LAWYER PROFILE

Catarina Tavares Loureiro

Europe 2026

Uría Menéndez

Ranked in 2 practice areas

Corporate/M&A: The Elite

Portugal

2 years ranked

Private Equity

Portugal

7 years ranked

About

Provided by Uría Menéndez

Europe

Practice Areas

Mergers and Acquisitions, Private Equity, Banking and Finance .

Career

Catarina Tavares Loureiro joined the Lisbon office of Uría Menéndez in 2006 and became a partner in 2018. In 2010, Catarina worked in the firm’s Madrid office.

She was seconded to the New York office of Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP as a foreign associate from September 2012 until March 2013.

Catarina focuses her practice on corporate law. She is particularly experienced in advising:

- on mergers and acquisitions of both private and listed companies, in a variety of financial, industrial and service sectors in Portugal;

- on corporate governance, joint ventures, shareholder disputes and shareholding restructurings;

- private equity funds (regulatory aspects, as well as their investments and divestments); and

- financing transactions.

Professional Memberships

Lisbon Bar Association.

Personal

Languages: English and Spanish.

Chambers Review

Provided by Chambers

Chambers European Guide

Corporate/M&A: The Elite - Portugal

Band 2

Individual Editorial

Catarina Tavares Loureiro is an expert at handling various corporate deals. She regularly assists clients with share acquisitions, with proven experience in demergers of prominent groups.

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Private Equity - Portugal

Band 4

Individual Editorial

Catarina Tavares Loureiro is an experienced M&A lawyer handling high value technology and energy sector transactions with a key private equity component.

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Strengths

Provided by Chambers

Catarina Tavares Loureiro is very hard-working, responsive and very clear in her communication with clients.
Corporate/M&A: The EliteChambers European Guide
Catarina is a strong lawyer who leads the team well and is pragmatic in dealing with the other party's legal team.
Corporate/M&A: The EliteChambers European Guide
She is easy to work with.
Private EquityChambers European Guide
Catarina Taveres Loureiro is an effective operator and good at connecting the dots. She was across the detail across all workstreams of our complex transaction.
Private EquityChambers European Guide