With experience and knowledge across a diverse array of renewable energy assets, the energy and natural resources team at Morais Leitão, Galvão Teles, Soares da Silva & Associados boasts wide-ranging capabilities across transactional, licensing, and project development mandates. Catarina Brito Ferreira  provides ‘extensive technical and legal knowledge in the energy sector’, acting for clients on M&A, regulatory, and licensing matters concerning wind, solar, and power-to-X projects. Ricardo Andrade Amaro is a corporate and commercial law expert, with a long track record of advising power companies on renewable energy M&A, tender processes, and power purchase agreements. Joana Alves de Abreu is no longer at the firm.

Legal 500 Editorial commentary

Testimonials

Collated independently by Legal 500 research team.

  • 'The Morais Leitão teams have considerable knowledge of the group and the business, and demonstrate availability in supporting us in different projects from different areas and scopes.'

  • ‘Knowledge of the business and the history of the group's activity. Availability and empathy in the work carried out together.'

  • ‘Experience and knowledge across the renewable energy business, in particular insight into regulation and energy markets in Portugal.'

  • ‘Catarina Brito Ferreira has experience and extensive technical and legal knowledge in the energy sector, bringing real negotiation skills.'

Key clients

  • Total Energies
  • EDP
  • Greenvolt
  • Sonnedix
  • Finerge
  • Lightsource BP
  • Neoen
  • Enerparc
  • Aquila Capital
  • EDP Renewables

Lawyers

Leading partners
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Practice head

The lawyer(s) leading their teams.

Tomás Vaz Pinto

Other key lawyers

Catarina Brito Ferreira, Ricardo Andrade Amaro