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Linklaters in Portugal

Advising clients on some of the most ground-breaking transactions in Portugal to date

The Lisbon office offers a winning combination of local insight and global expertise and reach

We are known for our uncompromisingly high standards and for delivering individual solutions and adapting our approach to the clients’ particular needs and strategic objectives. As a global firm, we have the expertise and capacity to provide you with a “one-stop-shop” in Portugal and globally.

Our approach focuses on forming a true partnership with our clients, understanding their needs and objectives, and responding to them with a commercial approach and excellent service.

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All our main practice areas are recognized by Chambers and Legal500 as Tier 1

Local presence, global reach

The Lisbon office offers a winning combination of local insight and global expertise and reach. We are known for our uncompromisingly high standards and for delivering individual solutions and adapting our approach to the clients’ particular needs and strategic objectives. As a full-service firm, we have the expertise and capacity to provide you with a “one-stop-shop” in Portugal and globally.

Lisbon office:

Avenida Fontes Pereira de Melo, 14, 15th floor
1050-121 Lisbon
Telephone: +351218640000
Fax: +351218640001
Email: linklatersportugal@linklaters.com

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Our offering in Portugal

We have a uniquely well-balanced practice acting for a broad range of market participants and stakeholders. The global team covers the full range of stressed and distressed situations, including balance sheet restructurings, debt and equity capital raising, secondary investments, liquidity management, distressed M&A, investigations, asset tracing, insolvency litigation, formal insolvency procedures and contingency planning.
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AFIG

We advise on the full range of antitrust, foreign investment and regulatory issues, including high-profile cartel advice – covering the full spectrum of challenges that arise before, during and after an investigation –, complex merger control (including multijurisdictional filings), State aid and utilities regulation.

One of the main strengths of our team relies on the ability to provide truly seamless advice and assistance across different practices and offices on a global scale. This allows us to serve a number of national and international clients on their most complex and innovative deals both in Portugal and cross-border.

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Banking & Finance

Our banking team advises banks and other financial institutions, companies and governments on domestic and international bank financing transactions across every industry, commercial, financial and governmental sector.

Our teams have advised on some of the largest, most complex and innovative deals in the market. We structure innovative solutions and our experience includes: acquisition finance, event-driven financings, debt restructurings revolving credits, leveraged finance, syndicated lending, trade and emerging markets finance, real estate finance, high yield, restructuring and insolvency, financial structuring, asset finance.

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Capital Markets

From debt and equity issues through to derivatives and structured finance, our capital markets practice is at the forefront of the most complex and innovative developments in the international capital markets. We have unrivalled experience covering international and domestic offerings, corporate governance and compliance across the full range of equity and equity–related transactions, including IPOs, secondary offerings, block trades, rights issues and convertible and exchangeable bonds.
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Corporate/M&A

We advise corporates, financial sponsors and investment banks on their most significant and complex corporate transactions in all sectors and geographies.

We cover the full spectrum of corporate work advising buyers, sellers and financial advisers on public takeovers, private M&A, equity capital markets, private equity, joint ventures and commercial partnerships, disposals, corporate restructurings and board advisory issues. Our end-to-end approach brings together our leading transactional expertise with the full range of specialist areas including antitrust, employment and incentives, environmental, intellectual property, pensions, tax and technology.

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Employment

Employment law is one of the fastest moving and most challenging areas of law. Our team in Lisbon has been helping clients to anticipate and implement changes and processes before they impact their business and ensuring that they are one step ahead and prepared to react and adapt to changes.

We have been helping our clients manage and mitigate risks on the most complex and sensitive issues concerning the employees. Due to our unique and balanced practice model, we are prepared to respond to all aspects of strategic advisory work, notably when establishing and/or closing a business, advising on corporate reorganisations and cross-border mergers, demergers and spin-offs, and covering all employment aspects in major M&A transactions and contentious advice.

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Finance, Energy & Infrastructure

We specialise in large scale, award winning and market-leading Energy & Infrastructure transactions across the world - covering renewables, nuclear, hydrogen and other decarbonisation/energy transition technologies, infrastructure (including digital, social and transport), batteries, smart meters and storage, mining, oil and gas, refining and petrochemicals, LNG, thermal power and water.

We act for governments, sponsors, financial institutions, contractors and suppliers. Our broad experience advising the full range of market participants means that we are able to anticipate, and importantly to understand, issues and problems that may arise during the course of a transaction and find constructive solutions to them.

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Public Law & Regulatory

Linklaters has extensive experience of advising on the application of the EU procurement directives and implementing regulations adopted in Portugal. We have been involved in various key projects in Portugal and abroad, acting for both private and public sector clients (including governments), who have required a combination of detailed technical legal expertise, innovative and creative thinking, and commercial focus. Our public procurement team advises bidders and contracting authorities on the awarding of public contracts; contracting authorities, utilities and related entities on issues of procurement law arising from acquisitions, demergers and restructurings; complainants and defendants in litigation arising from challenges under the procurement rules; amongst others.
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Restructuring & Insolvency

Our experience ranges from multi-phase urban regeneration schemes to corporate joint ventures and management arrangements; from trophy asset investment acquisitions and disposals to complex debt financings.

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Tax

Our integrated teams of tax, corporate, finance, regulatory and dispute resolution lawyers have a broad client base, spanning corporates, governments/sovereigns, funds and financial institutions. This results in a rounded approach and tailored, realistic, commercially-sound advice. Our expertise and experience of advising on the tax aspects of corporate transactions is unrivalled. We frequently work on structuring domestic and cross-border M&A, joint ventures and demergers, as well as corporate reorganisations.

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