Ranking tables
Global Portugal Corporate/M&A
Rankings overview for Departments
Band 1
Band 2
Garrigues 26 Years Ranked- Cuatrecasas
Band 3
Abreu Advogados 30 Years Ranked
Gómez-Acebo & Pombo 13 Years Ranked- CMS
- DLA Piper ABBC
- SRS Legal
Band 4
- Azeredo Perdigão & Associados, Sociedade de Advogados RL
- Eversheds Sutherland FCB
- PLEN Sociedade de Advogados RL
- PRA - Raposo, Sá Miranda & Associados
- Sérvulo & Associados
- TELLES
Senior Statespeople
Eminent Practitioners
- Luís Miguel Cortes Martins
Band 2
Band 3
- António Soares Linklaters22 Years Ranked
- Antonio Villacampa Serrano Uría Menéndez - Proença de Carvalho12 Years Ranked
- Catarina Tavares Loureiro Uría Menéndez - Proença de Carvalho4 Years Ranked
- Duarte Schmidt Lino PLMJ5 Years Ranked
Eduardo Paulino Morais Leitão, Galvão Teles, Soares da Silva & Associados10 Years Ranked- Francisco Brito e Abreu Uría Menéndez - Proença de Carvalho19 Years Ranked
- Francisco Sá Carneiro VdA21 Years Ranked
- Mafalda Barreto Gómez-Acebo & Pombo7 Years Ranked
- Manuel Santos Vítor Abreu Advogados11 Years Ranked
- Tomás Pessanha Garrigues6 Years Ranked
Tomás Vaz Pinto Morais Leitão, Galvão Teles, Soares da Silva & Associados18 Years Ranked- Francisco Santos Costa
- Mariana Norton dos Reis
- Nuno Azevedo Neves
- Rafael Lucas Pires
Band 4
Catarina Brito Ferreira Morais Leitão, Galvão Teles, Soares da Silva & Associados6 Years Ranked- Diogo Plantier Santos Linklaters7 Years Ranked
Martim Morgado CS'Associados10 Years Ranked
Vítor Pereira das Neves Morais Leitão, Galvão Teles, Soares da Silva & Associados13 Years Ranked- Francisco Xavier de Almeida
- Gustavo Ordonhas Oliveira
- João Mattamouros Resende
- Nuno Moura Roldão
Band 5
Joana Andrade Correia Raposo Bernardo & Associados13 Years Ranked- Ofélia Pinto de Queiroz TELLES3 Years Ranked
- Paulo Trindade Costa VdA12 Years Ranked
Segismundo Pinto Basto Morais Leitão, Galvão Teles, Soares da Silva & Associados19 Years Ranked- Susana Pimenta de Sousa Garrigues5 Years Ranked
- André Luiz Gomes
- Clemente V Galvão
- Domingos Cruz
- João Caldeira
- José Costa Pinto
- Nuno de Deus Pinheiro
- Pedro Guimarães
- Pedro Raposo
- Pedro Sá
- Ricardo Rodrigues Lopes
- Rodrigo Nogueira
Up and Coming
- Alexandra Martins
- Leila Grácio
All Departments profiles
Band 1
1 CS'AssociadosCorporate/M&A2023 | Band 1 | 14 Years RankedCS'Associados is a highly regarded firm with extensive experience in various multi-jurisdictional corporate mandates. The team is adept at handling acquisitions, joint ventures, restructuring transactions and corporate governance mandates. Its clients benefit from the firm's full-service offering. The law firm boasts experience in a range of sectors, including renewable energy, aviation and healthcare, also acting for clients in venture capital.
1 LinklatersCorporate/M&A2023 | Band 1 | 20 Years RankedLinklaters boasts a top-ranked department with a strong bench of experienced team members handling the full spectrum of high-value and complex corporate mandates. The law firm's wide-ranging expertise includes acquisitions and share sales, across various industry sectors, including energy, banking and education. It also demonstrates capabilities in supporting clients in the insurance and real estate sectors, further assisting with corporate restructurings and joint ventures. The team has recommended capabilities in cross-border mandates.
1 Morais Leitão, Galvão Teles, Soares da Silva & AssociadosCorporate/M&A2023 | Band 1 | 33 Years RankedMorais Leitão has a first-rate team of corporate specialists advising on an array of mandates including high-value M&A transactions. The law firm is adept at handling multi-jurisdictional mandates, offering notable expertise in other lusophone jurisdictions thanks to international alliances. It is able to draw on experts in tax and employment to provide comprehensive assistance to clients. The team offers experience in deals across a wide range of industries, including real estate, technology, banking and energy.
1 PLMJCorporate/M&A2023 | Band 1 | 30 Years RankedPLMJ offers outstanding assistance with diverse and complex M&A transactions. This practice benefits from an extensive list of prominent clients from a variety of industries including construction, energy and financial institutions and multinational companies operating within the retail, energy and real estate sectors, including listed entities and household names. The team advises on bidding processes, cross-border acquisitions, additionally handling joint venture agreements. The law firm boasts extensive experience in multi-jurisdictional transactions and its presence is bolstered by numerous foreign desks including Mozambique, Angola and France.
1 Uría Menéndez - Proença de CarvalhoCorporate/M&A2023 | Band 1 | 21 Years RankedUría Menéndez is a top practice group assisting with transactions across a range of key sectors such as energy, real estate, infrastructure, telecommunications, further advising prominent international investors. It combines cross-practice expertise to provide comprehensive advice on a variety of corporate matters including M&A and joint ventures, offering additional support on corporate restructuring matters. The law firm remains a strong choice for multi-jurisdictional deals owing to its wide network of offices and alliances throughout Europe and Latin America.
1 VdACorporate/M&A2023 | Band 1 | 20 Years RankedVdA is a well-reputed outfit tackling complex and high-profile M&A transactions, as well as corporate governance and restructuring operations in the energy, telecommunications and manufacturing industries. The team leverages expertise in tax, capital markets and labour to offer comprehensive assistance to clients. Its clients often include financial groups, multinational entities and asset management companies. The law firm also boasts extensive international capabilities, particularly in Angola and Cabo Verde.
Band 2
2 GarriguesCorporate/M&A2023 | Band 2 | 26 Years RankedGarrigues has a well-reputed team that handles an array of corporate matters for clients with activity in the pharmaceutical, manufacturing, construction and financial services spaces, with additional activity in transactional work in the logistics sector. The law firm is adept at handling complex acquisitions, as well as corporate restructurings and private equity deals. It benefits from a strong international network, with offices in Europe, Latin America, China and North Africa.
Band 3
3 Abreu AdvogadosCorporate/M&A2023 | Band 3 | 30 Years RankedAbreu Advogados offers a solid corporate team assisting both Portuguese and international clients with their operations in the aviation, banking, biomedical sciences, environmental and energy sectors on a variety of transactions. It demonstrates notable strength in lusophone jurisdictions including Angola and Mozambique, bolstering its offering in multi-jurisdictional instructions. The law firm handles mandates spanning M&A and finance as well as corporate restructurings, additionally offering support in bidding processes and market expansions into Portugal.3 Gómez-Acebo & PomboCorporate/M&A2023 | Band 3 | 13 Years RankedGómez-Acebo & Pombo is a compact, highly qualified team assisting international clients with investments in Portugal. The law firm handles a variety of transactional work and commercial agreements. The team acts for clients from a number of sectors including financial services and manufacturing, also advising on transactions in the sport industry.