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José Luís Moreira da Silva

SRS Legal

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Position: Partner
Rating:
  • Market leader
Bar Admissions:
Portugal
Practice Areas:
Project development
Jurisdictions:
Languages:
Portuguese
English
French
Spanish
Biography

Partner and Head of the Projects and Environment Departments, as well as the Transport and Shipping Department, José Luís Moreira da Silva has been involved in numerous arbitrations and litigation procedures, as well as advising the government, Portuguese and international companies on a wide range of matters. He is also the Head of SRS Legal Mozambique Desk.

With over 30 years of experience, José Luis advises the major Portuguese port authorities and the Portuguese road operator on a wide range of high level issues and projects, as well as the Portuguese Public-Private Partnerships health programme on the construction and development of various hospitals.

He is currently coordinator for the programme to conform port legislation for all APLOP member countries (Angola, Brazil, Cape Verde, Guinea Bissau, Equatorial Guinea, Macau, Morocco, Mozambique, Portugal, São Tomé and Príncipe, and East Timor). He is President of the Portuguese section of UIA (Union Internationale des Avocats).

Practice areas
  • Administrative
  • Environmental
  • Energy
  • Investment arbitration
  • PPP /PFI
  • Public procurement
  • Regulatory, Public and civil litigation
Academic qualifications
  • Master of Laws in Public Law from the University of Lisbon School of Law
  • Postgraduate Diploma in EU Law from Católica | Lisbon School of Law
  • Law Degree from the University of Lisbon School of Law