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About
Provided by Francisco Santos Costa
Practice Areas
Corporate and Commercial, Mergers and Acquisitions, Energy and Infrastructure. Sports and Entertainment.
Career
Partner since January 2012. Joined Cuatrecasas in 2006.Specialist in cross-border M&A deals (leveraged and non-leveraged) and corporate restructuring mandates in a wide range of sectors. He has been involved in transactions in the infrastructure and renewable energy sectors (especially in hospitals; motorways: hydroelectric, wind and solar plants). His clients include major companies in the energy sector, private equity funds and other financial sponsors, infrastructure investment funds and industrial partners.
He is an expert in all stages of project development, joint ventures, commercial contracts, due diligence, risk assessment and management of legal solutions.
Professional Memberships
Member of the Portuguese Bar Association.
Publications
Corporate M&A 2019 - Chambers Global Practice Guides. Corporate M&A 2017 - Trends & Developments - Chambers Global Practice Guides. Author of several articles on M&A matters.
Chambers Review
Europe
Francisco Santos Costa is active in M&A transactions across a variety of sectors, including energy and healthcare.
Francisco Santos Costa has significant experience across a broad spectrum of transactional and regulatory issues as well as on project developments in the sector. He regularly advises foreign investors in the sector, with a particular emphasis on renewable energy transactions.
Strengths
Provided by Chambers
"Francisco Santos Costa is always available and ready to solve problems as they arise."
"He is very customer-oriented, responsible and business-minded."
"Francisco Santos Costa is always available and ready to solve problems as they arise."
"He is very customer-oriented, responsible and business-minded."