Restructuring/Insolvency
Europe Guide 2024 : Portugal
Band 3
Email address
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+351 21 095 8100About
Provided by CMS
CMS Portugal has extensive experience in both domestic and international cross-border insolvency and restructuring cases. The team provides support to a growing number of companies looking to optimize their financial situation. They act on behalf of the full range of stakeholders in restructuring and insolvency, including banks, distressed debt investors, private equity firms and businesses in financial difficulty.
Our activity includes legal advice on:
- Extrajudicial restructuring and renegotiations of debts or within the scope of a special conciliation procedure by IAPMEI
- Legal assistance in insolvency judicial proceedings, including the assistance in the draft of recovery plans and resource to protective orders in insolvency
- Legal representation of multi-creditors
- Participation and attendance in creditors’ committees
- Acquisition and management of distressed assets and non-performing loans
- Advice in cross-border insolvencies, notably in regard to the resolution of businesses by the insolvency administrator
For a comprehensive list of the services we provide, both internationally and in the Portugal, please visit CMS website
Chambers Review
CMS is a well-regarded insolvency practice advising on restructuring plans, the acquisition of loan portfolios and asset recovery proceedings. The team boasts particular experience acting for creditors, as well as representing insolvent estates, including in litigation proceedings. The law firm is equipped to advise clients on cross-border issues, drawing on its international presence.
Nuno Pena is a key client contact for this practice.
Work Highlights
- CMS advised ANA - Aeroportos de Portugal on the restructuring of Groundforce.
Members
Provided by CMS
Diogo Castanheira Pereira
Nuno Pena
Industries
Provided by CMS
Financial Services
Private Equity