Noted for its ‘technicality’, the corporate, M&A and private equity team at TELLES is regularly engaged by clients hailing from the insurance, private equity, venture capital, construction, life sciences, telecoms, infrastructure and energy sectors. The practice is steered by Francisco Espregueira Mendes, who is adept in corporate M&A, private equity and venture capital deals, as well as privatisations and complex corporate restructurings. Joana Telles de Abreu is praised for her ’extremely high competence’ and ‘pragmatic’ approach. The team has been bolstered by the arrivals of Ofélia Pinto de Queiroz and Márcio Carreira Nobre, both of whom joined from CS’Associados in January and April 2023 respectively.
Testimonials
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‘Telles is truly a unique company in terms of the quality of service it provides to its clients. It is a firm that has shown exponential growth in recent years, with a strong, truly national presence, covering all areas of law.'
‘I highlight Diogo Damião for his great attention to detail and extreme dedication to the client, in addition to a very professional attitude and legal knowledge.'
'I would highlight Ofélia Pinto Queiroz for her seniority, exemplary professionalism, remarkable competence and her exceptional client orientation.'
‘The support provided by the Telles M&A team exceeded all our expectations, as they supported all steps of the negotiation with the notoriously very experienced defence of our interests, always explaining to us what was at stake at each point and supporting the decision-making process and acceptance/refusal of contractual conditions.'
‘In the team, we highlight the absolutely exceptional contribution of Francisco Espregueira Mendes, a person we greatly esteem and consider for his enormous support and generosity in sharing his knowledge and intelligence, which allowed us to be much safer in the most important step of our professional lives.’
‘I highlight the quality of the services, the rigour, the technicality, the teamwork, the concern and compliance with the deadlines requested for the response, the prompt availability and kindness.'
Key clients
- Alten Europe Group
- Andrade Gutierrez / Zagope
- Autoribeiro Group
- BBL Invest, S.A.
- Beta Capital
- Bilacon Iberia
- Cavalum Group
- Cerealis Group
- David Rosas
- Dekra Group
- Domes Resorts
- Efficity S.A.
- Egis Group
- Ena Okto Dyo Real Estate
- Época Home Palace & Hotel Concept Group
- Ferpinta Group
- Ferreira Build Power | Ferreira Construções
- Fundação Casa da Música
- Fuste, S.A.
- Galp
- Glatz Group
- Greenvolt
- Guest Ready Group
- Horizon Equity Partners
- Inspariya Group
- Insula Capital SGOIC
- Inter-Risco
- JPM Group
- Makeen Energy Group
- Lionesa Group
- LTP Labs, S.A.
- Metis II B.V.
- Nelson Quintas Group
- Nors Group
- OB Invest
- Orpea Group
- Páginas Amarelas Group
- Pharmalex Group (AmerisourceBergen investment portfolio company)
- Pluris Investments, S.A.
- Point Capital Partners
- Pradecon, S.A.
- Primor Group
- Project To Be Group (former Planaltosearch Capital)
- PSA Group
- Raclac
- Red Bull
- RNM Group
- Rubix Group
- Saviotti Group
- Servilusa
- Super Bock Group
- Tangor Capital
- Teak Capital
- Torrestir Group
- Transdev
- Triva Group, S.A.
- Unilabs Group (Apax Partners investment portfolio company)
- Vigent Group
- Vintage Prime SGPS, S.A. (Luisa Amorim Group)
- Vortal
- Vallis Capital Partners
- Wavecom Group
- Zeitreel (Sonae Group)
Work highlights
- Advised the SAVIOTTI GROUP on the sale of Dom Pedro Hotels Algarve and Madeira to the ARROW GLOBAL GROUP.
- Advising ZEITREEL SONAE (SONAE FASHION DIVISION) on the complete restructuring of the ZEITREEL SONAE corporate group, including winding-up and liquidation of several companies, cross-border shareholding transfers, and merger of several companies in several jurisdictions.
- Advising the PHARMALEX GROUP as local Portuguese legal counsel within the scope of the worlwide sale of the PHARMALEX GROUP to AMERISOURCEBERGEN.
Lawyers
Practice head
The lawyer(s) leading their teams.
Francisco Espregueira Mendes