International Corporate Finance

INTERNATIONAL CORPORATE FINANCE RANKINGS

PORTUGAL BEST LAW FIRMS

M&A

The firms are listed alphabetically within each band

FIRMS LEADING PARTNERS

LEADING

Cuatrecasas, Gonçalves Pereira José Diogo Horta Osório

Linklaters António Soares, Marcos Sousa Monteiro

Morais Leitão, Galvão Teles, Soares da Silva & Associados João Soares da Silva, Nuno Galvão Teles, Carlos Osório de Castro

PLMJ - A.M. Pereira, S. Leal, O. Martins, Júdice & Associados Luís Sáragga Leal

Uría Menéndez - Proença de Carvalho Francisco Brito e Abreu, Antonio Villacampa Serrano

Vieira de Almeida & Associados Jorge Bleck, João Vieira de Almeida

EXCELLENT

Campos Ferreira, Sá Carneiro & Associados Fernando Campos Ferreira, Francisco Sá Carneiro

CMS Rui Pena & Arnaut Francisco Xavier de Almeida

Garrigues Diogo Leónidas Rocha

HIGHLY RECOMMENDED

AAA Advogados Dulce Franco, Gabriela Rodrigues Martins

ABBC - Azevedo Neves, Benjamim Mendes, Carvalho & Associados Nuno Azevedo Neves, Bruno Azevedo Rodrigues

Abreu Advogados Pedro Pais de Almeida

FCB&A - F Castelo Branco & Associados Gonçalo da Cunha, Rodrigo Almeida Dias

Sérvulo & Associados Rui Cardona Ferreira, Sofia Carreiro

SRS Advogados Octávio Castelo Paulo

RECOMMENDED

Albuquerque & Associados António de Mendonça Raimundo

Alves Pereira & Teixeira De Sousa José Alves Pereira, Miguel Teixeira de Sousa

Caiado Guerreiro & Associados João Caiado Guerreiro, Ricardo Costa Macedo

Cardigos e Associados Pedro Cardigos

Carlos Aguiar, Ferreira de Lima & Associados Tiago Ferreira de Lima

Gómez-Acebo & Pombo Mafalda Barreto

Macedo Vitorino & Associados João de Macedo Vitorino, Susana Vieira

PBBR - Pedro Pinto, Bessa Monteiro, Reis, Branco, Alexandre Jardim & Associados Carla Martins Branco, Alexandre Jardim, Pedro Pinto

Raposo Bernardo & Associados Nelson Raposo Bernardo

Serra Lopes, Cortes Martins & Associados Luís Miguel Cortes Martins, Rafael Lucas Pires, Martim Anahory

VALUABLE EXPERTISE

MGRA - Mouteira Guerreiro Rosa Amaral & Associados Helga Lopes Ribeiro

Raposo, Sá Miranda & Associados Pedro Raposo

Antonio Villacampa

Serrano

L eaders:

Francisco Brito e Abreu and

Antonio Villacampa Serrano

E stablished:

2010 (Portugal office)

Track record: The team recently advised real

estate company Nicolau Sousa Lima on the

acquisition of 80% of its shares by bidder

Banco Espírito Santo de Investimento, a Por-

tuguese financial service provider. The ope-

ration, which totalled €112 million, expanded

NSL customer base and shareholders value.

Team & differentiation: Uría’s Portuguese

office has successfully established itself in

the market. Its team members are known

for their ability to manage legal information,

such as case law and reports on legislation,

to obtain the best results through innovative

services. Their European network provides

constant exposure to foreign law, increasing

their international experience.

URÍA MENÉNDEZ - PROENÇA DE CARVALHO: INFORMATION

MANAGEMENT AT THE SERVICE OF THE LEGAL PRACTICE

Jorge Bleck

L eaders:

Pedro Cassiano Santos,

Jorge Bleck

E stablished:

1976

Track record: The firm is known for guiding

the country’s largest deals and recently

advised UK-based company First State

Investments on the acquisition of Finerge

Gestão de Projectos Energéticos, owned

by Enel Green Power Espana. It has also

managed the acquisition of Grupo Iberwind,

operator of wind energy projects, by Hong

Kong-based Cheung Kong Infrastructure.

Team & differentiation: The large team of over

150 lawyers and 36 partners in Portugal is

known for having great experience in large

cap international transactions, especially in

the energy sector. Besides M&A, VdA lawy-

ers are known for giving leading advice on

regulatory matters with special regard to

recapitalisations and securitisations.

VIEIRA DE ALMEIDA & ASSOCIADOS:

EXPERTS ON LARGE CAP ENERGY TRANSACTIONS