Carla is a partner in the Dispute Resolution practice. She has more than 10 years' experience focusing on civil and commercial litigation, and she also advises on business restructuring, insolvency and arbitration.

Besides her experience in complex disputes, often of a multidisciplinary nature and involving different legal systems, Carla also has experience in advising clients at the pre-litigation stage.

More recently, she has worked closely with clients in the transport sector and energy sectors, and with investment funds and finance providers.

The author of numerous publications, Carla has a master's in legal sciences from the Faculty of Law of the University of Lisbon. She has also completed postgraduate courses in arbitration at the Faculty of Law of Universidade Nova de Lisboa and in corporate governance at the Faculty of Law of the University of Lisbon.

Bar Admissions
Admitted to the Portuguese Bar Association since 2009

Education
Law degree from the University of Lisbon, 2006
Postgraduate in arbitration from the Faculty of law of Universidade Nova de Lisboa, 2008
Master's in legal sciences from the Faculty of law of the University of Lisbon
Postgraduate course in corporate governance at the Faculty of Law of the University of Lisbon, 2019

Significant Accomplishments
Other Awards
2021 - Carla Góis Coelho, Best Iberian Lawyer Forty under 40
Chambers Europe
2024 - Carla Góis Coelho Litigation
2023 - Carla Góis Coelho Litigation
2022 - Carla Góis Coelho, Up and Coming Litigation
2021 - Carla Góis Coelho, Associate to watch Litigation
Chambers Global
2024 - Carla Góis Coelho Dispute Resolution
2023 - Carla Góis Coelho Dispute Resolution
2022 - Carla Góis Coelho, Up and Coming Dispute Resolution
The Legal 500
2023 - Carla Góis Coelho, Next Generation Partners Dispute Resolution
2022 - Carla Góis Coelho Dispute Resolution
2020 - Carla Góis Coelho Litigation and Dispute Resolution
2019 - Carla Góis Coelho Litigation and Dispute Resolution

Professional Associations

• APA - Portuguese Arbitration Association

Professional Activities and Experience
Partner at PLMJ since 2021
Managing associate at PLMJ since 2018

100 anos de Arbitragem: Os casos essenciais comentados
Advogados PLMJ, Arbitration
Coimbra Editora, Colecao Juridica PLMJ, Vol. IX, 2016