Experience

The track record behind a fixed-fee service

Fixed fees only work when the lawyer has seen the problem before. Before founding Portugal & Co, our team practised at law firms ranked in Chambers Global, Chambers Europe and The Legal 500, advising international clients on the transactions below. Client names are omitted as a matter of professional confidentiality; every matter can be evidenced in engagement.

100+
Companies formed
50+
M&A operations
10+
Jurisdictions worked across
15+
Client nationalities
Mergers & Acquisitions

Buy-side and sell-side, cross-border

Due diligence, transaction documents and completion mechanics on acquisitions across aviation, energy, industrials and healthcare.

Buy-side acquisition of 95% of a Portuguese commercial airline, including regulatory and completion work
Acquisition of a 12 MW solar PV plant in southern Portugal through an SPV purchase
Acquisition of a Cape Verdean cement producer by a Turkish industrial buyer
Acquisition of an Angolan industrials group for an international investor
Buy-side due diligence for a US healthcare private equity fund
US-African industrial joint venture structured on a 51/49 quota basis, including the shareholders' agreement
Project Finance & Infrastructure

Energy, ports, water and public-private partnerships

Lender-side and sponsor-side work on infrastructure across Portugal and Lusophone Africa.

USD 70m project financing of a gas-fired power plant in Mozambique
Advisory work for an LNG development consortium
Tender for a container terminal concession at the Port of Luanda
Water supply infrastructure project in Angola
Schools PPP: 6 schools, €51.9m construction plus €7m maintenance component
Bond issuance and secured lending work for corporate borrowers
Banking & Finance

Secured lending and capital markets support

Security packages and finance documents for international borrowers and lenders.

USD 192m debenture-backed mortgage structure for a NYSE-listed cruise operator
Finance and security documents for cross-border lending transactions spanning the US, UK, Spain, Turkey and Mauritius
Corporate & Governance

Day-to-day counsel to international subsidiaries

The unglamorous work that keeps foreign-owned Portuguese companies compliant: governance, filings, corporate approvals, regulatory matters. This is the direct ancestor of what Portugal & Co does today.

Ongoing corporate counsel to Portuguese subsidiaries of Fortune Global 500 groups
Corporate support to the Portuguese operations of a major Chinese electric vehicle manufacturer
Governance and regulatory work for international investors in sustainable energy operating in Iberia
Corporate work for clients headquartered across the US, UK, Spain, Turkey, Denmark, Belgium and Asia-Pacific
How to read this page. Matters listed were advised on by members of our team, including during their prior practice at internationally ranked law firms. Client identities are withheld as a matter of professional confidentiality under the rules of the Portuguese Bar Association. Full credentials of the engaging attorney are documented in every engagement letter, where specific experience can be evidenced.

This experience, at a fixed fee

Company formation from €1,500. Visas, investment structuring and transactions quoted upfront, in full.

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