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Capital Markets

About

Provided by Uría Menéndez

Uría Menéndez-Proença de Carvalho has extensive experience in Portuguese and Spanish capital markets, and our team of lawyers is capable of undertaking complex transactions with a practical, market-oriented approach. We provide national and international issuers, offerors, global coordinators, underwriters and placement banks with the best possible guidance. In recent years, we have been involved in many of the most significant transactions in the Portuguese market.

According to the most highly regarded legal directories, we are a leading firm in the Portuguese capital markets sector. We are very proud to be the leading Iberian firm in this sector.

Equity

  • Issues, public share offers and public offers for subscription
  • Flotations
  • Takeovers
  • Complex corporate transactions involving listed companies
  • Accelerated and block trades
  • Share buy-backs
  • Employee stock options

Debt

  • Simple, convertible and exchangeable bond issues
  • Promissory notes
  • Warrants and structured bonds
  • Hybrid products (cuotas participativas, preferential shares and subordinated financial contributions issued by cooperatives)
  • Corporate governance of listed companies
  • Codes of conduct and transparency, and reporting obligations

Chambers Review

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Capital Markets - Portugal

3
Band 3

What the Team is Known For

Uría Menéndez has a strong corporate practice that often assists with transactional and regulatory issues arising in relation to high-value public M&A deals. The firm has experience on the underwriter side of high-profile capital increases, including those carried out by Portuguese energy companies, in which shares are placed with qualified investors through an accelerated bookbuild.

Work Highlights

Provided by Uría Menéndez

  • Uría Menéndez advised Citigroup and other clients on the capital increase of EDP through the issue of new shares.

Strengths

Provided by Chambers

The team is very efficient, fast and available.

Capital Markets respondent
Europe

Uría Menéndez's technicality and ability to respond and defend the interests of their clients make the firm stand out.

Capital Markets respondent
Europe

Notable Practitioners

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Carlos Costa Andrade
2
Carlos Costa Andrade
Head of Capital Markets
2
Band 2
Carlos Costa Andrade has expertise in handling capital increases and public tender offers. He regularly represents international companies and banks in a variety of capital markets mandates.

He has a lot of experience and knows the market very well. He is an excellent negotiator and is very technically good.

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Miguel Stokes
U
Miguel Stokes
U
Up and Coming

Miguel Stokes is a known member of the team who is capable of assisting clients with share capital increase and issuance of bonds as well as with regulatory mandates and alternative investment funds issues.

Miguel Stokes has a good technical ability and cares about the clients.

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Ranked Lawyers at
Uría Menéndez

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Capital Markets
Carlos Costa Andrade
2
Carlos Costa Andrade
Head of Capital Markets
2
Band 2
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Miguel Stokes
U
Miguel Stokes
U
Up and Coming
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Members

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Carlos Costa Andrade

Carlos Costa Andrade

Head of Department

Miguel Stokes