Biography
Florbela Pires specializes in internal and cross border transactions and commercial contracts. She started her career at the Securities Commission and at the Portuguese Council of Ministers as legal drafter and advisor, and also servd as a teacher at the Faculty of Law of the University of Lisbon, for 16 years. Florbela led a team of teachers in West Africa (Guinea-Bissau) for two years and worked as legal adviser for the United Nations Mission in East Timor.
Recent transactional highlights
- Advisor to BPG – Banco Português de Gestão, S.A., bond issue, private placement, on going;
- Advisor to NWP – New Water Project on its establishment, restructuring and expansion, on going;
- Advisor to Explorer Investments & Explorer III Fund, sale of São Roque, matter value – confidential;
- Advisor to FINPRO SCR, S.A. (insolvency estate), sale of Portobar Capital Limited, owner of 39,34% of the voting rights in Grup Maritim TCB, price € 125.000,00, in the context of the sale of Sale of GMTCB to APM Terminals, BV. Enterprise value of transaction: USD 1.000.000.000,00;
- Advise to Banif, sale of Banif Mais to Cofidis, price: €410.000.000,00.
Practice areas
- Banking
- Capital markets: Debt
- Capital markets: Equity
- Financial restructuring
- Private equity
Sector specialisations
- Banking
- Aviation
- Financial services
- Government and public policy
- Insurance
Bar admissions
- Portuguese Bar, 1995
Academic qualifications
- Masters, University of Lisbon Law Faculty, 2000
- Law Degree, University of Lisbon Law Faculty, 1993
Address:
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