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CMS Offices
Rua Castilho, 50
1250-071 Lisbon
Portugal
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Fernando Cruz Trinca
Work Department
Commercial
Position
Partner
Career
Fernando Cruz Trinca is a Partner in the Commercial team.
Fernando works mainly within private law with a special focus on civil law, commercial law, financing law, insurance law, pharmaceutical law, consumption law, and connected litigation.
Fernando provides standing legal assistance to several credit finance institutions, notably in transversal legal assistance to the entire respective activity, including relations with the regulatory entity. He also provides standing legal assistance to several national and international clients, notably in the negotiation and drafting of commercial contracts and transversal legal assistance to the entire respective activity as well as assures the coordination of the clients’ litigation to which he provides legal assistance with the follow-up in court of the most relevant proceedings.
Languages
Portuguese, English, French, Italian
Lawyer Rankings
Portugal > Commercial, corporate and M&A
Fielding a ‘solid team with strong knowledge and experience’, CMS draws on the firm’s extensive global network to guide clients through complex cross-border M&A, private equity deals, privatisations, restructurings, and strategic alliances. Serving a diverse roster of clients – including multinationals, private equity firms, venture capital funds, government agencies, and local businesses – the team’s sector expertise spans aviation, healthcare, energy, manufacturing, and distribution. The practice is helmed by a trio of experts: founding partner João Caldeira, who is known for his strength in private equity, M&A, corporate restructuring, joint ventures, capital markets, and corporate finance; Francisco Xavier de Almeida , noted for his focus on special situations, restructuring, and transactions involving distressed assets and NPLs; and Fernando Cruz Trinca, who advises credit financial institutions and pharmaceutical companies. Tiago Valente de Oliveira supports both domestic and international clients with M&A, corporate, and commercial matters. David Apolónia also plays a pivotal role.