Guilherme de Sousa Girão

Guilherme de Sousa Girão

Associate Lawyer • Lisbon

Guilherme de Sousa Girão is an associate lawyer at Abreu Advogados, having joined the firm in 2024. He primarily focuses on Public Law and Environmental Law.

He advises public authorities as well as national and multinational companies on matters relating to public procurement, urban planning and environmental law.

His experience includes advising on public procurement procedures and the performance of public contracts, as well as urban planning, environmental and industrial permitting processes and the contractual regularisation of activities subject to administrative control, particularly those involving the exploitation of natural resources.

He has experience in administrative litigation concerning environmental, urban planning, public procurement and economic regulation matters, as well as in administrative offence proceedings relating to environmental, urban planning and road traffic matters. He also has experience conducting regulatory due diligence exercises in regulated sectors.

In addition, he has experience in preparing regulatory analyses concerning public funding and State aid matters.

 

Practice Areas
Public and Environment
Languages
English, Spanish, Italian
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Experience

  • Advised a multinational railway company on a public procurement procedure for the supply and maintenance of high-speed rolling stock, including qualification requirements, reliance on the capacities of third parties, subcontracting arrangements and foreign subsidies.

  • Advised contracting authorities and economic operators throughout public procurement procedures, including the review of procurement documentation, preparation of requests to participate and tenders, qualification requirements and contract performance.

  • Advised national and multinational companies on urban planning, environmental and industrial permitting procedures, as well as on urban planning enforcement proceedings.

  • Advised economic operators on waste management and extended producer responsibility matters, including the structuring of integrated waste management systems.

  • Advised public authorities and private operators on the legal and contractual regularisation of natural resource exploitation activities, including matters relating to public domain assets, land registration and permitting.

  • Represented public authorities and corporate clients in pre-litigation and administrative litigation proceedings involving environmental, urban planning, public procurement and economic regulation matters.

  • Represented corporate clients in environmental, urban planning and road traffic administrative offence proceedings, including the preparation of defence submissions and judicial appeals.

  • Conducted regulatory analyses and due diligence exercises for companies operating in regulated sectors, including environmental, waste management, public funding and State aid matters.

Guilherme de Sousa Girão

Education

  • Faculdade de Direito da Universidade de Coimbra

    Law Degree (2022)

  • Faculdade de Direito da Universidade de Coimbra

    Postgraduate Diploma in Public Procurement (attending)

Associations