Pedro Ferreira Malaquias
About
Provided by Pedro Ferreira Malaquias
Practice Areas
Banking and Insurance.
Career
Pedro Ferreira Malaquias is a partner of the firm since 2004 and heads the banking and insurance department.
Before joining this firm, Pedro worked in the legal department of the Banco Português do Atlântico; in the Competition Directorate General of the European Commission, between 1986 and 1988; and headed the legal department of BCP Investimento - Banco Comercial Português de Investimento.
Pedro has over 30 years of experience advising domestic and foreign companies on all legal aspects related to retail and investment banks, advice on products such as repos, securities lending, derivative transactions, including credit derivatives, advice and assistance on negotiating insurance contracts on project finance and structured finance transactions.
Pedro is a legal consultant for the Portuguese Banking Association, and acts as their representative on the Legal Committee of the European Banking Federation. Pedro is also a member of the European Financial Markets Lawyers Group (http://www.efmlg.org/), sponsored by the European Central Bank
Professional Memberships
Lisbon Bar Association.
European Financial Markets Lawyers Group
Member of the Portuguese European Law Association
Member of the Legal Committee and Consumers’ Committee of the European Banking Federation
Member of the former Legal Certainty Group
Personal
Languages: English and French.
Chambers Review
Europe
Pedro Ferreira Malaquias left Uría Menéndez and joined Abreu Advogados in January 2023. He is capable of handling complex financing deals and is further active in advising on loan portfolio transfers.
Lisbon-based Pedro Ferreira Malaquias left Uría Menéndez and joined Abreu Advogados in January 2023. He boasts longstanding experience in the insurance market. His broad practice encompasses advice on life insurance agreements, as well as corporate and regulatory matters.
Strengths
Provided by Chambers
"Pedro Ferreira Malaquias is a great lawyer and is very client-orientated."
"Pedro Ferreira Malaquias is a great lawyer and is very client-orientated."