João Sequeira Sena
Associate
Portuguese
Spanish
English
Advising on public law.
João Sequeira Sena focuses his practice on several areas of public law, including public procurement; the awarding, negotiating, and signing of public contracts; infrastructure; judicial reviews; arbitration; M&A transactions; and regulatory matters, particularly in the energy, urban planning, transport and environmental sectors.
From July 2022 to June 2023, he completed a secondment at the Cuatrecasas Madrid office.
He is a member of the Portuguese Bar Association.
He has been a guest assistant lecturer at Instituto Superior de Economia e Gestão since 2017, lecturing on the subject Introduction to Law.
Also since 2017, he has been a research assistant at the Public Law Research Center at the Faculty of Law of Universidade de Lisboa.
He has published several articles and contributed to many national and international publications on public law and energy law.
He is a member of several review committees of specialized journals in his field.
Specialties
Education
Doctorate in Administrative Law,
Universidad Complutense de Madrid, ongoingMaster in Political and Legal Sciences (administrative law specialty)
Universidade de Lisboa, 2019Bachelor of Laws
Universidade de Lisboa, 2014
Directory Mentions
Recommended lawyer
Legal 500, IFLR1000 and Best Lawyers in Project Development, Public Law, Administrative Law, Energy and Natural Resources.
Publications and News
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May 26, 2025New rules for gas and hydrogen: Decree-Law 79/2025
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April 21, 2025Offshore renewable energy auction
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April 21, 2025Review of the National Energy and Climate Plan 2030 (PNEC 2030)
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March 31, 2025Creation of Aveiro TFZ
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March 31, 2025Viana do Castelo TFZ requirements
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February 12, 2025Delimitation of Abrantes renewable energy technological free zone
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February 12, 2025Biomethane Action Plan: Monitoring Group
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February 11, 2025Allocation plan for offshore renewable energy
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December 30, 2024Renewable energy projects: Exceptional measures extended
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December 16, 2024Regulation establishing incentives for investing in strategic sectors
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December 6, 2024New renewable energy regulatory framework
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September 3, 2024Electricity Distribution Concessions in LV
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August 9, 2024CS Wind secures public tender to set up industrial unit at Port of Aveiro
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June 19, 2024Public consultation on renewable energy project licensing
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June 19, 2024Hydrogen and renewable gas incentives
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May 29, 2024Renewable gas auction
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March 19, 2024Extension of exceptional measures to simplify renewable energy production procedures
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February 2, 2024Portugal. Overview of hydrogen regulations
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January 31, 2024Public consultation: Biomethane Action Plan
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January 17, 2024Regime to accelerate renewable energy deployment
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October 31, 2023Offshore wind auction - Manifestation of interest
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October 27, 2023Green public procurement
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October 18, 2023Financial support for small biomass plants
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July 19, 2023Public consultation on the tender rules for the centralized purchase of biomethane and hydrogen
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March 30, 2023Extension of the “Iberian Mechanism”
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July 28, 2021Onex Renewables buys wind farm portfolio from EDPR for €530 million
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June 3, 2019The Oil and Gas Law Review 2018 (Portugal)
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February 14, 2019Public Procurement Government Contracts 2019 - Chambers Global Practice Guides