Filipe Santos Barata

Practice Areas

Filipe is Of Counsel of Banking and Finance and Capital Markets and Head of Insurance at Gómez-Acebo & Pombo in Portugal.

He specialises in banking and finance, with special focus on domestic/cross-border transactions, foreign and domestic financial institutions, insurance institutions and blue chip companies including debt restructuring and syndicated lending, as well as significant M&A work. Filipe also advises on general distressed lending matters and debt and claims trading.

He holds a Law degree and a post-graduation in Securities and Insurance Law from Universidade de Lisboa and a post-graduation in Business Law from Universidade Católica Portuguesa. He holds a Master in Legal Science (Banking Law – “The Covered Bonds “) from Universidade de Lisboa. He also has a Ph.D. from the University of Salamanca with distinction ‘cum laude’.

Filipe has been highlighted as a Rising Star in the past few years by IFLR1000 for his work and extensive experience in the areas of Banking and Financial Restructuring. In addition, he is also recognised by other prestigious legal directories such as Chambers and Partners and Legal500 as one of the leading professionals in the areas of Insurance and Banking and Finance.

Author and co-author in several specialised legal publications, he is a regular speaker at various forums in the field of banking and financial law.

Since 2012 Filipe is an Invited Lecturer at ISEG – Lisbon School of Economics and Management.

Professional Memberships

Member of the IBA. Member of the Association Internationale de Droit des Assurances (AIDA).

Member of the Portuguese Bar Association since 2002.

Publications

Co-author of the Portuguese chapter to the book Investment Funds, Thomson Reuters. Third edition (2016) and Private Equity (2014). Collaboration on the publication Doing Business, World Bank (since 2010).

Personal

Post-graduation in Insurance Law (2016). Master in Legal Sciences (Banking Law - "The Covered Bonds"), University of Lisbon (2009). Post-graduation in Business Law, Catholic University of Lisbon (2005). Post-graduation in Securities, University of Lisbon (2001). Law Degree, University of Lisbon (2000).

Languages: Portuguese, English, Spanish, French, Italian and German.