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Catarina Pinto Xavier integrates Public Law, Competition & Regulatory department at SLCM // Serra Lopes, Cortes Martins & Associados.In Public Law she has been assisting both public and private entities specially focusing in public procurement and execution of public contracts, administrative procedure matters, litigation and arbitration involving public entities.In Competition & Regulatory she has been involved in important antitrust cases, either before Competition Authority or regulatory entities, as well as representing the defendants before court. Combining experience in Public Law and Competition and Regulatory she has been acting in energy and environmental sectors, particularly in water and waste treatment sectors. More recently, pursuing the strong growth of Real Estate & Planning SLCM’s area, she has also been practicing in planning law matters.
Daniela is a Senior Associate in the Corporate / M&A practice area.
Diana Simão Lourenço is Senior Associate at SLCM // Serra Lopes, Cortes Martins & Associados, integrating the Litigation & Arbitration and Restructuring & Insolvency practices areas. She has undertaken a vast number of litigation cases particularly in civil and commercial domain, representing clients from different sectors including financing and banking, important national and multinational groups, public entities and private clients. She advises clients on complex, high-profile matters, involving bankruptcy, asset recovery and refinancing.
Legal Managing Director and Head of the Energy practice at EY Abogados.
Hugo is Partner and founding member of Sofia Galvão Advogados, a boutique Portugal based Territory Law firm. An experienced advocate, Hugo works in all areas of Territory Law, but is especially focused on Real Estate, Land and Maritime Spatial Planning, Tourism, EU Funds, Construction and Litigation in these fields.
Inês Pinheiro is Partner in SLCM // Serra Lopes, Cortes Martins & Associados, in Lisbon, responsible for Employment practice area team.She is focused in legal advice to human resources management, supporting customers in restructuring and collective redundancies, labour audits, collective bargaining negotiations and labour disputes. Together with her team she has been collaborating with several important national and multinational companies. Her expertise focuses on companies and institutions in various business areas, particularly in industry, trade and services, such as food processing, banking, media, multimedia, building and real estate. She has been supporting several restructuring processes in large groups of agro-food sector, media and industry, leading the negotiation process with employees, works councils and trade unions, collective dismissal procedures as well as following up, in human resources issues, restructuring processes related to company’s acquisitions or joint ventures.She is also responsible for providing legal services and daily support to human resources management, in several companies, in a preventative and problem-solving capacity.
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Luis Miguel Cortes Martins is the Managing Partner of SLCM // Serra Lopes, Cortes Martins & Associados, in Lisbon.He has an important track record in Mergers & Acquisitions operations, both inbound and outbound, having been involved in major transactions in the energy and telecommunications sector. He regularly advises strategic business decisions and complex restructurings, developing long term relationships with the clients.He is a recognized and respected lawyer in dispute resolution and arbitration conflicts, both national and international, in public or private domain, acting as a lawyer or arbitrator.
Maria Raquel Moreira is Partner of SLCM // Serra Lopes, Cortes Martins & Associados, in Lisbon. She coordinates one of SLCM’s Dispute Resolution teams and has undertaken the representation of a broad range of clients such as financial institutions and banks, large companies and state owned companies on civil, commercial and corporate litigation.She also advises clients on complex, high-profile matters, involving bankruptcy, asset recovery and refinancing. Specialized in tailor-made advisory, works on out-of-court restructuring solutions and insolvency proceedings.
Senior Associate at SLCM // Serra Lopes, Cortes Martins & Associados since 2017. Her activity has ben focused on the areas of Urban Planning and Construction, Public Procurement, Administrative Litigation and Environmental Law, assisting public entities and private companies.She has a significant track record including advising and legal assistance to the largest Portuguese economic group of the electricity sector on urban planning, municipal licensing procedures, architecture, engineering and works contracts, hydroelectric exploitation and water resources; advising banks and real estate investors on land use regime, urbanistic and environmental conditionings and administrative licensing procedures (residential, tourism, retail, industry); draft of legal opinions on urban planning and of municipal regulations to several municipalities; advising leading companies of waste management within public procurement tenders scope and related administrative litigation; advising an international provider of handling services within international public tenders for Portuguese airports; preparation of international public tender documents and specifications for a marine concession; participation on legal DD exercise within the scope of litigation related to a resolution measure of the Bank of Portugal; assisting companies of the renewable energy sector on environmental impact assessment and licensing; advising a leading manufacturer of electric cars on legal framework for electric mobility; advising a worldwide player in the aerospace MRO and manufacturing business on environmental liability; assisting international companies of the construction industry sector on compliance and placing of products on the Portuguese market.
Martim Anahory is Partner in SLCM // Serra Lopes, Cortes Martins & Associados, in Lisbon.  He focuses his practice in business law, company law, Mergers & Acquisitions and corporate counselling. He has particular expertise in agency / distribution / franchising contracts and corporate governance. He is also recognized for employment law experience. He has been advising important corporate clients in both national and multinational businesses and has an important track-record in sectors, such as fast moving consumer goods, healthcare, automobile, transport and logistics, advertising, mining and tourism.
Miguel Pena Machete is Partner of SLCM // Serra Lopes, Cortes Martins & Associados, in Lisbon. He coordinates SLCM’s Competition & Regulatory and Public Law areas of practice. His activity is focused on competition and regulation matters, being involved in important antitrust cases, both on a preventive or defensive approach, as well as Mergers & Acquisitions operations in what concerns regulatory issues and merger notifications to the Competition Authority and European Commission. He has a significant know-how in sectorial regulatory practice including licensing, compliance and enforcement actions, where his experience in Public Law represents an added value. Deep knowledge in telecommunications, sports rights, health, transport, energy, food and beverage sectors regulatory aspects are a distinctive factor in his practice. In Public Law he has been acting on public procurement and public contracts execution and administrative procedure matters, representing both public and private entities. Ongoing advisory on the activity and management of public enterprises. Experience in this practice area includes litigation and arbitration, where he has also been appointed as arbitrator. Miguel Pena Machete, is a German fluent speaking lawyer and is responsible for the multidisciplinary SLCM’s German Desk, dealing with German clientele on a daily basis, providing primary legal care in a close relationship with the client.
Rafael Lucas Pires is Partner of SLCM // Serra Lopes, Cortes Martins & Associados, in Lisbon. He coordinates one of SLCM’s Corporate/M&A teams, focused in domestic and cross-border transactions (inbound and outbound) and has a relevant track record in varied sectors, such as telecoms, media, energy, agriculture, food & beverage, healthcare, tourism and infrastructure.His activity is primarily focused on Mergers & Acquisitions – private acquisitions, joint-ventures, alliances and private equity. Has been engaged in high level domestic and cross-border transactions (inbound and outbound), complex restructuring deals, buyouts and takeovers. He has extensive experience in private equity and banking and finance related work. Is highly experienced in Mergers & Acquisitions, Privatizations, Corporate Finance, Capital Markets and Company Law. He also concentrates practice on corporate governance matters.