law, particularly in the areas of administrative law, public contracts, public procurement, and dispute resolution, especially arbitration. Joao has assisted both private and public entities on a wide variety of matters.

He is on the list of arbitrators of the Administrative Arbitration Centre and the author of several publications in the fields of public law and public procurement.

With a law degree from the Faculty of Law of the University of Lisbon, Joao has also completed a university extension course in arbitration at the Faculty of Law of Universidade Nova de Lisboa and a postgraduate course in administrative litigation law at the Faculty of Law of the Universidade Catolica Portuguesa.

Before joining PLMJ, Joao worked at the law firms SRS, Linklaters, Servulo and Vieira de Almeida.

Bar Admissions
Admitted to the Portuguese Bar Association, 2005

Education
Law degree from the University of Lisbon, 2002.
Admitted to the Portuguese Bar Association, 2005
Postgraduate in administrative litigation law from the Faculty of Law of Universidade Catolica Portuguesa, Lisbon (2004).
Attended the 4th Postgraduate Course in Pharmaceutical and Medicines Law at the Faculty of Law of the University of Coimbra, 2006
PhD (curricular part) in Law at the Faculty of Law of Universidade Nova de Lisboa, 2008
University extension course in arbitration at the Faculty of Law of Universidade Nova de Lisboa, 2015