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About
Provided by Mário Lino Dias
Practice Areas
M&A, structuring and implementation of acquisitions/joint ventures. Indepth activity on private equity operations. Corporate law (restructuring, shareholders litigation, shareholder agreements and ongoing corporate assistance). Mário is in charge of the private equity practice in Garrigues Portugal and has spearheaded most of the private equity transactions handled by our firm and some of the most relevant M&A transactions in Portugal in the last years.
Career
Partner since 2008; joined Garrigues in 2004; Leónidas, Matos & Associados (2001-04); Landwell - PricewaterhouseCoopers (1998-2001).
Personal
Law degree (1995); Postgraduate degree in tax (ISG, 2000); Postgraduate degree in management (Catholic University, 1997).
Chambers Review
Europe
Mário Lino Dias has significant experience assisting clients with M&A transactions and joint venture deals. His expertise also covers disposal of assets.
Mário Lino Dias has proven experience in significant venture capital deals, having acted for Portuguese unicorns on funding rounds and on subsequent strategic acquisitions. He also has experience on the sell side of private equity exits made by way of secondary buyouts or trade sales.
Strengths
Provided by Chambers
"He is a very good professional, manages the team very well and is able to provide good work."
"Mário Lino Dias is able to listen to the client and turn the client's wish into a reality. He is a great leader who defends the clients well."
"Mário provides high-quality and practical advice on complex equity arrangements."
"He is there in the difficult conversations and he defends points stupendously."
"He is very knowledgeable of the market."
"He is a very good professional, manages the team very well and is able to provide good work."
"Mário Lino Dias is able to listen to the client and turn the client's wish into a reality. He is a great leader who defends the clients well."
"Mário provides high-quality and practical advice on complex equity arrangements."
"He is there in the difficult conversations and he defends points stupendously."
"He is very knowledgeable of the market."