Pares Advogados

Banking and Financial Law

Partner

João’s professional experience spans from the assistance and structuring of numerous acquisition and restructuring operations of companies and groups of companies to processes for establishing and following-up the activities of real-estate investment funds and its management companies and establishing and following-up the activities of venture capital companies. João also has experience in the follow-up of financial operations and setting up national and international banking syndicates. His professional experience includes the Angola and Cape Verde markets.

Partner of PARES ADVOGADOS since 2011

Partner of Abreu Advogados (2008-2011)

Partner of Lusojurist Advogados (1993 2007)

Lawyer and Notary in Macau (1986-1992)

Coordinated several courses and seminars on Commercial and Financial Law

Acknowledged as Regional Expert in the 2011 edition of the Chambers Global Directory, as a Regional Expert - a new category for a lawyer's outstanding experience and knowledge in foreign markets. The directory stresses the Freitas e Costa’s expertise in companies’ mergers and acquisitions fields in Angola, rating him as “Spotlight Table”

Author of several articles in specialised fields of Commercial and Financial Law

Portuguese, English, Spanish, French

Registered in the Portuguese Bar Association

Post-Graduation in Securitisation Law by the Law School of the Lisbon University (2011)

Degree in Law by the Law School of the Lisbon University (1985)