Abreu Advogados‘ corporate team leverages its expertise across real estate, banking, technology, life sciences, energy, and natural resources, earning praise from clients for its its 'excellent' technical ability. Known for its strengths in cross-border work, especially in Mozambique and Angola, the practice is co-led by Ana Sofia Batista, who brings over two decades of experience representing national and international clients in private equity deals. Alongside her, José Maria Corrêa De Sampaio is recognised for his extensive experience in finance and litigation, while Manuel Santos Vítor complements the team’s M&A strengths with a focus on corporate governance and reorganisation expertise.

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Testimonials

Collated independently by Legal 500 research team.

  • 'I have been working with Abreu Advogados for several years, and year after year they have increased their levels of quality and excellence, in addition to the best price/quality ratio, without ever giving up their excellent technical and inter-relational capacity, in addition to always being at the forefront of legislative innovation.'

Key clients

  • Blossom Investments, Lda.
  • Panattoni
  • Unbabel
  • Caixa Geral de Depósitos, S.A. (CGD)
  • Henko Partners
  • Mutares
  • Horizon
  • HCapital
  • FC Midtjylland

Lawyers

Leading partners
The strongest partners in their field, leading on market-leading deals and endorsed by peers and clients alike.

Practice head

The lawyer(s) leading their teams.

Ana Sofia Batista, José Maria Corrêa de Sampaio, Manuel Santos Vítor

Other key lawyers

César Bessa Monteiro Jr, Hugo Teixeira, Rui Peixoto Duarte, Cláudia Santos Malaquias, Rita Albuquerque