Acting for borrowers, lenders and guarantors, Gómez-Acebo & Pombo leverages its ‘excellent’ regulatory knowledge to advise on project finance, NPL portfolio transactions, refinancing and credit facility agreements. The practice is co-led by Mafalda Barreto, who handles cross-border M&A, distressed lending and debt and claims trading across regulated sectors – such as infrastructure, energy, telecoms and real estate – and Filipe Santos Barata, a ’go-to’ lawyer for insurance and regulatory matters, as well as debt restructuring and syndicated lending.
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Testimonials
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- 'Filipe Santos Barata is the go-to person for insurance and regulatory matters in Portugal for my company.'
- 'The team led by Filipe Santos has excellent knowledge of regulations, best practices and lines of action on the part of the regulator. Its proximity and ability to include legal aspects related to the issues dealt with give it a multidisciplinary character that undoubtedly helps the legal teams it supports.'
Key clients
- Millennium BCP
- La Banque Postale
- Siemens Bank
- ING
- Cooke
- Sixth Street
- QDF
- Stoneshield
Practice head
Mafalda Barreto; Filipe Santos Barata