Joao is a partner in the Public Law practice. With around 10 years of professional experience, he has focused on the area of energy and natural resources, providing legal assistance with regulatory, projects, transactions and litigation, to Portuguese and international clients.

In the area of energy and public law, his main focus has been advising on the implementation and operation of projects and infrastructures, with a special focus on renewable energies. He advises Portugal's leading energy companies, especially on regulatory and contractual issues. He also advises on dispute resolution in the fields of energy and regulatory.

Joao is the author of numerous papers and articles on energy law and has frequently been invited to lecture and participate as a speaker in classes and conferences in the fields of energy and regulatory law.

Before joining PLMJ he was a lawyer at CMS Rui Pena & Arnaut.

Bar Admissions
Admitted to the Portuguese Bar Association, 2012

Education
Law degree from the University of Lisbon, 2009
Admitted to the Portuguese Bar Association, 2012
Guest lecturer at the Faculty of Law of the University of Lisbon, since 2017-2019
Guest lecturer at the Faculty of Law of the University of Coimbra, 2017

Professional Activities and Experience
Associate at the law firm CMS Rui Pena & Arnaut, 2012 - 2020

• Simplification of Licenses and Procedures for Companies in the Environmental Area - Public Consultation

  By Joao Marques Mendes, PLMJ |August 2022

• Mozambique New Electricity Law

  By Joao Marques Mendes, Tomás Timbane |July 2022

• Exceptional mechanism for limiting the wholesale price of electricity

  By Joao Marques Mendes, PLMJ |May 2022