Banking & Finance

Finance & Transactions

A "long-standing leader with expansive bench strength and impressive reputation. Advises on the full scope of transactional and regulatory matters with outstanding expertise in debt restructuring and recapitalisation, in addition to securitisation proceedings. Offering strong cross-border capabilities, the firm continues to strengthen its international reach with recent hires experienced in matters involving lusophone and francophone jurisdictions."

Chambers & Partners

Banking & Finance

We represent banks and other financial institutions, banking syndicates, investment funds and venture capital managing companies, asset managing companies, and other financial intermediaries, as well as major companies in both domestic and international transactions.

With a long-standing tradition of innovation, we are best-known for designing first-of-a-kind solutions tailor-made to our clients’ needs.

Legal services

capital markets, focusing on the issuance and national or international placement of both debt and equity securities - including the most relevant Asset Backed Securities and securitization transactions executed to date in Portugal
launching and escorting of MTN programs, privatizations, IPOs, acquisitions, listings in both national and international markets
de-listings, private and public offers, acquisition public offers and in some of the most relevant re-structuring transactions of listed companies that have taken place in the domestic market
collective investment schemes: establishment, marketing and operation of mutual and real estate funds, venture capital funds, private equity structures and transactions involving the sale and/or the servicing of portfolios of non-performing loans and other non-performing exposures
financing of structures: commercial loans both on individual standalone and on syndicated basis, financing for the acquisition of companies and other special assets including airplanes, retail banking and the design of products and services to be displayed for customers, financial services and counselling in the legal aspects of securities and investment products
regulatory matters: banking, fund management - mutual and venture capital funds - brokerage and investment activities, financial and credit intermediaries
capital markets