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Gonçalo Guerra Tavares

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

Gonçalo Guerra Tavares is a Partner and heads the Public Law team.

With over 25 years’ experience in public law, he focuses on public procurement, construction and infrastructure projects, urban planning, administrative litigation and arbitration.

He has published several books on public procurement and administrative contracts and participates as a speaker in several conferences and seminars on public procurement.

Gonçalo is individually ranked for Public Law, in Chambers Europe for the past 15 years and he is recommended for Public Law by Legal 500, 2023. Moreover, he is recognised for Administrative Law, Construction Law and Public Law, by Best Lawyers. He is also ranked Global Leader Government – Government Contracts 2022, by WWL.

Joined CMS Portugal in 2004.

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The group, which is led by Gonçalo Guerra Tavares and Duarte Lebre de Freitas, further benefits from its close ties with the media regulatory practice.

Legal 500

Gonçalo Guerra Tavares is the head of department and acts on public tenders, concession contracts and administrative litigation. He assisted Ricoh with public procurement processes and judicial proceedings relating to the award of public contracts.

Chambers Europe (2019)

Gonçalo Guerra Tavares advises on public procurement procedures and contentious matters, as well as handling the negotiation of public sector contracts and framework agreements. One client describes him as a "responsive, available and experienced lawyer," adding: "He shows great people skills and leadership, along with technical competencies.“

Chambers Europe (2021)

Clients are quick to praise Gonçalo Guerra Tavares for being "an experienced and well-versed partner who is always available and very proactive in supporting clients. "He is frequently seen advising clients from the banking and energy sectors on public procurements and regulatory matters.

Chambers Europe (2022)

Memberships & Roles

  • Registered at the Portuguese Bar Association since 1996
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Publications

Books:

  • Comentário ao Código dos Contratos Públicos, Almedina, 2019
  • Código dos Contratos Públicos – Volume II – Regime Substantivo dos Contratos Administrativos, Comentado, Almedina, 2011 (co-authored with Nuno Dente)
  • Código dos Contratos Públicos, Volume I, – Regime da Contratação Pública, Comentado, Almedina, 2009 (co-authored with Nuno Dente)
  • Código dos Contratos Públicos – Âmbito da sua Aplicação, Almedina, 2008 (co-authored with Nuno Dente)

Articles:

  • TAVARES, Gonçalo Guerra - “O regime dos impedimentos no CCP, à luz da Directiva 2014/24/UE”, Comentários ao Código dos Contratos Públicos, (co-authored with António Magalhães e Menezes), coord. Carla Amado Gomes, Ricardo Pedro, Tiago Serrão, Marco Caldeira, pp. 97-127, AAFDL Editora, 2023
  • TAVARES, Gonçalo Guerra - "A revisão do regime dos impedimentos do CCP à luz da Directiva 2014/24/UE", in Comentários à Revisão do Código dos Contratos Públicos,  (co-authored with António Magalhães e Menezes), coord. Carla Amado Gomes, Ricardo Pedro, Tiago Serrão, Marco Caldeira, pp. 743-772, AAFDL Editora, 2019
  • TAVARES, Gonçalo Guerra - "A arbitragem administrativa em matéria de formação de contratos públicos", in Estudos em Homenagem a Rui Pena, (co-authored with António Magalhães e Menezes), pp. 313-328, Almedina, 2019
  • TAVARES, Gonçalo Guerra - "Reflexos da Insolvência na Contratação Pública", em Estudos em Homenagem a Mário Esteves de Oliveira, (co-authored with Jorge Pacão), Almedina, 2017
  • TAVARES, Gonçalo Guerra  - "The international Comparative Legal Guide to: Public Procurement 2011", Portugal Chapter, pp. 164-169, in Global Legal Group, 2011
  • TAVARES, Gonçalo Guerra  - "The international Comparative Legal Guide to: Public Procurement 2010, Portugal Chapter, pp. 194-199 in Global Legal Group, 2010
  • TAVARES, Gonçalo Guerra - "As Competências das Comissões dos Concursos de Empreitadas de Obras Públicas e de Aquisição de Bens Móveis e Serviços”, Direito e Justiça, pp.165-180, in Revista da Faculdade de Direito da Universidade Católica Portuguesa, Vol XIX, Tomo I, 2005
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Education

  • Law degree, Faculdade de Direito, Universidade Católica Portuguesa
  • Specialised Lawyer in Administrative Law, recognised by the Portuguese Bar Association (2006 and 2013)
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Expertise

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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...
20/02/2024
Gonçalo Guerra Tavares and António Magalhães e Menezes signed an article...
CMS's Public Law lawyers, Gonçalo Guerra Tavares and António Magalhães e Menezes, have signed an article on the subject of "Complementary works: brief considerations on the current regime", in the...
09/05/2023
Online gambling law and regulation in Portugal
Last updated: April 2023
26/08/2022
Public procurement regulation in Portugal
October 2018 1. Where can one find public procurement notifications for Portugal? Portuguese Electronic Official Journal (Diário da República Eletrónico): www. dre. pt. BASE – the Portuguese public...
04/08/2021
CMS invests in Public Law innovation
CMS has just launched the CMS Public Procurement Remedies Toolbox, an innovative tool that allows you to quickly identify decisions that can be challenged in public procurement procedures and calculate...
29/05/2020
Meet the Law | New Rules on Deadlines and Procedural Matters
From June 3, 2020, new rules will come into force regarding the deadlines and steps to be taken in proceedings and procedural matters before judicial courts, administrative and tax courts, the Con­sti­tu­tion­al...
10/04/2020
Impact of COVID-19 on Public Procurement
The COVID-19 crisis is having a serious impact on the economy and businesses. In these circumstances, public procurement can be of even greater importance than usual and various questions arise, such...
07/04/2020
Meet the Law | Amendments and clarifications to Law No. 1-A/2020
Questions and Answers on recent amendments and clarifications to Law No. 1-A/2020 and Decree-Law No. 10-A/2020, with respect to some measures taken in the context of Administrative Litigation and Public...
18/11/2019
CMS Public Procurement Toolbox of Remedies
Public procurement is the largest single global marketplace, accounting for around one-fifth of worldwide GDP. In this increasingly international marketplace, companies need to have confidence that public...
18/11/2019
E-public procurement
On 18 October 2018 obligatory e-procurement rules entered into force in many EU member states. The CMS Public Procurement Group has the pleasure of sharing key information regarding multiple jur­is­dic­tions.   Pub­lic...
05/02/2019
CMS Public Procurement Guide
In this CMS guide to public procurement we set out the key rules, thresholds, and procedures for contracting authorities and suppliers, indicate whether it is mandatory or voluntary to use e-procurement...
23/05/2018
Public Procurement Forum in Lisbon
We are pleased to invite you to the fifth CMS Public Procurement Forum that will be held at Sana hotel in Lisbon on 23 May 2018. The event will discuss recent trends and developments in the public procurement...