Portugal

Firm overview

With over 30 years of experience, SRS Legal offers comprehensive legal counsel to both national and international clients, extending its reach through SRS Global's network in Angola, Brazil, Macau, Malta, Mozambique, Portugal, and Singapore.
SRS integrates the interests of internal and external stakeholders through its commitment to sustainability. This dedication translates to active contributions towards the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) through volunteer initiatives, fundraising activities, and close collaboration with NGOs and community projects, all aimed at implementing impactful initiatives that improve people's lives.
Our sector-specific approach involves dedicated teams of legal experts assembled for specific industry groups. This internal structure allows us to gain a deeper understanding of our clients' operating environments and collaborate more effectively to help them achieve their objectives.

Firm overview

Macedo Vitorino was established in 1996, focusing its activity on advising domestic and foreign clients in specific activity sectors, including banking, telecommunications, energy and infrastructures.

Since the incorporation of the firm we have been involved in several high profile transactions in all of the firm's fields of practice, including banking and finance, capital markets, corporate and M&A, etc.. We have also acted on many complex disputes and corporate restructurings.

We have strong relationships with many of the leading international firms in Europe, in the United States and in Brazil, which enable us to handle cross-border transactions effectively.

Firm overview

Raposo Bernardo is an international law firm, with presence in 8 countries between Europe and Lusophone Africa, and the very first Portuguese law firm opening an office in Spain.

Our track record illustrates the quality of our client relationships and the diversity of the transactions we have been involved in. Internationally we have handled some of the largest and the most cutting-edge and challenging operations, For instance, we are proud to quote an analyst of LegalBusiness magazine (The Legal500 group) after the one and only major banking operation in Iberia: “Raposo Bernardo has cracked the Iberian legal elite”. Our approach also stands for its effervescent cross selling between practice areas, and between different countries where we are located.
The local experience and expertise of our multiple offices are gathered in a unique methodology enabler of synergized opportunities and bridged interests between Iberia and Eastern and Central Europe and Africa, creating and reassuring our client’s strategically important and complex deals.

Our underlying values of innovation, integrity and technical excellence, allied to very hard work, sector insight and unshakable team spirit have been rewarded by IFLR1000, Legal500 and Chambers and Partners recommendations, and by winning the leading categories of Best Law Firm in areas like M&A, Project Finance, Competition, Tax and Due diligence; and Full Service Law Firm for all the countries we have offices. These awards and distinctions come from the most considered media  such as Finance Monthly, Corporate INTL, ACQ, Intercontinental Magazine, Deal-Makers, amongst many others.   
Raposo Bernardo has completed more than 20 years in the certainty it is directly competing with larger, long established law firms, offering strong client outcomes, closeness and a true sense of partnership. 

This is Raposo Bernardo and this is our commitment: to drive forward our Clients’ goals and ambitions – wherever they are whichever the matter.

Firm overview

VdA is a leading international law firm with more than 40 years of history, recognised for its impressive track record and innovative approach in corporate legal services. The excellence of its highly specialised legal services covering several industries and practice areas (notably Banking & Finance, Competition & EU, Corporate and M&A, Corporate Services, Digital Frontiers, Energy & Natural Resources, Environment & Climate Change, Governance, Health. Information, Communication & Technology, Infrastructure & Mobility, Investigations & White Collar, IP Litigation, IP Transactions, Labour, Litigation & Arbitration, Oil & Gas, Public Law, Real Estate & Planning, Restructuring & Insolvency, Social Economy & Human Rights and Tax) enables VdA to overcome the increasingly complex challenges faced by its clients.

VdA offers robust solutions grounded in consistent standards of excellence, ethics, and professionalism. Recognition of the excellence of our work is shared by the entire team, as well as with clients and stakeholders, and is acknowledged by leading professional associations, legal publications, and academic entities. VdA has been consistently recognised for its outstanding and innovative services, having received the most prestigious international accolades and awards of the legal industry, including Financial Times’ Most Innovative Law Firm in Continental Europe in 2013, 2016 and 2017.

Through the VdA Legal Partners network, clients have access to 8 jurisdictions, with a broad sectoral coverage in all Portuguese-speaking African countries, as well as Timor-Leste.
Angola – Brazil – Cabo Verde – Spain – Mozambique – Portugal – Sao Tome and Principe – Timor-Leste

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