VdA maintains a leading position in the IFLR 1000 2023 ranking, being distinguished in Tier 1 in all categories analysed for the jurisdiction of Portugal: Banking, Capital Markets Debt, Capital Markets Equity, M&A, Project Development, Project Finance and Restructuring & Insolvency.

In the individual categories, VdA has 26 recognised lawyers, including 1 “Market Leader”, 22 “Highly Regarded”, 6 “Women Leaders”, 1 “Notable Practitioner” and 2 “Rising Star Partner”.

The recommendations in the IFLR1000 rankings are based on the opinions of in-house counsellors from the main national and international financial institutions. 

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Market Leader

Pedro Cassiano Santos

Highly Regarded

Ana Luís de Sousa

Cláudia da Cruz Almeida

Filipa Cotta

Francisco Sá Carneiro

Frederico Gonçalves Pereira

Helena Vaz Pinto

Hugo Moredo Santos

João Afonso Fialho

João Vieira de Almeida

Jorge Bleck

José Miguel Oliveira

José Pedro Fazenda Martins

Manuel Protásio

Paula Gomes Freire

Paulo de Barros Baptista

Paulo Olavo Cunha

Paulo Trindade Costa

Pedro Simões Coelho

Rodrigo Esteves de Oliveira

Teresa Empis Falcão

Teresa Pitôrra

Vanda Cascão

Notable Practitioner

Benedita Lima Aires

Rising Star Partner

Maria Cunha Matos

Tiago Correia Moreira

Women Leaders

Ana Luís de Sousa

Cláudia da Cruz Almeida

Filipa Cotta

Paula Gomes Freire

Teresa Empis Falcão

Vanda Cascão