José Luís Esquível

Languages Spoken

English, Spanish, and French

Professional Memberships

Portuguese Bar Association

International Bar Association

Career

Founding partner of Esquível Advogados, as of 2007.

Lawyer at Linklaters/ Lisbon (2005-2007), Simmons & Simmons Rebelo de Sousa/Lisboa (2001-2002), and F. Castelo Branco, Nobre Guedes, P. Rebelo de Sousa & Associados, Sociedade de Advogados – Grupo Legal Português, A.E.I.E – (Associação com Simmons & Simmons, Garrigues e Pinheiro Neto) (1995-2001).

Provides legal advice in the areas of Public Law, Public Procurement, PPP and Project Finance, Transport, Health, Infrastructures, Litigation and Arbitration.

In these areas, José Luís Esquível particularly focuses on public contracts (especially contracts under project financing structures), administrative litigation and public law related arbitration, public M&A (within regulated sectors), regulatory in general, energy and natural resources

He has published several books on public contracts and public law related arbitration and participates as a speaker in several conferences and seminars.

Practice Areas

Public Law, Projects, Dispute Resolution, Transport, Real Estate, Energy and Natural Resources.