Banking Law Firm of the Year Portugal
Firm Profile
Raposo Bernardo is an international full service law firm with offices in nine different countries, two continents, yet providing the same global approach. The technical knowledge and the ability to innovate, acknowledged by our clients, have helped Raposo Bernardo’s Banking practice to reach a leadership position in projects of national and international reach. Alongside with its regular legal work, our Banking department has the experience and prestige of having participated in the elaboration of several legislation projects, by request of governments from different countries, including the participation of our head partner in the commission that wrote the current Portuguese Securities Code and in the preparation of the entire Banking and Finance Legislation in several countries. The path we are building has proven to be the best, as we have managed to be the legal advisors of Central Banks and leading private Banks. Our expert team is making use of unique competence in producing legislation for the banking, financial and insurance legislation.
Internationally we have handled some of the largest and the most cutting-edge and challenging operations, as we are becoming more and more specialized in complex banking operations. The market recognizes it by trusting us operations such as the largest financial operation in Portugal in the past ten years; the unstoppable internationalization of the leading Portuguese Financial Forward Payment Solutions Company to 3 new countries fully assisted by our legal team; or the advising of recent comers operating in new markets in structural sectors like Banking, Oil & Gas, Infrastructure or Mining.
Our broad network and the local presence are enablers of uncommon experience and expertise which are very appreciated by our most challenging work area, and where operations tend to be larger and longstanding.
Raposo Bernardo has completed more than 15 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.
Being awarded with the “Banking Law Firm of the Year in Portugal” Lawyer Monthly Legal Award assures us of the importance and the quality of all the work we have developed in the past years.
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2. ALIOR BANK - Cross-border operations between Portugal and Poland
3. BANK PLUS (Banif Bank Group) - the largest financial operation in Portugal, finalized in 2010 (1st stage), resulting in a global deal value of €1,1 billion
Areas of Expertise
SECTORS • Banking • Financial Services • Construction and Real Estate • Insurance • Energy and Environment • Oil & Gas • Tourism and Hotels
• Health, Pharmaceutical & Biotechnology
• Distribution and Retail • Consumer Goods • Mining • TMT • Transportation
PRACTICE AREAS • Banking & Finance • Corporate • Mergers & Acquisitions • Capital Markets • Arbitration • Dispute Resolution • Tax • Employment • Competition / Antitrust • Private Equity & Venture Capital • Project Finance and PPP • Energy Law • Real Estate • Construction • Infrastructure and Projects • Public Law • Restructuring & Insolvency • Intellectual Property • Shipping, Maritime & Transportation • International Cross Border
Notable Legal Work
We can point out 10 of the most recent and strongest operations we were involved:
1. CHINA DEVELOPMENT BANK - Advising the bank for large Angolan projects
4. BES AFRICA – Incorporation of commercial bank and new partnership agreement with Bank of Brazil in view of investments in African countries
5. SOFID (EDFI'S – EUROPEAN DEVELOPMENT FINANCE
INSTITUTIONS) - New public funding for emergent markets
6. SIBS (Portuguese Forward Payment Solutions) - Global support in the start of Client’s operations in Algiers, Malta and Mozambique
7. MINISTRY of FINANCE of CAPE VERDE - Advising on Public tenders
8. BANCO ESPIRITO SANTO (BES) - €190 million structured finance operation
9. BANCO KEVE - Advising for complex operations of syndication of debt at Angola
10. CENTRAL BANK of CAPE VERDE - Consultancy and general legal advice in the most relevant regulatory issues of Financial Services, Banking and Insurance
Contact
Av. Fontes Pereira de Melo, Ed. Aviz, nº 35, 18º, 1050-118
LISBOA - PORTUGAL
Tel: (00351) 21 312 1330 Fax: (00351) 21 356 2908 Email:
lisboa@raposobernardo.com Website:
www.raposobernardo.com
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Europe: PORTUGAL POLAND SPAIN ROMANIA
Africa: ANGOLA CAPE VERDE GUINEA BISSAU MOZAMBIQUE S. TOME AND PRINCIPE
Lawyer Monthly Legal Awards 2011
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