Carla Góis Coelho
Partner

Carla Góis Coelho

Joined PLMJ in 2006.
Partner in the Dispute Resolution practice.

About Carla

Carla is a partner in the Dispute Resolution practice. She has more than 10 years’ experience focusing on civil and commercial litigation, and she also advises on business restructuring, insolvency and arbitration. She has recently gained experience acting for clients in product liability and class actions.

Besides her experience in complex disputes, often of a multidisciplinary nature and involving different legal systems, Carla also has experience in advising clients at the pre-litigation stage.

More recently, she has worked closely with clients in the transport sector and energy sectors, and with investment funds and finance providers.

The author of numerous publications, Carla has a master's in legal sciences from the Faculty of Law of the University of Lisbon. She has also completed postgraduate courses in arbitration at the Faculty of Law of Universidade Nova de Lisboa and in corporate governance at the Faculty of Law of the University of Lisbon.

Contacts

Office: Lisbon
(+351) 213 197 300*
carla.goiscoelho@plmj.pt

*National landlines call

Languages:
English

Academic Background
  • Law degree from the University of Lisbon, 2006
  • Postgraduate in arbitration from the Faculty of law of Universidade Nova de Lisboa, 2008
  • Admitted to the Portuguese Bar Association, 2009
  • Advanced PIDA course in International Commercial Arbitration, International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) Paris, 2010
  • Master's in legal sciences from the Faculty of law of the University of Lisbon
  • Postgraduate course in corporate governance at the Faculty of Law of the University of Lisbon, 2019
Professional Background
  • Partner at PLMJ since 2021
  • Managing associate at PLMJ since 2018
Member of
  • APA – Portuguese Arbitration Association
Other Awards
2021 - Carla Góis Coelho, Best Iberian Lawyer | Forty under 40
Chambers Europe
2024 - Carla Góis Coelho | Litigation
2023 - Carla Góis Coelho | Litigation
2022 - Carla Góis Coelho, Up and Coming | Litigation
2021 - Carla Góis Coelho, Associate to watch | Litigation
Chambers Global
2024 - Carla Góis Coelho | Dispute Resolution
2023 - Carla Góis Coelho | Dispute Resolution
2022 - Carla Góis Coelho, Up and Coming | Dispute Resolution
The Legal 500
2023 - Carla Góis Coelho, Next Generation Partners | Dispute Resolution
2022 - Carla Góis Coelho | Dispute Resolution
2020 - Carla Góis Coelho | Litigation and Dispute Resolution
2019 - Carla Góis Coelho | Litigation and Dispute Resolution
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