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Corporate/M&A: The Elite - Portugal
What the Team is Known For
Cuatrecasas is a strong practice group handling a broad spectrum of domestic and cross-border corporate matters for clients including domestic groups and multinational corporations. Its notable areas of expertise include acquisitions, shareholding deals and joint ventures. The law firm's industry expertise extends to media, banking, pharmaceuticals and renewable energy. The lawyers additionally assist clients with expansions into the Portuguese market. Cuatrecasas is well placed to assist clients with international mandates in Latin America and Mozambique.
Cuatrecasas is a strong practice group handling a broad spectrum of domestic and cross-border corporate matters for clients including domestic groups and multinational corporations. Its notable areas of expertise include acquisitions, shareholding deals and joint ventures. The law firm's industry expertise extends to media, banking, pharmaceuticals and renewable energy. The lawyers additionally assist clients with expansions into the Portuguese market. Cuatrecasas is well placed to assist clients with international mandates in Latin America and Mozambique.
Strengths
Cuatrecasas offers proximity to the client as well as availability and practicality in the approach and resolution of issues.
Cuatrecasas demonstrates speed and proactivity in dealing with matters, along with availability, credibility and rigour.
Cuatrecasas' team has great knowledge of local law particularities and recent developments and always focuses on the client’s needs.
Cuatrecasas' main strengths include its experience and commerciality. The team maintains focus on the overall commercial goal and does not get sidetracked by minor points.
In addition to the team’s extensive experience, the partners are hands-on in negotiations and management of issues. All members are very creative and knowledgeable about our business.
Cuatrecasas offers proximity to the client as well as availability and practicality in the approach and resolution of issues.
Cuatrecasas' team has great knowledge of local law particularities and recent developments and always focuses on the client’s needs.
Cuatrecasas demonstrates speed and proactivity in dealing with matters, along with availability, credibility and rigour.
In addition to the team’s extensive experience, the partners are hands-on in negotiations and management of issues. All members are very creative and knowledgeable about our business.
Cuatrecasas' main strengths include its experience and commerciality. The team maintains focus on the overall commercial goal and does not get sidetracked by minor points.
Work Highlights
Cuatrecasas assisted Onex Renewables with the sale of five wind farms in Portugal to Finerge. The transaction was valued at approximately EUR551 million.
Cuatrecasas assisted Onex Renewables with the sale of five wind farms in Portugal to Finerge. The transaction was valued at approximately EUR551 million.
Foreign Desk
This sizeable Latin American desk advises clients on a wide range of M&A, corporate and project finance transactions. The firm has an office in São Paulo and strong institutional relationships across other Latin American jurisdictions. Lisbon-based João Mattamouros Resende and Mariana Norton dos Reis are the key contacts for this outfit.
Cuatrecasas also offers clients support in M&A transactions and private equity investments involving lusophone African countries, with particular activity in Mozambique-related mandates. Lisbon-based Samantha Cyrne is a key contact for Mozambican clients.
This sizeable Latin American desk advises clients on a wide range of M&A, corporate and project finance transactions. The firm has an office in São Paulo and strong institutional relationships across other Latin American jurisdictions. Lisbon-based João Mattamouros Resende and Mariana Norton dos Reis are the key contacts for this outfit.
Cuatrecasas also offers clients support in M&A transactions and private equity investments involving lusophone African countries, with particular activity in Mozambique-related mandates. Lisbon-based Samantha Cyrne is a key contact for Mozambican clients.
Notable practitioners
Luís Miguel Cortes Martins is highly experienced in re-privatisation and bidding processes. He boosts additional expertise in complex share sales and acquisitions.
He understands how a transaction fits into the strategy of the client and he brings technical knowledge and senior advice to the table.
Luís Miguel Cortes Martins is proactive, available and assertive. He is a very good negotiator who defends the interests of the client.
Mariana Norton dos Reis is a dual-qualified lawyer in both Portugal and Spain. She is skilled at handling shares and assets acquisitions and sales, with further activity advising on joint ventures.
Mariana Norton dos Reis is an experienced lawyer who is also a strong negotiator.
Mariana Norton dos Reis is an untiring, practical and objective lawyer whose legal intuition enables her to anticipate many problems.
She is a very capable lawyer who has the ability to process and assess complex transactions and situations.
Her communication is solid and she is very good at collaborating with the opposing legal counsel.
Francisco Santos Costa is a commercial, creative, pragmatic and available lawyer.
Francisco Santos Costa is very commercially aware, with strong technical skills and fully available in each transaction.
João Mattamouros Resende is dual-qualified in Brazil and Portugal. He often assists with domestic as well as multi-jurisdictional transactions, including share acquisitions and capital investments.
João Mattamouros Resende is an experienced lawyer with strong commercial acumen, enabling clients to focus on the key issues in transactions and to get them closed.
Rafael Lucas Pires is adept at handling share deals and acquisitions. He assists both international and domestic investors.
Rafael Lucas Pires provides hands-on, balanced and quick-witted advice.
He has a strong ability to find legally appropriate solutions to problems that arise and navigates the negotiation table with great ease.
Rafael Lucas Pires is a great lawyer who is creative and reliable. He is business and solution-oriented, very accessible and with great market experience.