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João Afonso Fialho
Firm:
VdA Vieira de Almeida
Rating:
Highly regarded
Practice Area:
M&A
Jurisdiction:
Portugal
Industry Sector:
Oil and gas
Mining
Bar Admission:
Portugal
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Benedita Aires
Firm:
VdA Vieira de Almeida
Rating:
Notable practitioner
Practice Area:
Banking
Jurisdiction:
Portugal
Bar Admission:
Portugal
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Jorge Bleck
Firm:
VdA Vieira de Almeida
Rating:
Highly regarded
Practice Area:
Private equity
Restructuring and insolvency
M&A
Jurisdiction:
Portugal
Bar Admission:
Portugal
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Sofia Bobone
Firm:
VdA Vieira de Almeida
Rating:
Rising star partner
Practice Area:
Corporate and M&A
Jurisdiction:
Portugal
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Maria Carrilho
Firm:
VdA Vieira de Almeida
Rating:
Rising star
Practice Area:
Banking and finance
Jurisdiction:
Portugal
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Vanda Cascão
Firm:
VdA Vieira de Almeida
Rating:
Highly regarded
Women Leaders
Practice Area:
Project finance
Jurisdiction:
Portugal
Industry Sector:
Energy
Transport
Utilities
Oil and gas
Social infrastructure
Natural resources
Bar Admission:
Portugal
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Pedro Cassiano Santos
Firm:
VdA Vieira de Almeida
Rating:
Market leader
Practice Area:
Banking and finance
Capital markets : Debt
Capital markets : Structured finance and securitisation
Jurisdiction:
Portugal
Bar Admission:
Portugal
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Tiago Correia Moreira
Firm:
VdA Vieira de Almeida
Rating:
Rising star partner
Practice Area:
Banking and finance
Capital markets
Jurisdiction:
Portugal
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Cláudia Cruz Almeida
Firm:
VdA Vieira de Almeida
Rating:
Highly regarded
Women Leaders
Practice Area:
Banking
Capital markets : Debt
Capital markets : Equity
Restructuring and insolvency
M&A
Jurisdiction:
Portugal
Bar Admission:
Portugal
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Maria Cunha Matos
Firm:
VdA Vieira de Almeida
Rating:
Rising star partner
Practice Area:
Capital markets
M&A
Jurisdiction:
Portugal
Bar Admission:
Portugal
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Paulo de Barros Baptista
Firm:
VdA Vieira de Almeida
Rating:
Highly regarded
Practice Area:
Project finance
M&A
Jurisdiction:
Portugal
Bar Admission:
Portugal
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Teresa Empis Falcão
Firm:
VdA Vieira de Almeida
Rating:
Highly regarded
Women Leaders
Practice Area:
Project development
Jurisdiction:
Portugal
Industry Sector:
Energy
Bar Admission:
Brazil
Portugal
England & Wales
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Rodrigo Esteves de Oliveira
Firm:
VdA Vieira de Almeida
Rating:
Highly regarded
Practice Area:
Project development
Jurisdiction:
Portugal
Bar Admission:
Portugal
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José Pedro Fazenda Martins
Firm:
VdA Vieira de Almeida
Rating:
Highly regarded
Practice Area:
Capital markets : Debt
Capital markets : Equity
Jurisdiction:
Portugal
Bar Admission:
Portugal
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Paula Gomes Freire
Firm:
VdA Vieira de Almeida
Rating:
Highly regarded
Women Leaders
Practice Area:
Capital markets : Debt
Capital markets : Equity
Capital markets : Structured finance and securitisation
Jurisdiction:
Portugal
Bar Admission:
Portugal
England & Wales
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Frederico Gonçalves Pereira
Firm:
VdA Vieira de Almeida
Rating:
Highly regarded
Practice Area:
Restructuring and insolvency
Jurisdiction:
Portugal
Industry Sector:
Government and public policy
Bar Admission:
Portugal
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Ana Luís de Sousa
Firm:
VdA Vieira de Almeida
Rating:
Highly regarded
Women Leaders
Practice Area:
Project finance
Jurisdiction:
Portugal
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José Miguel Oliveira
Firm:
VdA Vieira de Almeida
Rating:
Highly regarded
Practice Area:
M&A
Jurisdiction:
Portugal
Bar Admission:
Angola
Portugal
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Hugo Moredo Santos
Firm:
VdA Vieira de Almeida
Rating:
Highly regarded
Practice Area:
Banking
Capital markets : Equity
Capital markets : Structured finance and securitisation
Jurisdiction:
Portugal
Bar Admission:
Portugal
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Paulo Olavo Cunha
Firm:
VdA Vieira de Almeida
Rating:
Highly regarded
Practice Area:
Capital markets : Equity
M&A
Jurisdiction:
Portugal
Bar Admission:
Portugal
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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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