The ‘very experienced, available and proactive team’ at VdA is highly regarded for its role in significant capital market transactions, spanning both domestic and international placements of debt and equity. The team offers a holistic approach to capital markets matters, leveraging the firm’s banking and finance capabilities to deliver tailored solutions to a wide-ranging client base that includes including leading financial institutions and corporations from a range of industries. Practice head Pedro Cassiano Santos  is regularly involved in transactions across debt, equity, and hybrid instruments. Elsewhere in the team, Hugo Moredo Santos  is noted for his involvement in national and international markets transactions, including public offerings and private placements of equity, while José Pedro Fazenda Martins  is recommended for his expertise in regulatory matters. Orlando Vogler Guiné is a key port of call for players in the debt/structured debt and securitisation market, specialising in derivatives and securities issues.
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Témoignages

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  • 'Quality of work, full availability, feedback, transparent billing, professionalism.' 

  • ‘Hugo Moredo Santos is is available and pragmatic.'

  • ‘Efficiency, availability, knowledge, quick response, customer service.'

  • ‘Office with extensive experience in the capital markets. Very experienced, available and proactive team.'

  • ‘A team with enormous technical knowledge in several areas, very experienced and always available to collaborate in all phases of the processes allocated to them.'

Clients clés

  • Banco Santander Totta, S.A., Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria, S.A, BNP Paribas, Mizuho Securities Europe GMBH
  • Grupo Visabeira, S.A.
  • Haitong Bank
  • Alantra Corporate Portfolio Advisors International Limited and Banco Santander, S.A.
  • Banco Santander Totta, S.A., Banco BPI, S.A., NatWest Markets N.V., Barclays Bank Ireland PLC
  • BNP Paribas
  • Sport Lisboa e Benfica - Futebol, SAD
  • CaixaBank, S.A., BPI, S.A. and Banco Santander Totta, S.A.
  • Novabase - Sociedade Gestora de Participações Sociais, S.A.
  • Greenvolt – Energias Renováveis, S.A.

Points forts

  • Assisting in the conversions of the existing covered bonds programs of the Portuguese banking sector into covered bonds programs compliant with the new legal regime of covered bonds approved by Decree-Law no. 31/2022.
  • Assisted a bank syndicate on the creation of a €1bn Medium Term Note Programme pursuant to which Floene Energias, S.A.
  • Advised Alantra Corporate Portfolio Advisors International Limited and Banco Santander,S.A., as transaction counsel in Volta VIII securitisation of credit rights of €938.54m owned by SU Eletricidade, S.A.

Avocats

Hall of Fame

Avocats au sommet de leur profession, largement reconnus et respectés par l'ensemble du marché pour leur expertise éprouvée et leur intervention récurrente et longue date dans les dossiers les plus complexes et prestigieux.

Les grands avocats du marché

Avocats associés reconnus parmi les leaders du marché par leurs pairs et leurs clients, régulièrement présents dans les grands dossiers dans lesquels ils sont au premier plan.

Meilleurs collaborateurs

Jeunes avocats collaborateurs ou counsels qui se distinguent régulièrement par leur présence dans des dossiers importants du marché, et qui sont identifiés par le marché comme de jeunes talents à suivre.

Orlando Vogler Guiné

Responsable de la pratique

Pedro Cassiano Santos

Autres avocats clés

Hugo Moredo Santos, José Pedro Fazenda Martins, Benedita Aires, Orlando Vogler Guiné