Nelson Raposo Bernardo

Practice Areas

Corporate and M&A; Banking & finance; Capital markets; Project finance; Private equity; Energy; Corporate restructuring and Corporate finance; Arbitration.

Career

Nelson Raposo Bernardo is the managing partner and head of the firm’s banking and projects practices and co-heads corporate practice. Nelson has more than 30 years of experience.

Nelson holds a degree in Law from the Law School of the University of Lisbon and a Masters in Corporate Law from the same school. Assistant Professor of Corporate and Commercial Law at Law School of the University of Lisbon for almost 20 years.

He is also strongly experienced and reputed in legislating, having led several legislative reform committees, in several countries.

Some of his recent transactions include advising: an international bank consortium on an aircraft portfolio financing; a Portuguese bank in relation to asset and portfolio structuring for securitization purposes in the automotive industry; a Japanese bank concerning international credit operations; an international banking syndicate of 15 banks for the refinancing of a major European construction group; a major payment solution company in the acquisition of an European technological company; several major electric companies on power wind farm projects.

Professional Memberships

Admitted to the Portuguese Bar Association.

Publications

Co-author of the Portuguese Securities Code.