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Provided by Claudia Santos Cruz
Banking & Finance; Projects; Oil & Gas; Mining; Corporate M&A; Infrastructure; Ports, Shipping.
LLB University of Southampton, England, 1993; LPC College of Law Guildford, England, 1994; Post Graduate courses in Banking and Finance, Corporate, Oil & Gas; International Petroleum Transactions module of LMM, Lisbon, 2017; Previously at DLA Piper and Watson Farley & Williams in London, London, 1994-2005; IBA Oil & Gas Committee Officer, 2021.
Admitted to practice: Law Society of England and Wales (1996); Portuguese Bar Association (2005); Mozambique Bar Association (2018); International Bar Association Officer (2007-2022).
Claudia Santos Cruz advises clients on the international and cross border aspects of their investments in Portugal and Lusophone Africa. She is co-head of the Lusophone Africa practice team at Morais Leitão which is dedicated to transactions and advising international clients investing in these markets. Claudia works on a daily basis with ML Legal Circle integrated law firms in Angola, Mozambique and Cape Verde and she is herself a member of the MDR Advogados team in Mozambique. Claudia coordinates the international Oil & Gas team and Shipping practice at ML and is also a member of the international Banking & Finance department.
Provided by Chambers
Claudia Santos Cruz regularly acts for international banks and maritime companies, assisting with transactional, regulatory, tax and vessel finance-related issues.
Provided by Chambers
Claudia Santos Cruz is excellent to deal with. She is responsive and knowledgeable.
Claudia Santos Cruz delivers exceptionally on our needs and deserves our respect and recognition as a lawyer in every respect.
Claudia Santos Cruz is excellent to deal with. She is responsive and knowledgeable.
Claudia Santos Cruz delivers exceptionally on our needs and deserves our respect and recognition as a lawyer in every respect.