Teresa Pitôrra

Teresa Pitôrra joined VdA in 2002. She is a Senior Counsel at the Litigation & Arbitration and Restructuring & Insolvency practices.

Throughout the years and especially in the last decade, Teresa has been actively involved in several high-profile Restructuring & Insolvency (“R&I) cases in a wide range of sectors, with a special focus on banking, funds and financial services, industry and services, as well as telecommunications, in Portugal as well as in other Portuguese speaking jurisdictions such as, Angola, Cabo Verde and Brazil.

With a deep knowledge of insolvency and restructuring laws, Teresa has been representing and advising national and international clients within insolvency proceedings and judicial or non-judicial restructurings, either as creditors or debtor.

Teresa also has significant experience in dealing with civil and commercial disputes, both at pre-litigation and litigation stages, and frequently takes part in advising clients in securitization transactions and other types of asset-backed transactions.

Law Degree International University, Faculty of Law.

Before joining the firm Teresa worked as associate at the law firm Pena, Machete & Associados, currently merged with PMBGR - Sociedade de Advogados.

Teresa participates regularly as lecturer in several national and international conferences and seminars in the field of R&I.

Author or co-author of various articles namely:

  • “PORTUGAL: An Introduction to Restructuring/Insolvency”, co-author, Chambers & Partners Europe 2019. 

Admitted to the Portuguese Bar Association.

English.

Rankings

  • Chambers Europe

    Restructuring/Insolvency - Band 1

    Band 3

  • Legal 500

    Portugal | Insolvency and Restructuring - Tier 1

    Next Generation Partner

  • Chambers Europe

    Restructuring/Insolvency - Band 1

    Band 3
    "Teresa Pitôrra is savvy, fair and extremely knowledgeable. She is always available and concerned with defending our interests."

  • IFLR 1000

    Restructuring and insolvency 2024 - Tier 1

    Highly Regarded
    "Teresa has been actively involved in several high-profile Restructuring & Insolvency cases in a wide range of sectors, with a special focus on banking, funds and financial services, industry, services and telecommunications, in Portugal, Angola, Cabo Verde and Brazil."

  • Legal 500

    Portugal | Insolvency and Restructuring - Tier 1

    Next Generation Partner

  • Chambers Europe

    Restructuring/Insolvency - Band 1

    Band 3
    "Teresa Pitôrra has technical maturity and a deep cross-cutting knowledge of insolvency proceedings, combined with the ability to have discussions with all stakeholders; Her willingness to solve problems is one of her strongest points."

  • IFLR 1000

    Restructuring and insolvency 2023 - Tier 1

  • Legal 500

    Portugal | Insolvency and Restructuring - Tier 1

    Next Generation Partners

  • Chambers Europe

    Restructuring/Insolvency - Band 1

    Band 3
    "Deep and solid knowledge of the insolvency process." "Her enthusiasm and delivery mean she is able to present compromise solutions that are essential for the success of the project."

  • IFLR 1000

    Restructuring and insolvency 2022 - Tier 1

    Highly regarded

    Restructuring and insolvency (31st Edition) - Tier 1

    Highly Regarded
    "Knowledgeable and available; Teresa is highly skilled, efficient and dedicated to the project and the client. She fully understands the client's requests, anticipates the issues that will be raised by our counterparties and excels in handling complex matters."

  • Legal 500

    Portugal | Insolvency and Restructuring - Tier 1

    Next Generation Partner

  • Chambers Europe

    Restructuring/Insolvency - Band 1

    Band 3
    "She is a brilliant, responsive and hard-working lawyer and presents a practical approach to problems, making it easier for her clients and their counterparties to navigate."

  • IFLR 1000

    Restructuring and insolvency - Tier 1

    Highly Regarded

  • Legal 500

    Portugal | Insolvency and Restructuring - Tier 1

    Rising Stars; Recommended Lawyers
    "Cláudia Cruz Almeida and Teresa Pitôrra stand out as a great team combining complementary capabilities that enabled to navigate through a very complex project. I would like to highlight Cláudia and Teresa’s full availability, engagement, commitment and resilience further to their outstanding technical capabilities."

  • Chambers Europe

    Restructuring/Insolvency - Band 1

    Band 4
    "Great technical capacity and profound knowledge." "She is very experienced in questions of litigation."

  • IFLR 1000

    Other highlights -

    "Teresa is an exceptional lawyer and very proactive in executing all legal procedures needed. She is also able to create valuable relationships with all parties involved."

  • Legal 500

    Portugal | Insolvency and Restructuring - Tier 1

    Rising Stars / Recommended Lawyers
    "An agile, practical and excellent lawyer."
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