About

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Nationally based financial institutions, companies and multi-national organisations rely on our corporate finance team for advice on all aspects of corporate and capital markets matters, including mergers and acquisitions, equity and debt capital markets transactions, derivatives and structured products for their key transactions in Portugal.

The work completed over the last year remains fairly high-profile and complex particularly when compared to the majority of the deals done throughout the year in the Portuguese M&A market. We continue to win work as clients value not only our legal expertise but also our sector knowledge, commercial awareness and judgement.

The corporate practice has worked extremely closely with in-house client teams forming an integral part of the negotiating team, in particular in the negotiation of commercial contracts (eg distribution contracts) in close connection with the competition and intellectual property team, now finding solutions to issues that have not arisen before.

We act for an enormous range of clients on public and private M&A, including large multi-nationals, leading Portuguese companies and financial institutions. We serve as principal counsel to a number of leading international entities, and have developed an extensive clientele among top companies. Our recent caseload has included many of the country’s largest M&A deals.

Chambers Review

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Corporate/M&A: The Elite - Portugal

2
Band 2

What the Team is Known For

Linklaters boasts a strong bench of experienced team members handling the full spectrum of high-value and complex corporate mandates. The law firm's wide-ranging expertise includes acquisitions and share sales, across various industry sectors, including energy and banking. It also demonstrates capabilities in supporting clients in the insurance and real estate sectors, further assisting with corporate restructurings and joint ventures. The team has recommended capabilities in cross-border mandates.

Work Highlights

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  • Linklaters assisted Hyperion with an equity raise worth EUR140 million.

Strengths

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Notable Practitioners

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2
Marcos de Sousa Monteiro
2
Band 2
Marcos de Sousa Monteiro is well versed in a variety of corporate matters involving the insurance, banking and transportation sectors. He assists with acquisitions, mergers and divestments.
3
Diogo Plantier Santos
3
Band 3

Diogo Plantier Santos frequently assists clients with sales, acquisitions and cross-border share deals. He further advises on joint ventures.

Diogo Plantier Santos is a very flexible, committed and knowledgeable lawyer who is a pleasure to work with.

Diogo Plantier Santos is an excellent lawyer who is very practical in his approach to problems.

4
António Soares
4
Band 4
António Soares is an experienced corporate and M&A adviser. He has experience acting for clients in the energy sector.
U
Mariana Serra Baptista
U
Up and Coming
Mariana Serra Baptista is seen as a key team member and offers experience in share and asset acquisitions, corporate reorganisations and commercial agreements.

Mariana Serra Baptista has strong knowledge as well as organisational and leadership skills.

Mariana Serra Baptista has a strong ability to lead different workstreams of the deal.

Ranked Lawyers at
Linklaters

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Portugal

Corporate/M&A: The Elite

2
Marcos de Sousa Monteiro
2
Band 2
3
Diogo Plantier Santos
3
Band 3
4
António Soares
4
Band 4
U
Mariana Serra Baptista
U
Up and Coming

Members

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Diogo Barros Pereira

João Bento

Mariana Serra Baptista

Miguel Paiva Antunes

Vera Ferreira de Lima