José Manuel Sérvulo Correia
Founding Partner
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Personal Assistant: Ana Maria Abrantes
(+351) 210 933 000
[email protected]
http://www.servulo.com
PROFILE
Founding partner of SÉRVULO, since 1999, and Emeritus Professor of the Faculty of Law of the University of
Lisbon, José Manuel Sérvulo Correia developed his legal practice around the areas of Public Law and Litigation
and Arbitration. He is a founding member of the European Public Law Group. In 2015 he received an Honorary
Doctorate from the University of Athens. He is member of the Board of Trustees of the European Law and
Governance School. He was appointed Full Professor in 2006. He received his PhD in Law from the University of
Lisbon in 1987. In 1968 he concluded the Complementary Course in Economic Political Sciences (equivalent to a
master’s degree), at the Faculty of Law of the University of Lisbon, institution from which he also graduated in
1959. He has been a member of the panel of arbitrators of the Permanent Court of Arbitration (The Hague) since
2005. He was judge ad hoc at the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea (ITLOS), between 2011 and 2014.
He was member of the High Council of the Bar Association, between 2005 and 2007. He headed the legal
department and was legal counsel to the management of the Entreposto business group, from 1979 to 1995. He
was member of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe, having participated in the respective
Plenary and in the Committees on Social Issues and on Population, Refugees and Migration, between 1977 and
1979. From 1976 to 1979 he was a member of the National Assembly, Vice-President of the Parliamentary
Group and President of the Parliamentary Committee on Health and Social Security. In 1976 he was Secretary of
State for Emigration, at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, during the VI Provisional Government. He was a lawyer in
the legal department of the Bank of Portugal between 1972 and 1976, and in 1979. He joined the Bar
Association in 1962.
RELEVANT EXPERIENCE
Wide-ranging experience as lawyer and jurist on matters relating to administrative law, regulation and public
procurement.
Regularly acts as arbitrator in Public Law and Commercial Law cases.
PRACTICE AREA
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Public Law
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Arbitration
RECOGNITION
Chambers Europe (2015)
Public Law - TIER Senior Statesman
Chambers Europe (2014)
Public Law - TIER Senior Statesman
Legal 500 (2014)
Dispute Resolution - TIER Recommended
Best Lawyers (2015)
International Arbitration - TIER Lawyer of the Year
Administrative Law - TIER Recommended
Arbitration and Mediation - TIER Recommended
Public Law - TIER Recommended
Best Lawyers (2014)
Administrative Law - TIER Recommended
Arbitration and Mediation - TIER Recommended
Public Law - TIER Recommended
Best Lawyers (2016)
Administrative Law - TIER Lawyer of the Year
Arbitration and Mediation - TIER Recommended
Public Law - TIER Recommended
BOOKS AND ACADEMIC ARTICLES
2015
The representation of public legal persons in administrative arbitration
2015 | Universidade Católica Editora
Caderno Sérvulo de Direito Público I
2015 | in Sérvulo e Associados, Lisboa
Administrative law over the last decades
2015 | in Estudos em Homenagem a Rui Machete, Coimbra, Edições Almedina
Droit constitutionnel des collectivités territoriales au Portugal
2015 | Le Droit Constitutionnel des Collectivités Territoriales, Berger-Levraut
2011
A resolução dos litígios sobre investimento estrangeiro em direito arbitral comparado
2011 | Coimbra Editora
Values in Global Administrative Law
2011 | Hart Publishing, Oxford/ Portland, 2011
Competition Law and Economics - Advances in the Competition Policy Enforcement in the EU and
North America
2011 | EE - Edward Elgar
2010
Direito da Concorrência e Ordens Profissionais
2010 | Coimbra Editora
Devido procedimento eqüitativo e vinculação de serviços públicos delegados no Brasil
2010 | Editora Fórum
Revisitando o Estado de Necessidade
2010 | Estudos de Homenagem ao Professor Doutor Freitas do Amaral, Coimbra, Edições Almedina
Alteração de Circunstâncias e Modificação de Propostas em Procedimentos de Contratação Pública
2010 | in Estudos de Contratação Pública III, CEDIPRE, Coimbra Editora, Lisboa
2009
O regime da responsabilidade por erros e omissões do projecto nas empreitadas de concepção/
construção em face do Código dos Contratos Públicos
2009 | Ordem dos Advogados
2008
Conceitos Jurídicos indeterminados e âmbito do controlo jurisdicional
2008 | CEJUR-Centro de Estudos Jurídicos do Minho
2006
"Judicial Resolution of Administrative Disputes (Administrative Procedure in Portugal)"
2006 | Comparative Law - Portuguese-American Perspectives Vol. I - Almedina
2005
"Judicial Resolution Of Administrative Disputes (Administrative Procedure In Portugal)"
2005 | Faculdade de Direito, Universidade de Lisboa