Working seamlessly with the firm’s banking and finance, tax, real estate, employment, and criminal law practices, DLA Piper ABBC offers comprehensive expertise in debt and financial restructurings, in addition to advising on the acquisition and disposal of distressed assets and formal insolvency proceedings. The practice is jointly steered by Nuno Azevedo Neves and Vanessa Antunes; Azevedo Neves focuses on financial restructurings and distressed investments, while Antunes specialises in litigation, representing both domestic and international clients.
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- 'Good level in performing tasks.'
- 'Highlights mainly for Nuno Neves.’
Key clients
- Caixa Geral de Depósitos
- Swissport
- Keensight Capital and Vision-Box Holding
- Rio Tinto Aluminium Pechiney (Group Rio Tinto)
- World Bank Group
- C2 Capital Partners, SCR, S.A.’ shareholders
Work highlights
- Advising the state-owned bank Caixa Geral de Depósitos on the insolvency proceedings of Investifino SGPS Limited (company registered in Malta) and Manuel Fino SGPS, SA (as a dominant company, responsible for the debts of the controlled company) (€350m).
- Advising Keensight Capital and Vision-Box Holding on the sale of 100% of Vision-Box’s share capital to Amadeus IT Group, for an enterprise value of approximately €320m.
- Advising Rio Tinto Group on the insolvency proceedings of EXTRUSAL - COMPANHIA PORTUGUESA DE EXTRUSÃO, S.A., namely in the claim for a credit worth around €3m and representation in negotiations and decision-making, as a creditor sitting on the Creditors' Committee, with a view to the sale/recovery of the insolvent debtor/business (transfer of undertaking worth around €20m).
Practice head
The lawyer(s) leading their teams.
Vanessa Antunes, Nuno Azevedo Neves