Sérvulo & Associados’s multidisciplinary team, which integrates finance, corporate governance, dispute resolution and corporate and M&A expertise, offers comprehensive advice on complex restructuring, insolvency, and liquidation cases within Portugal and Europe. The team is under the joint leadership of four practitioners: Manuel Magalhães, the managing partner, is a popular choice for insolvent banks; Mafalda Ferreira Santos excels in dispute resolution, often representing creditors and debtors in restructuring and insolvency proceedings; while António Teles and João Saúde specialise in litigation and arbitration matters.

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Key clients

TAP - Transportes Aéreos Portugueses, S.A.
Banco Espírito Santo, S.A. - Em Liquidação (BES)
Banco Internacional Do Funchal, S.A. - Em Liquidação (BANIF)
Banco Privado Português, S.A. – Em Liquidação (BPP)
FERROVIAL/MSF – Barragens A.C.E.
Monumental Residence – Empreendimentos Imobiliários, SA
Orey Financial – Instituição Financeira de Crédito, S.A. – Em Liquidação
Aguia Enlica, Lda. (Aquila Capital Group)
Grünenthal
Banco Comercial Português, S.A. (Millennium BCP)
Caixa Económica Montepio Geral
Nilit France
Exact Software Iberia, S.L.
Renault Group

Work highlights

Represented TAP in the insolvency proceedings of SPdH – Serviços Portugueses de Handling, S.A. (commercially known as Groundforce).
Advised Banco Espírito Santo (BES) and its Liquidation Committee on pre-litigation and litigation matters.
Advised BANIF and its Liquidation Committee on all legal matters relating to the liquidation of the bank.