Public procurement, applications for licenses and permits and public law disputes with national and local authorities require specialised advice and support. Our public law lawyers can handle all types of regulatory and administrative law matters, including environmental and planning aspects.

Our advice includes:

• Environmental issues
• Local planning issues
• Construction of plants and facilities
• Regulatory aspects
• Tax aspects

Environmental issues are increasingly important in the development of projects and, in general, in most businesses. We handle all types of environmental and planning aspects, including environmental due diligences and compliance. Our advice includes:

• Regulatory advice
• Environmental permits
• Industrial licensing
• Environmental liability compliance reviews and due diligences
• Planning and land use
• Product and environmental liability
• CO2 emissions and green certificates
• Waste management matters
• Insurance

We are working in the development of some of the most important energy projects in Portugal. We handle all types of regulatory and administrative law matters for the development of the various project in which we are involved, including environmental and planning aspects.

Macedo Vitorino is able to advise clients in respect of:

• Construction of plants and facilities
• Local planning and authorisations
• Environmental issues
• Regulatory matters
• Power purchase agreements
• Power trading
• Renewable energy projects, including wind power, solar and biomass
• Cogeneration
• Oil and gas (upstream and downstream)
• Energy derivatives and Green certificates
• Maintenance and operations agreements

Our real estate group is prepared to advise on all types of regulatory and administrative law matters concerning the development of real estate projects, including environmental and planning aspects. We also advise real estate developers and promoters of agriculture projects on the incorporation of acquisition vehicles, tax planning, purchase contracts and procurement matters.

We can advise clients on:

• Real estate acquisition and sale
• Local planning
• Environmental issues
• Building contracts
• Maintenance contracts
• Lease agreements
• Real estate financing
• Tax

We represent several multinational and local companies providing all types of communication services. We advise clients on:

• Licensing and regulatory matters
• Fixed telephony, Internet and cable television
• EU law and competition issues
• Customer contracts
• Data protection
• Internet content agreements
• CATV programming acquisition
• Equipment and IT procurement
• Interconnection
• Project finance
• Network deployment and maintenance and operations agreements