The ‘very experienced, available and proactive team’ at VdA is highly regarded for its role in significant capital market transactions, spanning both domestic and international placements of debt and equity. The team offers a holistic approach to capital markets matters, leveraging the firm’s banking and finance capabilities to deliver tailored solutions to a wide-ranging client base that includes including leading financial institutions and corporations from a range of industries. Practice head Pedro Cassiano Santos is regularly involved in transactions across debt, equity, and hybrid instruments. Elsewhere in the team, Hugo Moredo Santos is noted for his involvement in national and international markets transactions, including public offerings and private placements of equity, while José Pedro Fazenda Martins is recommended for his expertise in regulatory matters. Orlando Vogler Guiné is a key port of call for players in the debt/structured debt and securitisation market, specialising in derivatives and securities issues.

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'Quality of work, full availability, feedback, transparent billing, professionalism.'
‘Hugo Moredo Santos is is available and pragmatic.'
‘Efficiency, availability, knowledge, quick response, customer service.'
‘Office with extensive experience in the capital markets. Very experienced, available and proactive team.'
‘A team with enormous technical knowledge in several areas, very experienced and always available to collaborate in all phases of the processes allocated to them.'

Key clients

Banco Santander Totta, S.A., Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria, S.A, BNP Paribas, Mizuho Securities Europe GMBH
Grupo Visabeira, S.A.
Haitong Bank
Alantra Corporate Portfolio Advisors International Limited and Banco Santander, S.A.
Banco Santander Totta, S.A., Banco BPI, S.A., NatWest Markets N.V., Barclays Bank Ireland PLC
BNP Paribas
Sport Lisboa e Benfica - Futebol, SAD
CaixaBank, S.A., BPI, S.A. and Banco Santander Totta, S.A.
Novabase - Sociedade Gestora de Participações Sociais, S.A.
Greenvolt – Energias Renováveis, S.A.

Work highlights

Assisting in the conversions of the existing covered bonds programs of the Portuguese banking sector into covered bonds programs compliant with the new legal regime of covered bonds approved by Decree-Law no. 31/2022.
Assisted a bank syndicate on the creation of a €1bn Medium Term Note Programme pursuant to which Floene Energias, S.A.
Advised Alantra Corporate Portfolio Advisors International Limited and Banco Santander,S.A., as transaction counsel in Volta VIII securitisation of credit rights of €938.54m owned by SU Eletricidade, S.A.

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