Banking and finance

Luís Branco specialises in banking and finance law, having participated in several relevant transactions in the areas of structured finance, project finance, securitisation, investment funds and derivatives.

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Filipe Lowndes Marques has extensive experience in the area of project finance, having worked since 1995 on several types of projects, including bridges, motorways, power plants, wind farms, football stadia, LNG terminals and natural gas concessions. He has also been active in the field of capital markets, having advised on several securitisation transactions (including the first securitisation transaction under the new law and the first synthetic securitisation), covered bonds issuances and worked on several IPOs of state owned companies.

Partner in the Finance Department, Alexandra Valente has advised Portuguese and international financial institutions and private equity funds on numerous complex transactions, involving, inter alia, distressed debt, distressed equity and financial restructurings. She has also advised on a range of important finance activities such as privatisations and public share offerings, large mergers and acquisitions and asset finance and project finance transactions, providing advice to banks and other investors. With over 20 years of experience, Alexandra advises extensively on the provision of debt finance, structured finance, EMTN Programmes and securitisations, both in the financial sector, as well as involving other classes of underlying assets.

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Inês joined Pérez-Llorca in 2024 as a partner in the context of the international expansion strategy of the firm. Prior to this, she was a partner in the Finance and Governance department and a specialised member of the Fintech, Whistleblowing EU Directive and Compliance teams of the firm where she used to work. Before that Inês was a legal adviser to the Prudential Supervision Department of the Portuguese Central Bank (Banco de Portugal), after being part of the Portuguese Government team in charge of managing and controlling the implementation of the EU/IMF/ECB financial adjustment program in Portugal. She started her career as a lawyer in another international law firm.

Partner in SRS’ Corporate & Finance Department, João Santos Carvalho has extensive experience in advising credit institutions and borrowers on a wide range of banking and financial law issues, including a range of domestic and cross-border bank financing transactions, asset finance, project finance, real estate finance, ship finance, direct lending, NPL and banking regulatory matters. He has advised several investment banks, investment fund management companies, financial intermediaries and issuers on capital markets transactions and the provision of financial services, including several debt issuance transactions and securitisations and regulatory matters. He also advises incumbents, fintechs and crypto-active operators on regulatory issues related to digital banking, provision of payment services, credit granting and crypto-active products.

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