VdA remains at the top of the IFLR 1000 ranking, achieving Tier 1 status in all the categories assessed in the Portuguese jurisdiction: Banking, Capital Markets Debt, Capital Markets Equity, M&A, Project Development, Project Finance and Restructuring & Insolvency.

In the individual categories, VdA has 28 recognised lawyers: of which 21 are ‘Highly regarded’, one is recognised as a ‘Market leader’, one as a ‘Notable practitioner’, two lawyers are highlighted as a ‘Rising star’, three lawyers are considered ‘Rising star partners’ and five lawyers are highlighted in the ‘Women Leaders’ category.

The recommendations in the IFLR 1000 rankings are based on the opinions of in-house counsellors from the main national and international financial institutions.

For further information please visit Awards and Rankings. 

Highly regarded

Ana Luís de Sousa

Cláudia Cruz Almeida

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

Vanda Cascão

Teresa Pitôrra

 

Market Leader

Pedro Cassiano Santos

 

Notable practitioner

Benedita Aires

 

Rising Star Parner

Maria Cunha Matos

Sofia Bobone

Tiago Correia Moreira

 

Rising Star

Maria Carrilho

Soraia Ussene

 

Women Leaders

Ana Luís de Sousa

Cláudia Cruz Almeida

Paula Gomes Freire

Teresa Empis Falcão

Vanda Cascão