Francisco Patrício

Litigation and Arbitration; Real Estate; Restructuring and Insolvency; Criminal, Sanctions and Compliance;

Francisco Patrício is a partner at Abreu Advogados since 2011. He works primarily in real estate and corporate law, insolvency, restructuring and litigation. As regards his experience in corporate and real estate law, he has focused primarily on investment in Portuguese real estate on behalf of foreign clients. He provides advisory services ranging from the selection of assets (with the relevant signatures of letters of intent, NDAs, promissory agreements and other undertakings), their acquisition by various means, including the investment funds in companies based either in Portugal or abroad, the drafting of all types of guarantees (where financing is involved), shareholders' agreements, investment agreements and the creation of various capital holding structures.

He has extensive experience in restructuring and insolvency. He provides advice on an ongoing basis to a wide range of national and international clients – including some of the largest groups in the Portuguese economy who have sought advice in pre-insolvency phases (SIREVEs, PERs or PEAPs) or during insolvency itself. He also has experience in the acquisition and sales of NPL portfolios as well as in negotiating with creditors during the restructuring process.