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- Diogo Franco Coelho
Diogo Franco Coelho
Joined PLMJ in 2021.
Senior associate in the Dispute Resolution practice.
About Diogo
Diogo is a senior associate in the Dispute Resolution practice. He advises on civil, commercial and corporate litigation, corporate arbitration and class actions.
Since 2015, he has been a visiting lecturer at the University of Lisbon's Faculty of Law, teaching on both the undergraduate programme (including commercial and company law) and postgraduate courses. He is also a researcher at the Centre for Private Law Research.
Diogo holds a Master's degree in Civil Law from the Faculty of Law at the University of Lisbon. His thesis, which has since been published, is entitled Contribution to the Study of Clauses Conferring the Power to Unilaterally Amend a Contract (Ius Variandi Clauses). Diogo also holds postgraduate qualifications in corporate finance and energy law, both from the Faculty of Law at the University of Lisbon and Universidade Católica Portuguesa respectively.
He is the author of various legal publications.
Prior to joining PLMJ, he was a lawyer at Cuatrecasas, Gonçalves Pereira.
Contacts
Office: Lisbon
(+351) 213 197 300*
diogo.francocoelho@plmj.pt
Languages:
English, Spanish
Academic Background
- Law degree from the Faculty of Law of the University of Lisbon, 2015
- Postgraduate degree in Corporate Finance from the Faculty of Law of the University of Lisbon, 2015
- Admitted to the Portuguese Bar Association, 2017
- Course in Accounting and Finance for Lawyers, from the Católica Lisbon School of Business and Economics, 2018
- Advanced Seminar on ICC Arbitration, Nova School of Law, 2021
- Master’s in Legal Sciences (specialising in Civil Law), Faculty of Law, University of Lisbon, 2023
- Postgraduate qualification in Energy Law, Faculty of Law, Portuguese Catholic University, 2025
Professional Background
- Visiting lecturer at the Faculty of Law, University of Lisbon (since 2015).
- Associate at Cuatrecasas, Gonçalves Pereira, Banking & Finance and Capital Markets department (2017–2020); completed legal traineeship there (2015–2017).