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Dispute resolution

Cuatrecasas

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Providing ‘quality and excellent services’ to clients across the automotive, infrastructure, energy, real estate, telecoms and financial services sectors, Cuatrecasas is well placed to handle private enforcement and class actions – recent areas of growth for the dispute resolution team – alongside domestic and international arbitration cases. With over 20 years’ experience, practice head Miguel De Almada focuses on civil and commercial litigation and arbitration in the finance, construction, energy and TMT sectors. Luís Miguel Cortes Martins is an experienced arbitrator, while Frederico Bettencourt Ferreira, in addition to his strong credentials in international arbitration, is singled out for his proficiency in out-of-court proceedings. With extensive experience in the banking and finance sector, Maria Raquel Moreira is the name to note for insolvency and restructuring matters. Diana Simão Lourenço focuses on civil and contract-related litigation.

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Testimonials

Collated independently by Legal 500 research team.

  • ‘Law firm that provides quality and excellent service. The procedural documents prepared are extremely complete and developed, without any errors.’

  • ‘Miguel de Almada is available, extremely competent in preparing the arguments and strategy for the process.’

  • ‘Rationality, commitment and technical responsibility in analyses and solution proposals. Technical skills demonstrated at a very high level, even in diverse subjects; ease of ensuring an adequate relationship between the parties involved in different matters.’

  • ‘Miguel de Almada: technical skills; availability to identify alternative responses, always ensuring the client’s best interests; reasonableness in identifying potential solutions.’

  • ‘They are competent, dedicated and trustworthy, zealously defending the client's best interests. They have extensive experience in litigation.’

  • ‘Fast adaption of complex legal matter. Pragmatic suggestions, making the complex simpler.’

  • ‘Miguel del Almada: partner with good understanding of the situation.'

Key clients

  • Republic of Portugal
  • Banco Comercial Português
  • ActivoBank
  • Banco de Portugal (Bank of Portugal)
  • Nutrinveste Group (Sovena/Elaias sub-groups)
  • BMW Group
  • Driscoll’s of Europe and Portugal
  • Fundação Eugénio de Almeida
  • Medway (MSC Group)
  • Sacyr - Somague
  • Sociedade Central de Cervejas (SCC) – Heineken Portugal

Work highlights

  • Advising and representing Republic of Portugal, as Respondent, in a high-profile investment arbitration brought against the Republic under the Bilateral Investment Treaty entered into between Portugal and Mauritius.
  • Advised Banco Comercial Português, S.A. on a complex litigation proceedings against several companies of the JJW Group, which operates in the real estate and hotel sectors.
  • Advising and representing Banco Privado Português (BPP) and its winding-up board in pre-litigation and litigation issues.

Lawyers

Hall of Fame

The lawyers at the very top of the profession, widely known and respected by peers and clients for their longstanding involvement in market-leading work.

Luís Miguel Cortes Martins

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Luis Miguel Cortes Martins is the Managing Partner of SLCM // Serra Lopes, Cortes Martins & Associados, in Lisbon.He has an important track record in Mergers & Acquisitions operations, both inbound and outbound, having been involved in major transactions in the energy and telecommunications sector. He regularly advises strategic business decisions and complex restructurings, developing long term relationships with the clients.He is a recognized and respected lawyer in dispute resolution and arbitration conflicts, both national and international, in public or private domain, acting as a lawyer or arbitrator.

Leading individuals

Maria Raquel Moreira

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Maria Raquel Moreira is Partner of SLCM // Serra Lopes, Cortes Martins & Associados, in Lisbon. She coordinates one of SLCM’s Dispute Resolution teams and has undertaken the representation of a broad range of clients such as financial institutions and banks, large companies and state owned companies on civil, commercial and corporate litigation.She also advises clients on complex, high-profile matters, involving bankruptcy, asset recovery and refinancing. Specialized in tailor-made advisory, works on out-of-court restructuring solutions and insolvency proceedings.

Next Generation Partners

Practice head

The lawyer(s) leading their teams.

Miguel de Almada

Other key lawyers

Luís Miguel Cortes Martins, Frederico Bettencourt Ferreira, Maria Raquel Moreira, Diana Simão Lourenço, Miguel Pereira da Silva, Tiago Gomes

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