Manuel de Andrade Neves

Public and Environment; Real Estate;

Manuel de Andrade Neves is co-responsible for the International Desk in East Timor for matters relating to public and environmental law. He is a pioneer in the area of environmental law, working primarily on matters related to energy and natural resources. He has extensive experience in these matters, having focused on public procurement in the areas of telecommunications, new technologies, the environment, water and energy, both nationally and internationally (Mozambique, Angola and East Timor). He was a founder and director of Euronatura – Centro para o Direito Ambiental e o Desenvolvimento Sustentado (Euronatura – Centre for Environmental Law and Sustainable Development), where he directed and coordinated the Oceans and International Rivers Programme. Between 2002 and 2003 he held the position of bureau chief, responsible for Regional Planning and Nature Conservation. He was also a member of the European Council on Environmental Law, and member of the Portuguese Consulting Committee on the Decree-Law Governing Land Use, Regional Planning and Urban Development to which he was appointed by the Ministry of the Environment and Regional Planning.

Member of IBA (International Bar Association)