pbbr - Sociedade de Advogados RL has significant experience in credit restructuring transactions, acting for financial institutions and corporations alike. Praised for its ‘mastery of the topics’, the practice is a popular choice for Spanish banks seeking assistance with financing deals in Portugal. Team lead Alexandre Jardim  specialises in acquisition finance and lending transactions within the real estate sector. Jardim is supported by Sofia de Sales Sousinha, who is noted for her experience advising clients on restructuring agreements, facilities agreements, and constitution of guarantees, and Patricia Goldschmidt, who adeptly handles transactional work, corporate governance and compliance issues.

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Testimonials

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  • ‘The law firm operates in different areas of our needs, which means that we can deal with different topics through the same interlocutor. The teams we interact with demonstrate capacity and mastery of the topics, which gives us comfort in continuing to develop new businesses.'

  • ‘Marco Pereira Cardoso is our main point of contact at the firm; he is a very capable person in solving our needs. Although he is our focal point, when there is a need to involve other people, he does not hesitate to contact them so that we can explore the topic more deeply and come up with solutions that satisfy our needs.'

Key clients

  • ECS Capital Sociedade de Capital de Risco, S.A.
  • Millenniumbcp
  • ABANCA Corporacion Bancaria (formerly NCG Bank)
  • Sogevinus SGPS, S.A.
  • Stone Capital
  • ORES SIGI SA
  • Groupe Terresens
  • MDSR Investments
  • CTT Bank
  • Keys Asset Management
  • GMG- Geneva Management Group
  • Signal Capital Partners
  • Banco Português de Gestão, S. A.
  • LX-5
  • GBNRE – Grupo Novo Banco Real Estate SGOIC
  • Heed Capital SGOIC
  • Caixa Económica Montepio Geral

Work highlights

  • Assisting Tage Une Fois with the negotiation of a green loan arrangement to fund the development of a real estate project.
  • Advising ABANCA Corporacion Bancaria, as borrower, on the financing of a logistic centre located in Portugal.

Practice head

The lawyer(s) leading their teams.

Alexandre Jardim

Other key lawyers

Sofia de Sales Sousinha, Patriciaa Goldschmidt, Marco Pereira Cardoso