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Teresa Pitôrra
Firm:
VdA Vieira de Almeida
Rating:
Highly regarded
Practice Area:
Restructuring and insolvency
Jurisdiction:
Portugal
Bar Admission:
Portugal
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Manuel Protásio
Firm:
VdA Vieira de Almeida
Rating:
Highly regarded
Practice Area:
Project finance
Jurisdiction:
Portugal
Industry Sector:
Banking
Energy
Financial services
Transport
Real estate
Mining
Natural resources
Bar Admission:
Portugal
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Pedro Simões Coelho
Firm:
VdA Vieira de Almeida
Rating:
Highly regarded
Practice Area:
Banking
Investment funds
Jurisdiction:
Portugal
Industry Sector:
Investment management
Real estate
Bar Admission:
Portugal
East Timor
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Francisco Sá Carneiro
Firm:
VdA Vieira de Almeida
Rating:
Highly regarded
Practice Area:
Banking
Capital markets : Debt
Capital markets : Equity
M&A
Jurisdiction:
Portugal
Bar Admission:
Portugal
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Paulo Trindade Costa
Firm:
VdA Vieira de Almeida
Rating:
Highly regarded
Practice Area:
M&A
Jurisdiction:
Portugal
Bar Admission:
Portugal
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Soraia Ussene
Firm:
VdA Vieira de Almeida
Rating:
Rising star
Practice Area:
Banking and finance
Jurisdiction:
Portugal
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Helena Vaz Pinto
Firm:
VdA Vieira de Almeida
Rating:
Highly regarded
Practice Area:
Private equity
Restructuring and insolvency
M&A
Jurisdiction:
Portugal
Industry Sector:
Insurance
Bar Admission:
Portugal
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João Vieira de Almeida
Firm:
VdA Vieira de Almeida
Rating:
Highly regarded
Practice Area:
Private equity
M&A
Jurisdiction:
Portugal
Industry Sector:
Transport
Bar Admission:
Brazil
Portugal
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Francisca César Machado
Firm:
VdA Vieira de Almeida
Practice Area:
Capital markets
Banking and finance
Jurisdiction:
Portugal
Bar Admission:
Portugal
Guilherme Daniel
Firm:
GDA Advogados
Practice Area:
Banking and finance
Corporate and M&A
Projects
Jurisdiction:
Mozambique
Lorna Guilande
Firm:
GDA Advogados
Practice Area:
Project development : Energy and infrastructure
Banking and finance
Jurisdiction:
Mozambique
Cristina Melo Miranda
Firm:
VdA Vieira de Almeida
Practice Area:
Corporate and M&A
Jurisdiction:
Portugal
Bar Admission:
Portugal
Sebastião Nogueira
Firm:
VdA Vieira de Almeida
Practice Area:
Capital markets
Banking and finance
Jurisdiction:
Portugal
Bar Admission:
Portugal
Joana Pacheco
Firm:
VdA Vieira de Almeida
Practice Area:
Project development
Jurisdiction:
Portugal
Sumila Santos
Firm:
SSA Advogados
Practice Area:
Corporate and M&A
Jurisdiction:
Cape Verde
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ESG
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‘Find your focus and stick to it’: driving change through ESG law
VdA partner Assunção Cristas, a winner of last year’s Women in Business Law Awards, discusses shaping sustainability through law and innovation
Noemi Distefano, January 13 2026
Banking
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Portuguese firm eyes M&A and ESG growth in banking sector
VdA’s Paula Gomes Freire expects more work as banks grapple with ESG and digitalisation challenges and increasingly seek to consolidate
Karry Lai, March 31 2025
ESG
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Women in Business Law Awards winner: ‘Enjoy the journey’
Vieira de Almeida partner Vanda Cascão explains the advice she would give to her younger self and why law firms are a key player in ESG
Karry Lai, August 15 2024
IFLR1000
Approval of new foreign exchange policies and pricing of transactions in foreign currency
BRIEFING: Luanda, December, 2019
Filipa Fonseca Santos & Joana Pacheco , December 01 2019
IFLR1000
Customs tariff and customs code
BRIEFING: Luanda, December, 2019
Conceição Gamito, Ana Raquel Costa, Jéssica Araújo & Rita Simão Luís, December 01 2019
IFLR1000
VAT Payment and Assessment Regime applicable to the Angola LNG Project
BRIEFING: Luanda, November, 2019
Conceição Gamito, Ana Raquel Costa, Jéssica Araújo and Rita Simão Luís , November 01 2019
IFLR1000
Bid announcement for the award of petroleum concessions
BRIEFING: Luanda, October, 2019
João Afonso Fialho, October 01 2019
IFLR1000
Entry into force of law no. 19/19, of 14 august, amending the organic law and the procedure of the court of auditors
BRIEFING: Luanda, September, 2019
Catarina Pinto Correia, Joana Pacheco & Filipe Vasconcelos Fernandes, September 01 2019
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