The team at CMS predominantly assists private sector clients - including financiers, transport concessionaires and multinational energy companies - with project development and finance matters involving Portugal and Portuguese-speaking countries. Co-head Mónica Carneiro Pacheco is a reference in the renewable energy market. Alongside her, the team is led by António Payan Martins, who specialises in project finance, particularly in the infrastructure sector; and Alberto Galhardo Simões, who heads the Lusophone Africa team, advises on projects in the infrastructure, mining and power sectors.
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Key clients
- VOITH HYDRO GmbH
- Geoangol Geologia e Sondagens, Lda.
- Unicargas SU, LDA
- Sun Africa LLC
- ANA - Aeroportos de Portugal
- VINCI Airports
- Caixa de Crédito Agrícola
- Gemcorp
Work highlights
- Advising EDP – Gestão da Produção de Energia, S.A. on the successful arbitration proceeding against the Portuguese State related to the Fridão Hydropower Plant.
- Advising Sun Africa on a Rural Electrification Project (“REP”) for the development, construction and financing of renewable energy, grid infrastructure, agriculture and water purification projects, all to be implemented in 8 provinces in Angola.
- Advising Unicargas on the renegotiation of the concession of the Multipurpose Terminal of the Port of Luanda.
Practice head
The lawyer(s) leading their teams.
Mónica Carneiro Pacheco, António Payan Martins, Alberto Galhardo Simões