João Quintela Cavaleiro
About
Provided by João Quintela Cavaleiro
Practice Areas
Public Law. Energy Law. Business Law. Litigation and Arbitration.
Career
Director of Postgraduate Studies in Management for Lawyers and Judges – Catholic Porto Business School (2019).
Industry Fellow - Catholic Porto Business School.
Co-founder of Cavaleiro & Associados (2011).
Arbitrator.
Researcher at CES ifo Institute.
Member of the Board of ACEGE & IT4LEGAL- Association for IT solutions for Lawyers.
Lawyer at Sérvulo & Associados (2008-2011).
Lawyer at João Cavaleiro, Carlos Pinto Lopes & Associados (2008-2009).
Professional Memberships
Portuguese Bar Association (admitted 2006). American Bar Association & International Bar Association (member).
Publications
Author of: O Controlo da Despesa Pública nas Autarquias Locais, 2017; Natural Gas: a new energy in mobility. Comment to Law no. 13/2013, 2014; Climate Chance! A legal-economic reflection of the carbon market in the fight against climate change, 2012.
Personal
Executive Education (Harvard Law School).
Master’s Degree in Management (Faculty of Economics & Management of the Portuguese Catholic University).
International MBA (Catholic Porto Business School & ESADE).
Postgraduate Studies in Public Justice (Coimbra Faculty of Law).
Postgraduate Studies in Management for Lawyers (Faculty of Economics & Management of the Portuguese Catholic University).
Postgraduate Studies in Tax Law (Law Faculty of the University of Porto).
Law Degree (Law Faculty of the Portuguese Catholic University).
Chambers Review
Europe
João Quintela Cavaleiro stands out as a popular choice for companies operating in the construction and energy sectors in Portugal. He advises on the negotiation of public contracts for infrastructure projects and acts both for public bodies and private contractors on public law litigation. He also leads the firm's advice on a wider range of corporate and employment law matters.
Strengths
Provided by Chambers
"João Quintela Cavaleiro has extraordinary knowledge and provides fast and clear responses."
"He provides a high level of service and response, offering very well-designed work and in a very sophisticated way with high business vision."
"João Quintela Cavaleiro has extraordinary knowledge and provides fast and clear responses."
"He provides a high level of service and response, offering very well-designed work and in a very sophisticated way with high business vision."