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Nuno Líbano Monteiro

Nuno Líbano Monteiro

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Practice Areas

Dispute Resolution; Insolvency and Restructuring

Career

Nuno Líbano Monteiro is senior partner in the Dispute Resolution practice. He has 30 years’ experience and has worked on many highly complex and economically important commercial and financial cases. Nuno also has extensive experience in the areas of professional liability of directors and service providers. In his work as a restructuring and insolvency lawyer, he has represented the main parties in the largest cross-border insolvency cases.

As the representative of the Portuguese Bar Association, Nuno was involved in the drafting of the Insolvency and Corporate Recovery Code. Throughout his career, he has also played an active role in matters relating to the courts.

Nuno is member the International Bar Association, Insol Europe, and the board of the Circle of Litigation Lawyers.

He is the author of numerous legal articles and has participated as a speaker and lecturer in seminars and postgraduate courses on civil procedural law and on restructuring and insolvency.

Professional Memberships

IBA; Insol Europe; General Council of the Portuguese Bar Association; Concórdia – Centre for Conciliation and Arbitration of Conflicts; CAC – Circle of Litigation Lawyers

Personal

Portuguese, English and French

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Chambers Global Guide

Dispute Resolution - Portugal

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Individual Editorial

Nuno Líbano Monteiro commands an outstanding reputation in the litigation sector in Portugal. He is experienced in advising clients on significant environmental class action proceedings related to CO2 emissions, with further experience in debt recovery litigation.

Strengths

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  • Nuno Líbano Monteiro offers an extensive legal background. He has great prestige and credibility and he is also very pragmatic.

    Dispute ResolutionChambers Global Guide
  • Nuno Líbano Monteiro has unsurpassed competence and an unrivalled desire to serve his clients.

    Dispute ResolutionChambers Global Guide

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