SRS Legal

Managing Partner: César Sá Esteves and Octávio Castelo Paulo

Senior Partner: Pedro Rebelo de Sousa

Number of partners: 33

Number of assistants: 120

Languages:English, French, German, Italian, Mandarin, Portuguese, Spanish

Firm Overview:

For over 30 years, SRS has provided full-service advice to national and international clients in all business areas. The firm has more than a hundred lawyers from various practice areas to respond to the needs of clients quickly, empathetically and innovatively. Through the creation of SRS Global (Angola, Brazil, Macau, Malta, Mozambique, Portugal and Singapore), as well as the creation of a strong network of international relationships with third parties, the firm aims to extend its experience, expertise and services globally so as to ensure that it can respond efficiently to complex issues with global implications.

Main Areas of Practice:

Administrative Law and Public Procurement: The firm advises clients in various sectors and geographies, on all aspects of Public Law, Administrative Litigation and Administrative Arbitration.

Contacts: José Luís Moreira da Silva, Alexandre Roque

Banking and Finance: SRS works with prestigious financial institutions on a wide range of transactions and financial regulatory matters, strategically, efficiently and with added value.

Contacts: Alexandra Valente, Pedro Rebelo de Sousa, William Smithson, João Santos Carvalho

Compliance: The Compliance team operates in a transdisciplinary manner, in collaboration with specialists from various practice areas, with the aim of providing the best result for the client, always in close alignment with their needs.

Contacts: Lis D'Alessi Cisz

Corporate, Commercial and M&A: With a high level of experience and specialisation, the team advises national and international companies and corporate groups, as well as investment funds and other collective investment bodies, from a wide range of activity sectors, including regulated ones, in all aspects of corporate law and mergers and acquisitions (of shares and assets), including public acquisition and sale offers, delisting operations, setting up joint ventures, due diligences, restructuring and dissolution and liquidation of companies, advice on Compliance, Corporate Governance, ESG, among other issues.

Contacts: Octávio Castelo Paulo, Nuno Miguel Prata, Gustavo Ordonhas Oliveira, Paulo Bandeira, Maria Paula Milheirão, Raquel Cuba Martins

Data Protection & Cybersecurity: With extensive experience at national and EU level, SRS acts to ensure effective legal protection, with compliance solutions, strategic policies and pragmatic analysis to ensure management can focus on their businesses.

Contacts: Luís Neto Galvão

Dispute Resolution: The Dispute Resolution department is prepared to provide assistance with court and/or arbitration matters, protecting clients from risks and guaranteeing the stability of their business.

Contacts: José Jácome, José Carlos Soares Machado, Carla Neves Matias, Maria José de Tavares, Natália Garcia Alves, Regina Santos Pereira, Tiago Coder Meira

Employment & Social Security: The firm is an exclusive, dedicated, and cohesive team, committed to close partnerships with its clients.

Contacts: César Sá Esteves, Mariana Caldeira de Sarávia, Ana Luísa Beirão, Cláudia Varela, Maria de Lancastre Valente

ESG: With a multidisciplinary team of experienced lawyers and market experts that provide tailor-made advice as to compliance and reporting requirements, ESG strategies, policies and targets, sustainable financing and environmental matters.

Contacts: Carlos Costa Pina, Maria Paula Milheirão, Alexandre Roque, Carla Neves Matias, João Santos Carvalho, Joana Brisson Lopes

European Union & Competition: With a multidisciplinary approach, the firm helps its clients face the multiple legal challenges in this area of law, providing them with close and specialised support, regardless of the complexity or size of the issues and projects.

Contacts: Gonçalo Anastácio, Sara Estima Martins, Nuno Calaim Lourenço

Immigration, Golden Visa and Citizenship: At SRS, the firm advises and assists foreign citizens with researching and obtaining documents and preparing applications for Portuguese Nationality.

Contacts: Raquel Cuba Martins

Insurance and Pensions: The firm provides legal advice on all aspects of insurance law covering conditions of access to and the exercise of insurance activity, the insurance contract legal regime, pension funds or the insurance mediation legal regime and contract mediation.

Contacts: Maria José Tavares, Maria Ana Cunha

Intellectual Property: Attentive to a constantly changing technology and to new emerging ideas, the firm accompanies national and international companies in the areas of Industrial Property, Copyright and Related Rights.

Contacts: Marisa Coimbra

Life Sciences & Healthcare: The team has recognised experience in advising various companies in the pharmaceutical and biotechnology industry at all stages of the human pharmaceutical circuit.

Contacts: Ana Menéres

Private Equity and Venture Capital: The firm's Private Equity & Venture Capital team has extensive experience in private equity and venture capital transactions, advising a diverse number of national and international clients in this sector including private equity and venture capital funds and management companies, corporate ventures, promoters, management teams, financial institutions and shareholders.

Contacts: Gustavo Ordonhas Oliveira, Paulo Bandeira

Real Estate: With solid and comprehensive experience, the firm has all the conditions necessary to advise on any type of real estate operation, regardless of its dimension, complexity or geographical location.

Contacts: Neuza Pereira de Campos, William Smithson, Regina Santos Pereira

Startups: The SRS Startups area is composed of a multidisciplinary team of lawyers focused on and specialised in the relevant areas of law within the scope of legal advice to the main stakeholders in the innovation and entrepreneurship sector, namely startups, business incubators and accelerators and investors.

Contacts: Paulo Bandeira, Gustavo Ordonhas Oliveira

Tax: The Tax team works with different sectors, which gives it a unique view of the business and allows it to act on the current challenges in the area, regardless of their degree of complexity, covering national and international tax issues in the areas of consultancy and litigation.

Contacts: Mafalda Alves

Technology, Media and Telecommunications: In a sector that is constantly changing, the team has in-depth knowledge and vast experience, namely in the regulation of networks and electronic communications, including innovative voice and data offerings and new communication management models, as well as technology outsourcing and cloud, television and media offerings, including online and e-commerce. The firm advises on the main projects in the sector in Portugal and works with several national and international clients.

Contacts: Octávio Castelo Paulo, Luís Neto Galvão, Paulo Bandeira, Maria Paula Milheirão

Transport and Maritime: The practice covers the port, rail, road, airport and maritime transport sectors, extending also to the logistics sector.

Contacts: José Luís Moreira da Silva, Alexandre Roque