Litigation and Arbitration, Corporate and M&A, Finance

José Maria Corrêa de Sampaio is a Partner and has been at Abreu Advogados since 2008 working primarily on transactions, business structuring and restructuring of companies and financing as it relates to corporate and finance law.

He is co-coordinator of the financial law and corporate law practice areas, as well as Mozambican Desk at Abreu Advogados.

He focuses particularly on matters related to corporate law, mergers and acquisition, with special relevance in banking, transportation and hospitality sectors as well as in financing operations. He advises clients on corporate, regulatory financial/commercial matters.

He is also involved in private investment operations in Angola and Mozambique, providing legal advice and supporting the interchange with lawyers at Abreu International Legal Solutions in those countries.

He has also experience in the area of commercial litigation to which he has dedicated a significant part of his career, as well in arbitration proceedings and he is a referenced arbitrator in a number of national arbitration centres.

Portuguese Bar Association International Bar Association International Association of Lawyers Portuguese Arbitration  Association Commercial Arbitration Centre

Partner

Law degree from the Lusíada University Faculty of Law (1989)

Postgraduate degree in Community Litigation from the Centre for European Studies of Lusíada University (2000)