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The ‘very strong and well-structured’ team at SRS Legal is well versed in the gamut of banking and finance matters, including bank lending, debt restructuring,  NPL deals, securitisations and fund offerings. A litany of financial players in the energy, healthcare, hospitality, TMT, insurance and real estate sectors turn to the team for its experience on complex financing deals at the domestic and international levels. Practice head Alexandra Valente is lauded for her ability to combine ’a deep knowledge of applicable legislation with practical experience’. William Smithson regularly advises large international companies across various business sectors, while João Santos Carvalho has extensive experience in structured finance and banking regulatory matters.

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Testimonials

Collated independently by Legal 500 research team.

  • ‘The team is very strong and well structured, ably led by Alexandra Valente.’
  • ‘Alexandra Valente combines a deep knowledge of applicable legislation with practical experience.’

Key clients

  • African Export Import Bank
  • Rabobank
  • M7
  • Banco do Brasil
  • Sagemcom Broadband
  • Upteam Corporation Limited
  • MNK
  • BNP Paribas
  • Oney Bank
  • Bank of Portugal
  • HSBC
  • Crédit Industriel et Commerciel
  • EOS Group
  • Autonomous Region of Madeira
  • BNI Europa
  • Financeira Corte Inglês
  • Caixa Geral de Depósitos
  • Bicredit

Lawyers

Leading individuals

Alexandra Valente

Alexandra Valente

SRS Legal

Partner in the Finance Department, Alexandra Valente has advised Portuguese and international financial institutions and private equity funds on numerous complex transactions, involving, inter alia, distressed debt, distressed equity and financial restructurings. She has also advised on a range of important finance activities such as privatisations and public share offerings, large mergers and acquisitions and asset finance and project finance transactions, providing advice to banks and other investors. With over 20 years of experience, Alexandra advises extensively on the provision of debt finance, structured finance, EMTN Programmes and securitisations, both in the financial sector, as well as involving other classes of underlying assets.

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João Santos Carvalho

João Santos Carvalho

SRS Legal

Partner in SRS’ Corporate & Finance Department, João Santos Carvalho has extensive experience in advising credit institutions and borrowers on a wide range of banking and financial law issues, including a range of domestic and cross-border bank financing transactions, asset finance, project finance, real estate finance, ship finance, direct lending, NPL and banking regulatory matters. He has advised several investment banks, investment fund management companies, financial intermediaries and issuers on capital markets transactions and the provision of financial services, including several debt issuance transactions and securitisations and regulatory matters. He also advises incumbents, fintechs and crypto-active operators on regulatory issues related to digital banking, provision of payment services, credit granting and crypto-active products.

Practice head

The lawyer(s) leading their teams.

Alexandra Valente

Other key lawyers

William Smithson, João Santos Carvalho, António Pape