Paula Gomes Freire joined VdA in 1996. She is VdA’s Managing Partner, in which capacity she chairs the Executive Committee and is member of the Board of Directors.
Partner of the Banking & Finance practice, Paula has led several transactions, both in Portugal and abroad, mainly focused on the issue and placement of debt instruments, namely Euro Medium Term Notes, commercial paper, preferential shares and hybrids.
She also works in securitisation and other types of asset-backed transactions.
In recent years, Paula has also participated in the recapitalisation of the Portuguese banking sector and on the inaugural application of a resolution measure under the Banking Recovery and Resolution Directive”.
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In 2011, Paula won the Iberian Lawyer award “40 Under Forty”, which distinguished the top young lawyers in the Iberian Peninsula.
Law Degree, University of Lisbon, Faculty of Law.
Post-graduate studies in English Commercial Law, College of Law, London University.
Before joining the firm she worked as an associate at McKenna&Co, in London and at Azevedo Neves, Benjamim Mendes, Pereira de Miranda&Associados, in Lisbon.
Author or co-author of various books and articles namely:
Admitted to the Portuguese Bar Association and the Law Society of England and Wales.
English, French, Spanish.
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