Carla is a managing associate in the Public Law practice. She has been practising law for about 14 years, with a focus on public law, in particular administrative law, administrative procedure and public procurement.

Carla has a law degree, a master’s and a PhD in public law, all from the Faculty of Law of the University of Coimbra.

She is guest lecturer at the Faculty of Law of the University of Coimbra, teaching the subjects of administrative law, administrative procedure and public contracts.

She has taught on numerous training courses and spoken at seminars and postgraduate courses in the area of public law, with a particular focus on public procurement. Carla is the author, co-author and contributors to many publications in the area of public law and, in particular, public procurement, town and country planning, and administrative modernisation.

Carla has been a member of several juries for master's and postgraduate courses in public law.

She is an associate of the Centre for Studies in Public Law and Regulation (CEDIPRE) and a contributor to the Public Contracts Journal.

Carla was an assistant to the Minister of the Presidency and of Administrative Modernisation in the 21st Constitutional Government, and an assistant to the Ministers for Internal Administration in the 19th and 20th Constitutional Governments.

Bar Admissions
Admitted to the Portuguese Bar Association, 2013

Education
Law degree from the University of Coimbra, 2008
Postgraduate in European justice and human rights from the University of Coimbra, 2008
Postgraduate in public procurement from the University of Coimbra, 2011
Postgraduate in administrative and tax justice from the University of Coimbra, 2012
Master's in legal and political sciences from the University of Coimbra, 2010
Prize for the best students of the University of Coimbra, in the academic years 2003-2004 and 2004-2005
Wolters Kluwer Merit Prize - University of Coimbra, 2009
Scholarship from the Rangel de Sampaio Foundation of the University of Coimbra, in the academic years 2008-2009 and 2009-2010

Significant Accomplishments
The Legal 500
2023 - Carla F. Machado Public Law
2023 - Carla F. Machado, Recommended Oporto Market
2022 - Carla F. Machado Public Law
2021 - Carla F. Machado Public Law

Professional Associations
Grupo de Contratação Pública (GCP), do Centro de Estudos de Direito Público e Regulação (CEDIPRE), 2013
Júri de provas de Mestrado na área do Direito Público e de concursos públicos de pessoal


Professional Activities and Experience
Lecturer on the specialisation course in local government public procurement (CEFA)
Assistant lecturer on the public procurement module of the masters in administrative law at the University of Minho
Guest assistant lecturer at the law faculty of the University of Coimbra, 2013

• New Angolan Code of Administrative Procedure

  By Carla Machado, Renata Valenti; Emmanuel da Silva |September 2022