Cuatrecasas excels in advising national and international financiers and sponsors throughout all stages of project development, from tender structuring to implementation. The group, whose expertise spans the roads, rail, renewables, water, ports, hospitals, and transport spaces, is jointly led by a capable trio: Margarida Leal De Oliveira, who is active in healthcare, energy, ports, and natural resources projects in Portugal and abroad; Manuel Requicha Ferreira, a finance and structured transactions specialist, who is experienced in road concessionaires’ debt restructurings and project finance in the energy sector; and Lourenço Vilhena De Freitas, who specialises in public procurement and PPPs in the infrastructure space. André Duarte Figueira has recently left the firm.
Testimonials
Collated independently by Legal 500 research team.
‘High experience on the topic.’
‘Margarida Leal de Oliveira is a lawyer with enormous experience in the sector, combined with great availability.’
‘Telma Carvalho has good technical and work capacity and attention to detail.’
‘Very quick response, flexibility and a lot of knowledge in all areas.’
Key clients
- DP world
- Cross Ocean Partners
- Transdev group
- Auto-Estradas do Atlântico – concessões rodoviárias de Portugal
- Portugal Renewable Energy – PTRW (Ventient Group)
- CaixaBank
- Enerland 2007 Fotovoltaica S.L.
- CP – comboios de Portugal EPE
- CLH – Compañía Logística de Hidrocarburos
- Strongeagle Mozambique Fund
- Infraestruturas de Portugal/ IP Telecom
- APDL – Administração dos Portos do Douro, Leixões e Viana do Castelo, S.A.
- Empark Group
- Beralt Tin and Wolfram (Portugal), S. A
- Lisnave – Estaleiros Navais, S.A.
- Nutrinveste Group (Sovena/Elaias sub-groups)
Work highlights
- Advised National Westminster Bank PLC on a large energy project finance, financing and refinancing transaction made in Portugal.
- Advised Cross Ocean Partners on all issues related to the debt restructuring and the structuring of the new shareholding and financing.
- Advised Infraestruturas de Portugal and IP Telecom in the implementation of new electronic communications infrastructures between the Portuguese continental territory and the Azores and Madeira archipelagos through a submarine cable system.
Lawyers
Practice head
The lawyer(s) leading their teams.
Margarida Leal De Oliveira, Manuel Requicha Ferreira, Lourenço Vilhena De Freitas