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About
Provided by Inês Pinto da Costa
Practice Areas
Projects and Infrastructures; International Projects; Energy and Natural Resources; Corporate/M&A
Career
Inês Pinto da Costa is a partner in the Corporate M&A practice, but she also works in projects and infrastructures. She has 20 years’ experience in project finance, M&A and private equity operations.
Her work includes projects in the areas of infrastructure, energy, PPPs, and the development of projects for industrial plants in Portugal and in Portuguese-speaking African countries.
Inês also has extensive experience in international corporate/M&A operations and in advising some of Portugal’s most important private equity firms.
In recent years, she has been very active in the Angolan market, dealing not only with questions of financing, but also in construction contracts and private investment.
Inês completed postgraduate courses in securities law at the Faculty of Law of the University of Lisbon and in international trade law at the same faculty. She also has an executive master’s in management for lawyers from Universidade Católica Portuguesa.
Personal
Languages: Portuguese, English and Spanish
Chambers Review
Europe
Inês Pinto da Costa is active on project financing mandates as well as project development and transactions, where she advises both international and domestic clients. She has notable experience handling projects in lusophone Africa.
Inês Pinto da Costa has vast experience in energy projects, including regulatory and transactional advice. She frequently assists domestic and international clients.
Strengths
Provided by Chambers
"She is very dedicated and responsive."
"Inês Pinto da Costa has a deep legal knowledge and a high focus on clients' needs."
"Inês Pinto da Costa provides a super service."
"She is very dedicated and responsive."
"Inês Pinto da Costa has a deep legal knowledge and a high focus on clients' needs."
"Inês Pinto da Costa provides a super service."