Costa Pinto

Corporate, M&A and Private Equity

Founding Partner

José Costa Pinto is the founding partner of Costa Pinto. José  specializes in commercial and corporate law issues and has extensive experience in corporate restructuring, M&A and private equity transactions.

Before founding Costa Pinto, José Costa Pinto worked for Uría Menéndez – Proença de Carvalho and Simmons & Simmons.

He was also President of the National Association of Portuguese Young Lawyers (ANJAP) between 2014 and 2018.

Portuguese and English.

Portuguese Bar Association (admitted in 2008 ). AIJA - International Association of Young Lawyers (member). UIA - International Association of Lawyers (member). Legalmondo (member in the corporate, M&A and real estate areas). ANJAP - National Association of Portuguese Young Lawyers (member). Portuguese Compliance and Regulatory Observatory (Member of the Board). Corporate Governance Portuguese Institute (Member of the Board).

Law Degree (University of Lisbon School of Law, 2005). Postgraduate Studies in Administrative Law (University of Lisbon School of Law, 2007). Postgraduate Studies in Commercial and Corporate Law (Catholic University of Portugal Law School – Lisbon, 2012).

José Costa Pinto  is the author and co-author of several technical articles and speaker at conferences and public events.

José was the exclusive winner of the 2022 and 2023 'Client Choice M&A award for Portugal' and recognised in the Iberian Lawyer ‘Forty under 40 2020 Awards' as the best lawyer in private equity in Iberia under 40 years.