André Fernandes Bento
Global Guide 2024
Up and Coming : Banking & Finance
Up and Coming
About
Provided by André Fernandes Bento
Practice Areas
André Fernandes Bento is Counsel and head of the Financial Services practice area. With more than 15 years of experience, André has assisted clients in various financial services areas, including regulation, collective investment schemes and other types of financial intermediation, payment services and fintechs, cryptoassets, consumer credit, ESG (environment, social and governance), crowdfunding, as well as insurance and insurance distribution business. He has also assisted Portuguese and foreign banks and other financial institutions in project, finance and structured finance deals, both in primary and secondary market.
Career
Law Degree, Faculty of Law, University of Lisbon,2003. Trainee at PLMJ, 2003-06. Member of the Portuguese Bar Association, 2006. Attended a Post-graduate course in Securities Law, Faculty of Law, University of Lisbon, 2004. LL.M. in International Financial Law, King's College London, 2010. Associate at PLMJ, 2006-09. Associate (2009-11), Senior Associate (2012) and Counsel since 2017 at CS'Associados.
Professional Memberships
Portuguese Bar Association
Personal
Languages - English
Chambers Review
Global
André Fernandes Bento advises on NPL transactions and has experience on both the borrower and lender sides of refinancings. He is also able to assist with regulatory banking mandates.
Strengths
Provided by Chambers
"He is well aware of our business requirements, shows strong interest in our specific needs at each given time and works very hard to deliver."
"He is well aware of our business requirements, shows strong interest in our specific needs at each given time and works very hard to deliver."
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