Rita Rendeiro

Practice Areas

Banking and finance, compliance and sustainability.

Rita has advised banks, asset managers, private investors and financial intermediaries in connection with financial transactions as well as conduct, regulatory and compliance issues.

Career

Partner at CCSL Advogados since november 2023. She leads the firm’s Finance, Compliance and Sustainability practice, drawing upon her experience advising clients in connection with banking and finance matters, capital markets transactions and financial intermediation and asset management issues.

Consultant at Dentons since april 2023.

Board member & Head of Legal, Compliance, Tax and AFC at ABANCA (2019-2021).

Head of Legal at Deutsche Bank (2015-2019).

Legal Advisor at CMVM (2014-2015).

Lawyer at Clifford Chance LLP (2011-2013).

Lawyer at VdA Vieira de Almeida (2006-2013).

Professional Memberships

Portuguese Bar Association.

Co-founder & President of the Board of Direito Mental.

Co-founder of Women in ESG Portugal.

Personal

Rita holds a law degree from Universidade Nova de Lisboa (2006), has an LLM in International Business Law by Católica University Global School of Law and she is a Certified ESG Analyst (CESGA®) by EFFAS – European Federation of Financial Analysts Societies.

She has completed an executive programme in Sustainable Finance at the Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership (Cambridge University).