José Costa Pinto

Practice Areas

Specializes in commercial and corporate law issues and has extensive experience in corporate restructuring, cross-border and domestic M&A and private equity transactions. Also advises foreign clients with the establishment of branches and on inbound investment in Portugal, as well as assists domestic entities with local deals.

Career

Before founding Costa Pinto in 2013, José Costa Pinto worked for Uría Menéndez – Proença de Carvalho and Simmons & Simmons. He was also President of the National Association of Portuguese Young Lawyers (ANJAP) between 2014 and 2018.

Professional Memberships

Member of the: Portuguese Bar Association and the AIJA - International Association of Young Lawyers.

Member of the Board of the Portuguese Compliance and Regulatory Observatory and the Corporate Governance Portuguese Institute.

Publications

José Costa Pinto is the author and co-author of several technical articles and speaker at conferences and public events.

Personal

José was the exclusive winner of the 2025, 2024 and 2022 'Client Choice M&A award for Portugal'. Recognised in the Iberian Lawyer ‘Forty under 40 2020 Awards' as the best lawyer in private equity in Iberia under 40 years.