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Rita Folhadela

PLMJ

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Position: Managing Associate
Rating:
  • Rising star
Practice Areas:
Restructuring and insolvency
Jurisdictions:
Languages:
Portuguese
English
Biography

Rita is a senior associate in the Dispute Resolution practice. With several years of professional experience as a lawyer, she specialises in civil and commercial litigation, and insolvency and restructuring.

She has handled a wide range of in-court restructuring operations, including PERs (special revitalisation processes), and out-of-court processes like the RERE (the out-of-court corporate recovery scheme).

Rita advises creditors and debtors in all stages of these processes. Her main focus is on advising large corporate clients, in particular, banks and companies from a wide range of sectors.

Practice areas
  • Banking, finance and securities litigation
  • Restructuring and insolvency
Bar admissions
  • Portuguese Bar Association
Address:
Lisbon
Tel:(+351) 213 197 300 Website:https://www.plmj.com/en/people/senior-associates/rita-folhadela/30375/