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Provided by CS'Associados

CS'Associados builds close relationships with its national and multinational corporate clients in Portugal, providing them with permanent support in the legal challenges that they face in their business. That support includes providing advice on organisational, corporate governance and general corporate matters, as well as in the framework of new investments and respective regulation, in particular in connection with third party association agreements, including partnerships, joint ventures or shareholders arrangements.

CS'Associados also advises on the restructuring of corporate groups in Portugal as well as national and foreign investors with interests in Portugal on their business activity across all industrial sectors, in particular in their decision-making processes, in the negotiation and formalisation of complex and strategic contractual arrangements with third parties, including suppliers, customers or other stakeholders.



Chambers Review

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Corporate/M&A - Portugal

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Band 1

What the Team is Known For

CS'Associados is a highly regarded firm with extensive experience in various multi-jurisdictional corporate mandates. The team is adept at handling acquisitions, joint ventures, restructuring transactions and corporate governance mandates. Its clients benefit from the firm's full-service offering. The law firm boasts experience in a range of sectors, including renewable energy, aviation, healthcare and real estate, also acting for clients in venture capital.

Strengths

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"CS'Associados has a strong team with complete knowledge and wide capabilities regarding the different transaction components, phases and issues."

Corporate/M&A respondent
Europe

"The team is technically strong, available, creative in finding solutions and in protecting the interests of its clients; it's a very complete team."

Corporate/M&A respondent
Europe

"The department benefits from good leadership and is specialised."

Corporate/M&A respondent
Europe

"The team provides excellent responsiveness to all needs with great quality."

Corporate/M&A respondent
Europe

"CS'Associados' team has very broad experience both in national and international contexts. They aim for practical and conciliatory solutions, based on their extensive track record."

Corporate/M&A respondent
Europe

Notable Practitioners

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Maria Castelos
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Maria Castelos
1
Band 1

Maria Castelos has an excellent standing in the market as an active adviser on share sales, corporate restructurings and venture capital mandates.

"She is a great lawyer. She is super-available, technically extremely strong and negotiates like a machine."

"She has a great capacity to create solutions to complex topics."

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Bernardo Abreu Mota
2
Bernardo Abreu Mota
2
Band 2

Bernardo Abreu Mota regularly acts for private equity clients on a variety of M&A transactions.

"He has a very clear point of view and he gives us peace of mind as a client."

"He is a strong negotiator with a broad command of corporate issues."

"Bernardo clearly understands the client's needs and is able to deliver great solutions in a timely manner."

"Bernardo Abreu Mota is very focused on delivering added value to the client, and has broad and extensive knowledge of all subjects related to his areas of expertise."

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Martim Morgado
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Martim Morgado
3
Band 3

Martim Morgado rises in the rankings backed by strong market support and performance in key deals. He is skilled at handling both cross-border and domestic M&A deals. He assists with asset deals and share acquisitions.

"Martim Morgado is a very mature professional, capable of anticipating and driving the negotiation flows. He is strategically oriented."

"He is very experienced, M&A-savvy and able to fix and solve problems, which is very much appreciated."

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Ranked Lawyers at
CS'Associados

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Corporate/M&A
Maria Castelos
1
Maria Castelos
1
Band 1
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Bernardo Abreu Mota
2
Bernardo Abreu Mota
2
Band 2
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Martim Morgado
3
Martim Morgado
3
Band 3
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Members

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David Oliveira Festas

Joana Geada Santos

João Gonçalo Galvão

João Ventura

Margarida Pais de Sousa

Mariana Terra da Motta

Mariana Silva Pereira

Márcio Carreira Nobre

Tiago Neto