Joana Brandão

Joana is a partner in the Public Law practice and has 20 years of legal experience, with a particular focus on projects, infrastructure and concessions, including real estate and construction.

She has advised a wide range of domestic and international investors on the implementation of projects, with a particular emphasis on the negotiation, drafting and execution of project agreements, including project management, design, construction, EPC, O&M, BOOT, PMC and supervision contracts, among others. Joana has extensive experience in the preparation and negotiation of contracts for power generation projects, as well as water resource development projects, and has been involved in major international urban infrastructure projects across several jurisdictions.

Joana also advises on real estate development, construction and urban regeneration projects, particularly in the residential, hospitality, office and logistics sectors. She regularly provides regulatory advice, including on matters relating to geological resources.

She holds a Law degree from the Faculty of Law of the University of Porto and a postgraduate qualification in Civil Legal Sciences, specialising in the Law of Obligations, from the Faculty of Law of the Portuguese Catholic University in Porto.

Joana is also an experienced lecturer and speaker, having delivered numerous presentations and taught a variety of courses and subjects in the fields of public and construction law, including public procurement, public contracts, EPC contracts, construction agreements, FIDIC contractual models, financial rebalancing of contracts, price revision mechanisms, errors and omissions, additional works, and consumer dispute resolution in the energy sector, among others.

She was a guest assistant lecturer at the Faculty of Economics of the University of Porto, taught on the Postgraduate Programme in Energy Law at the Faculty of Law of the Portuguese Catholic University in Lisbon, and currently teaches on the postgraduate programme in Real Estate Law at the Faculty of Law of the University of Lisbon (Private Law Research Centre).

She is the author of numerous published articles in her areas of expertise.