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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‘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.
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Miguel de Almada