LAWYER PROFILE

Bernardo Abreu Mota

Europe 2026

CS'Associados

Ranked in 2 practice areas

Corporate/M&A: The Elite

Portugal

2 years ranked

Private Equity

Portugal

18 years ranked

Contributions and articles

1 Global Practice Guides

About

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Practice Areas

Bernardo Abreu Mota is a Partner in the Corporate, Merger and Acquisitions, Private Equity and Restructuring and Insolvency practices. He has extensive experience in acquisitions in a number of different sectors, including financial, health and pharmaceutical, industry, retail, tourism and real estate, and in joint ventures and other arrangements between shareholders or other company stakeholders. He also focuses on corporate reorganizations, advising clients on key legal and strategic business and corporate governance matters.

Career

Law Degree, Lisbon Law School, Catholic University, 1997. Trainee and Associate at Ferreira Pinto & Associados, 1997-2002. Member of the Portuguese Bar Association, 1999. Associate at Vasconcelos, F. Sá Carneiro, Fontes & Associados, 2002-04. Senior Associate at Uría Menéndez, 2004. Managing Associate at Uría Menéndez, 2005-08. Partner at Uría Menéndez, 2009. Partner at CS'Associados, 2009.

Professional Memberships

Portuguese Bar Association

International Bar Association

Personal

Languages – English

Chambers Review

Provided by Chambers

Chambers European Guide

Corporate/M&A: The Elite - Portugal

Band 2

Individual Editorial

Bernardo Abreu Mota regularly acts for private equity and corporate clients on a variety of M&A transactions, including company sales and acquisitions.

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Private Equity - Portugal

Band 3

Individual Editorial

Bernardo Abreu Mota leads many of the firm's private equity fund structuring mandates. He also assists international asset managers with new minority investments and with acquisitions.

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