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Duarte Lacerda

Associate
Lawyer

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Duarte Lacerda

Associate
Lawyer

Contact
CMS Portugal
Rua Castilho 50
1250-071 Lisbon
Portugal
Languages Portuguese, English

Duarte Lacerda is an Associate in the Energy & Climate Change team.

He develops his activity mainly in public law, in particular energy law, administrative law, public procurement, and administrative litigation, including contracts, regulation, concessions, licensing, pre-contract procedures, public employment and expropriations.

Duarte participated in several acquisition and disposal transactions (energy and infrastructures) at a national and international level. He also provides permanent legal advice, in energy law to several national and foreign clients.

He focuses his activity in renewable energies, namely solar, wind and hydro, including issues related to the development and operation of solar and wind energy projects, electrical mobility, self-consumption (individual and collective) and small production units (UPP).

He has also provided legal advice regarding regulatory matters, public procurement, expropriation and urbanism.

Joined CMS Portugal in 2016.

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Memberships & Roles

  • Member of the Portuguese Bar Association since 2018
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Publications

  • LACERDA, Duarte; TEIXEIRA, Guilherme da Fonseca - “Do Princípio da Igualdade Proporcional: autonomia, sentido e alcance na recente jurisprudência do Tribunal Constitucional”, in Revista Jurídica da Associação Académica da Faculdade de Direito de Lisboa, n.º 30, pp. 179-220, 2016
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Education

  • Law degree, Faculdade de Direito, Universidade de Lisboa
  • Conclusion of the curricular part of the Masters of Law (LL.M.) in Law and Management, Faculdade de Direito, Universidade Nova de Lisboa
  • Postgraduate degree in Concessions and Public-Private Partnerships (PPP), Faculdade de Direito, Universidade de Lisboa
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Expertise

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18/04/2024
Renewable energy in Portugal
1. First Offshore Wind Auction  Although its extensive maritime coast (almost 943km in the continental area), Portugal has been striving throughout the years to have a fully implemented offshore wind...
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26/03/2024
Mission Structure for the Licensing of Renewable Energy Projects 2030
On 26 March, Council of Ministers Resolution no. 50/2024 was published, creating the Mission Structure for the Licensing of Renewable Energy Projects 2030 (EMER 2030), presented in line with the goals...
Newsletter
12/03/2024
EU Strategy - PV Plant: call for contributions until April 2nd
On March 5, 2024, the European Commission launched a call for contributions to the drafting of a "Guide for Member States to promote innovative ways of using solar energy" and a set of re­com­mend­a­tions...
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12/03/2024
Extension of exceptional measures to simplify procedures for producing...
Decree-Law no. 22/2024 of March 19 was published today, extending the validity of Decree-Law no. 30-A/2022 of 18 April. It is important to recall that Decree-Law 30-A/2022 approved a set of exceptional...
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12/03/2024
Clawback - Amount of the advance payment to be applied in 2024 to the electricity...
Order no. 3034/2024 of the Office of the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate was published today, setting the amount of the advance payment to be applied in 2024 to electricity producers covered...
Newsletter
12/03/2024
Biomethane Action Plan 2024-2040
On 15 March 2024, Council of Ministers Resolution no. 41/2024 was published, approving the Biomethane Action Plan 2024-2040. The plan was put for public consultation on 25 January and its final version...
Newsletter
12/03/2024
Licensing of vehicle natural gas filling stations - introduction of low-carbon...
Ministerial Order no. 115/2024/1 of 25 March was published today, making the first amendment to Ministerial Order no. 366/2013 of 23 December, which establishes the procedure for granting licences for...
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12/03/2024
Clarification of the prior control procedure applicable to repowering
The Secretary of State for Energy and Climate published Order No. 18/SEENC/2024 yesterday, which clarifies the prior control procedure applicable to repowering. Article 62(1) of Decree-Law no. 15/2022...
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23/02/2024
Public tender for the concession of private use of plots in the Port of...
On February 16th, an announcement of the public tender procedure for the concession of the private use of three plots of land (with an area of around 192,090m2) in the Logistics and Industrial Activities...
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23/02/2024
Suspension of cancellation of registrations for the production of gases...
On 23 February, 2024, the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate issued an order determining that, for 3 months from the date of signature - until 23 May, 2024 - the competent bodies of the Dir­ect­or­ate-Gen­er­al...
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22/02/2024
Joint Order extending exceptional licensing deadlines for renewable energy...
The offices of the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate and the Secretary of State for the Environment issued today a Joint Order extending several key deadlines in the licensing procedures for projects...
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09/02/2024
Approval of tariffs and prices for electricity and other services in 2024
On 7 February 2024, the Portuguese Energy Services Regulatory Authority (ERSE) published Directive 10/2024, which sets the tariffs and prices for electricity and other services for the year 2024. The...
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