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About
Provided by André Figueiredo
Practice Areas
Capital Markets; Banking and Finance
Career
André Figueiredo is the partner who heads the Banking and Finance and Capital Markets practices. He has a diversified practice in the areas of capital markets, corporate and structured finance and regulatory advice, acting regularly for issuers/borrowers, sponsors, banks and investors.
He has been following closely the ongoing transformation of the Portuguese banking sector, acting for investors on resolution matters, and representing investors and issuers in some of the largest NPL deconsolidation transactions, some of which public traded. André also leads the firm’s impact investment practice.
André obtained an LL.M. in Corporate Law from NYU School of Law and earned a PhD in securities law from Universidade Nova de Lisboa.
He teaches securities and financial law at the Portuguese Catholic University, is the author of several articles and legal books in the fields of securities and finance law, and a regular speaker at industry and academic conferences.
Personal
Languages: Portuguese and English
Chambers Review
Global
André Figueiredo handles the full scope of capital markets transactions, including securitisation matters. He assists clients with share capital increases and the issuance of green bonds.
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.
Contributions
Latest contributions provided by André Figueiredo
Strengths
Provided by Chambers
"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."
"André Figueiredo is amongst the best professionals that we have ever worked with in the past decade. His client management skills are outstanding."
"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."
"André Figueiredo is amongst the best professionals that we have ever worked with in the past decade. His client management skills are outstanding."