Maria Benedita Lacerda
Europe Guide 2024
Associates to watch : Planning
Associates to watch
About
Provided by Maria Benedita Lacerda
Practice Areas
Planning law, administrative law, and public procurement
Career
Benedita is a managing associate in the Public Law practice. With around 20 years’ professional experience, she has focused on the areas of town and country planning law, administrative law, and public procurement, including litigation.
Benedita advises clients on the development and follow-up of projects involving the licensing of activities and urban development operations, as well as on urban planning matters.
Benedita regularly participates in conferences and as a lecturer on matters of administrative litigation and public procurement.
She has completed postgraduate courses in administrative litigation and in public procurement at the Faculty of Law of Universidade Católica Portuguesa in Porto.
Before joining PLMJ, she was a lawyer at the law firm Cuatrecasas.
Chambers Review
Europe
Maria Benedita Lacerda debuts in the rankings on the back of an increasingly active practice. She is adept at handling planning matters including licensing, land management and planning permits.
Strengths
Provided by Chambers
"Maria Benedita Lacerda has great communication skills. She solves all planning issues efficiently, in a professional way and with speed."
"She has an investigative nature, which means she is a very curious lawyer driven by set objectives."
"Maria Benedita Lacerda has great communication skills. She solves all planning issues efficiently, in a professional way and with speed."
"She has an investigative nature, which means she is a very curious lawyer driven by set objectives."