Cátia Henriques Fernandes
About
Provided by Cátia Henriques Fernandes
Practice Areas
Shipping; Ship Finance
Career
Cátia Fernandes is the founder of CF - Maritime Legal Services, an office based in Madeira focused in shipping and maritime law.
Cátia has close to two decades of experience in shipping and ship finance, with a vast background in providing services to international companies in the maritime sector.
Cátia acts as legal advisor in cross border transactions on behalf of international shipowners, banks and leasing entities. Particularly, Cátia provides legal assistance in matters related to ship registration and maritime guarantees, with particular emphasis on ship mortgages. Cátia actively intervenes in complex credit facilities and financing structures secured by mortgages registered in Madeira.
Other expertise includes the incorporation and management of shipping companies licensed to operate within the Madeira IBC.
Cátia also assists clients in other shipping related matters including regulatory, crewing, labour, tax and social security matters.
Professional Memberships
Portuguese Bar Association. European Maritime Law Organization. Iberoamerican Institute of Maritime Law.
Publications
Author of several articles on maritime related matters.
Awards
“Best in Shipping and Maritime”
Women in Business Law Europe Awards
2020
Education
University of Lisbon School of Law
Law Degree
2000
University of Lisbon School of Law
Postgraduate Studies in Tax Law
2002
University of Southampton
Maritime Law Course
2011
University of Lisbon of School of Law
Postgraduate Studies in Administrative Maritime Law
2013
University of Lisbon of School of Law
Postgraduate Studies in Maritime and Port Law
2016
Chambers Review
Europe
Madeira-based Cátia Henriques Fernandes of CF – Maritime Legal Services maintains a good standing in the market.She is the face of her boutique and offers a wealth of experience in shipping mandates, including vessel reflagging issues, registration topics and finance mandates.
Contributions
1 Contribution provided by CF – Maritime Legal Services
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Portugal is consistently growing as a reliable and modern flag state. The number of vessels flying...
Strengths
Provided by Chambers
"Cátia Henriques Fernandes does an incredible work and is very practical, which is very important."
"She responds in a straightforward manner and is very clear."
"Cátia Henriques Fernandes does an incredible work and is very practical, which is very important."
"She responds in a straightforward manner and is very clear."
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Key Sectors
Provided by CF – Maritime Legal Services
Maritime / Shipping