José Moreno

José Moreno

Associate, Lisbon

I have a pragmatic approach to the law and believe it exists to create solutions. I have a keen interest in the business side of our clients, since investing in understanding their needs and markets enables practical and legally solid responses to their issues.

Overview

Professional experience

Education and qualifications

Overview

José Moreno is an Associate in the Mainstream Corporate/M&A group of the Corporate Department in Lisbon office. Recently José’s professional experience has focused on M&A transactions, such as acquisitions and intragroup mergers, advising national and international clients such as private equity funds and corporate clients that operate in the financial, real estate, retail, energy, health, infrastructure and telecommunications sectors on domestic and cross-borders matters.

Professional experience

José started his legal career in 2019 as Junior Associate at the Lisbon office of Linklaters, where he got promoted to Associate in 2021. During his traineeship at Linklaters, José has worked in the Corporate, Dispute Resolution and Finance Departments of the Lisbon office, and is now an Associate in the Mainstream Corporate/M&A Group within the Corporate Department. 

Education and qualifications

José holds a Law Degree of the Faculty of Law of the Lisbon University (2018). 

In the 1st semester of the 4th year he participated in an Exchange Program at the Federal University of Santa Catarina in Florianopolis, Brazil (2018).

Furthermore José holds an LLM Degree in International Business Law of the Tilburg University, the Netherlands.

During his university studies José participated in the Moot Court on Commercial Law organised by AAFDL in partnership with the Private Law Research Centre, and the I Corporate Journeys; II Financial Journeys – Fintech. He furthermore was a Tutor of Law of Obligations I.

He is a Member of the Portuguese Bar Association since 2022.

He speaks Portuguese, Spanish and English.