Banking & Finance
Global Guide 2024 : Portugal
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About
Provided by PLMJ
PLMJ has been involved in some of the most significant transactions in the financial sector in Portugal, including the sale, purchase and restructuring of banks and financial companies.
Our lawyers advise Portuguese and foreign clients on complex asset purchase and sale transactions, including the structuring and implementation of acquisitions of non-performing loan portfolios. The team works with the firm's other practices to cover all matters relevant to banking and finance, in particular tax and litigation.
We advise on banking and investment services regulatory matters, in particular the establishment of branches in Portugal and the cross-border provision of services under the European free movement of services regime. The firm has acted as intermediaries with the Portuguese regulatory authorities on many occasions.
We also provide legal assistance to our clients in matters relating to financial derivatives and have been actively involved in the design of structured risk management operations. Our team has also reviewed the documentation and procedures relating to these types of transactions for our clients, in order to adapt them to recent legal and regulatory developments.
PLMJ has extensive experience in structuring the supply and distribution of complex financial products, in particular structured bonds, for sale to private investors.
Chambers Review
PLMJ comes highly recommended by clients for its expert handling of the full breadth of banking sector mandates. The team advises prominent domestic banks and international investors on a range of financing mandates. It has experience in the financing of real estate acquisitions, loan portfolio bids or corporate transactions. It handles debt refinancing operations, including for promoters of Portuguese energy projects. It also assists with regulatory and fund formation matters for asset management companies.
Work Highlights
- PLMJ assisted REN with the negotiation of a EUR450 million sustainability-linked loan.
Strengths
Provided by Chambers
"PLMJ provides an excellent level of customer service."
"The team is very efficient and very good at managing partners in other jurisdictions."
"PLMJ provides an excellent level of customer service."
"The team is very efficient and very good at managing partners in other jurisdictions."
Notable Practitioners
André Figueiredo leads much of the firm's key finance transactional work, including advice on the acquisition of NPL or REO portfolios. His knowledge covers syndicated financing, complex loan negotiations and regulatory banking issues.
"André Figueiredo is a straight-to-the-point and technical lawyer."
"He is very responsive and when something seems complicated he always gives user-friendly advice and can decipher things very easily."
"He is a very smart lawyer who understands exactly what we want to do."
Bruno Ferreira has extensive experience on both the borrower and lender sides of real estate finance deals, with further activity in corporate financing.
"He is very accessible and available. He always conveys calm and consideration in the different challenges that operations entail."
"Bruno Ferreira has the capacity to negotiate with counterparts efficiently."
Gonçalo dos Reis Martins assists with commercial agreements between financial services sector companies and advises on related regulatory issues. He is also well placed to assist with the sale of NPLs.
"He is available for the client, experienced and very strong technically."
"He is an excellent professional who is very efficient."
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