Catarina Pinto Correia
Catarina Pinto Correia
Catarina Pinto Correia joined VdA in 1996. Co-head partner of the Environment & Climate Change practice.
Catarina regularly advises on environmental and climate law matters, notably in the fields of waste management, water management, carbon projects and credits, sustainability, climate change, biodiversity, soil contamination, ecological claims, and eco-design, among others.
She has also worked actively on administrative law matters, particularly related to public procurement, administrative concessions, public-private partnerships, public regulation, and various international legislative processes.
Catarina leads VdA’s agribusiness team, assisting clients in projects supported by European and public funds.
In 2011, Catarina won the Iberian Lawyer award “40 Under Forty”, which distinguished the top young lawyers in the Iberian Peninsula.
Law Degree, Catholic University of Lisbon, Faculty of Law.
Master in European Community Law, College of Europe, Bruges.
Post-graduate in EC Competition Law, Kings College, London.
Post-graduate in Public Procurement and Concessions, University of Lisbon, Faculty of Law.
Compact MBA for Law Firm Leaders – Porto Business School.
Author of various books and articles, notably:
- “Um Novo Horizonte para os Resíduos?” (A New Horizon for Waste?), Sustentável, 2024
- “Desflorestação” (Deforestation), Vida Rural, 2024
- “Mercado Voluntário de Carbono” (Voluntary Carbon Market), Vida Rural, 2024
- “O novo pacote legislativo para um modelo de produção e consumo responsáveis” (The new legislative package for a model of responsible production and consumption), Sustentável, 2024
- Chambers ESG 2024 Trends and Development
- Climate Change Regulation 2024 Portugal | Chambers Global Practice Guide
- “Women, Business and the Law report”, S. Tomé e Principe and Timor-Leste, World Bank, 2020
- Government Procurement Review, The Law Reviews, Portugal chapter, 2019 to 2021 editions (co-authored)
- “Law & Practice Portugal”, Public Procurement & Government Contracts, Global Practice Guide, Chambers, 2019 and 2020 editions (co-authored)
- “As ofertas no Código dos Contratos Públicos”, Estudos em Homenagem a Mário Esteves de Oliveira, Almedina, 2017, pp. 321-342
- “Secteur agroalimentaire africain”, Tribune du Salon de l’Agriculture, Paris, 2017
- “Código da Contratação Pública de Cabo Verde”, Almedina, 2016
- The International Comparative Legal Guide to: Public Procurement 2016, 8th edition, Cape Verde chapter (co-authored)
- “Cloud: A Lei e a Prática / Guia e perguntas frequentes”, in partnership with Microsoft Portugal, Almedina, 2016 (co-authored)
- “O novo PDR 2020 – simplificação vs. elevado grau de exigência”, Agrotec, June 2015
- “O Horizonte 2020 no sector da Energia”, CEO Lusófono, special edition for the 1st Energy for Development Conference of the CPLP, July 2015
- “As entidades adjudicantes dos sectores especiais no Direito da Contratação Pública da União Europeia e no Código dos Contratos Públicos português”, Revista de Contratos Públicos, Editora Fórum, Belo Horizonte, Brazil, year 3, no. 4, September/February 2014
- “Insight to the Key Issues in Government Procurement Across Portugal”, The Government Procurement Review, 2013, 2014, 2015 and 2016 (co-authored)
- “Código dos Contratos Públicos e Legislação Complementar – Guias de Leitura e Aplicação”, Almedina, 2008 (co-authored)
- “Important changes in Public Procurement”, Iberian Lawyer, Public Procurement Update, 2006 (co-authored)
- “Legal Aspects of EU Energy Regulation, Implementing the New Directives on Electricity and Gas Across Europe”, Edited by Professor Peter Cameron, Oxford University Press, 2005 (co-authored)
Regularly participates as a lecturer in congresses, conferences, workshops and courses, mainly devoted to public procurement and public contracts, public-private partnerships, concessions, European funds and agribusiness.
Trainer at the National Institute of Administration (Instituto Nacional de Administração – INE).
Admitted to the Portuguese Bar Association.
Admitted to the Timor-Leste Law Society (Conselho de Gestão e Disciplina da Advocacia de Timor-Leste).
English, French, Spanish.
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Legal 500
Portugal | Public law - Tier 1
Next Generation Partner"Catarina Pinto Correia stands out for her legal knowledge, friendliness, professionalism, prestige and recognition."Portugal | Transport - Tier 2
Key Lawyer
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Legal 500
Portugal | Public law - Tier 1
Next Generation PartnersPortugal | Transport - Tier 2
Key lawyer
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Legal 500
Portugal | Public law - Tier 1
Next Generation Partner
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Chambers Global
Timor-Leste: General Business Law in Timor-Leste - Band 3
Notable practitioner -
Legal 500
Portugal | Public law - Tier 1
Next Generation Partner / Recommended Lawyer"A smart lawyer who provides high-quality advice and demonstrates wide-ranging knowledge on public law matters."
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Chambers Global
Timor-Leste - Band 3
Notable practitioner -
Legal 500
Portugal | Public law - Tier 1
Recommended Lawyers"She and her team solve all problems, even the most complex, by finding effective solutions." "Paulo Pinheiro, Andre Gaspar Martins and Catarina Pinto Correia are extraordinary lawyers."