About
Provided by Abreu Advogados
The global market brought new opportunities but also new challenges to national and multinational companies, together with additional contractual and organisational complexity.
The growing need to cover matters related to social responsibility, ethics and consumer rights; the need to implement mechanisms for good corporate governance, allied to the optimization of organisations with special concerns for reputation, cost rationalization and reduction of likelihood of conflicts, require technically sound answers but with a strong practical sense.
The Abreu Advogados team has solid experience and extensive knowledge in the area of commercial law, covering matters such as corporate law, contract law, mergers and acquisitions.
In the field of M&A and corporate law, Abreu Advogados is particularly involved in the following:
- M&A.
- Conversions.
- Demergers.
- Transfer of assets.
- Corporate restructuring.
- Shareholders’ agreements.
- Directors’ liability.
- Assorted contracts (agency, distribution, joint ventures, etc).
- Legal due diligence, acquisition contracts.
- Corporate governance and compliance.
Chambers Review
Abreu Advogados offers a solid corporate team assisting both Portuguese and international clients with their operations in the aviation, banking, biomedical sciences, environmental and energy sectors on a variety of transactions. It demonstrates notable strength in lusophone jurisdictions including Angola and Mozambique, bolstering its offering in multi-jurisdictional instructions. The law firm handles mandates spanning M&A and finance as well as corporate restructurings, additionally offering support in bidding processes and market expansions into Portugal.
Work Highlights
- Abreu Advogados advised Embraer Portugal on the transfer of its factories in Évora to Aernnova Aerospace.
Strengths
Provided by Chambers
"Their knowledge and capacity to meet the client's need is very strong."
"Abreu Advogados has a very experienced and sophisticated team that is always available to handle all types of subjects."
"The lawyers look for solutions and ways to sort out differences between the parties."
"Their knowledge and capacity to meet the client's need is very strong."
"Abreu Advogados has a very experienced and sophisticated team that is always available to handle all types of subjects."
"The lawyers look for solutions and ways to sort out differences between the parties."
Notable Practitioners
Manuel Santos Vítor has extensive experience in corporate and M&A mandates involving the energy sector.
"Manuel Santos Vítor has great sensibility to client commercial and legal needs."