CARDIGOS specialises in providing high-end legal advice to its clients in complex business transactions. The firm is distinguished not only by the depth and high quality of its advisory services, but also by the innovative skills and commercial awareness of its lawyers. Our low ratio of partners to associates allows us to offer our clients an intense and highly individualised focus on their needs. The firm has leading practice groups which often have a cross border focus due to their international expertise. On a cross border level, we work together on an integrated team basis with leading independent law firms around the world to better serve our clients.
We represent clients in some of the largest and most complex transactions. Our lawyers advise on a wide range of corporate matters including mergers and acquisitions, spin-offs, split-ups, public offerings, financial products and financing transactions. Our experience continues to grow with the needs of our clients.
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We have a preeminent and leading banking and finance practice. Particular areas of expertise include leveraged finance, acquisition finance, project and structured finance. Our lawyers often represent commercial and investment banks, financial companies, private investment funds and other institutional lenders and investors, as well as leveraged buyout sponsors and borrowers in a wide range of financing transactions. Our derivatives group is a market leader for its expertise across all areas of the derivatives markets. Our team provides assistance to sovereign entities, regional governments, national and foreign banks and Portuguese institutions in preparing documentation for derivatives in hedging operations involving, for example, ISDA and ISMA documents. We are entrusted by ISDA to issue its Collateral Opinion for Portugal. CARDIGOS is an acknowledged leading capital markets practice, advising issuers, underwriters, selling and controlling shareholders and other market participants in securities offerings. Our lawyers advise clients on all types of securities transactions, regulatory compliance and corporate governance issues.
CARDIGOS is widely recognized as a leader in complex corporate transactions. We have in-depth experience with complex mergers and acquisitions and cross-border transactions across a wide range of industries. Our lawyers have been involved in some of the most creative deal structures, designing acquisition programs and preparing and implementing strategies for both acquirers and potential acquisition targets in domestic and cross-border transactions. Our expertise encompasses also private equity capability on all aspects of buyouts, financing and fund formation.
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Our tax lawyers advise domestic and international clients on complex issues in the area of corporate taxation and are dedicated to solving complex transactional and financial problems for a diverse group of clients, including major corporations, investment and commercial banks, private equity and hedge funds.
We represent clients in the most sensitive disputes, being often called in "bet-the-company" cases. Our practice focuses on arbitration, commercial and civil litigation and on a broad range of business disputes. Our lawyers are experienced litigators from pre-contentious advisory to trial. When necessary, our litigators work together with other practice areas to better serve our clients' needs.
We represent clients in some of the largest and most complex transactions. Our lawyers advise on a wide range of corporate matters including mergers and acquisitions, spin-offs, split-ups, public offerings, financial products and financing transactions. Our experience continues to grow with the needs of our clients.
Pedro Cardigos is a Partner in the firm's Banking, Derivatives, and Capital Markets and Corporate and M&A groups. Pedro's practice focuses on representing investment banking firms in a wide range of capital markets transactions, derivatives, corporate finance, as well as in mergers and acquisitions. Pedro has also participated in several important arbitrations, national and internationally.
Chicago-Kent School of Law - ITT, LL.M. American Legal Studies, 1989.
São Paulo University School of Law, Brazil, Post Graduation Course in International Law, 1988.
Portuguese Catholic University of Lisbon School of Law, Law Degree, 1987.
Partner of "Cardigos e Associados, Sociedade de Advogados R.L. ", since 2008.
Partner of "Abreu, Cardigos & Associados, Sociedade de Advogados R.L.", 1993-2007.
Associate at "Baker & McKenzie, Chicago", 1989-1990.
Associate at "Baker & McKenzie, São Paulo", 1987-1989.
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Porfírio Moreira is a Partner in the firm's Corporate Group. Porfirio's practice focuses on corporate, EU law, and employment related matters. Porfirio has wide experience in business reorganization, involving private and state-owned companies as well as in litigation and arbitration, frequently in cross-border disputes.
College of Europe, LL.M in EU Law, 2012.
Université Paris I Panthéon-Sorbonne, Postgraduate Studies in EU Law, 2007.
Nova University of Lisbon School of Law, Postgraduate Studies in Employment, 2006.
University of Lisbon School of Law, Law Degree, 2004.
Visiting Lecturer at Universidade Católica de Angola (law school), since 2016.
Visiting Lecturer at Universidade Agostinho Neto (postgraduate studies), since 2016.
Partner of "Cardigos e Associados, Sociedade de Advogados R.L. ", since 2014.
Associate at "Cardigos e Associados, Sociedade de Advogados R.L.", since 2008.
Secondee at the French law firm "Cabinet Bredin Prat" in Paris, 2009.
Júnior Associate and Associate at "Azevedo Neves, Benjamim Mendes & Associados, Sociedade de Advogados RL", 2004-2008.
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Pedro Moniz Lopes is a Partner in the firm’s Projects group. Pedro’s practice focuses on public procurement contracts, infrastructure and project finance transactions, administrative and regulatory litigation. Pedro also has extensive experience in arbitration proceedings and has been actively involved in some of the most prominent cases both internationally and locally.
University of Lisbon School of Law, PhD, Legal and Political Science, 2016.
University of Lisbon School of Law, Master of Laws Program, Legal and Political Science, 2010.
University of Lisbon School of Law, Postgraduate Studies in Legal Administrative Science, 2006.
University of Lisbon School of Law, Law Degree, 2004.
Assistant Professor at the University of Lisbon School of Law, since 2016.
Partner at “Cardigos e Associados, Sociedade de Advogados R.L.”, since 2015.
Arbitrator in administrative arbitration proceedings (CAAD – Center for Administrative Arbitration) since 2014.
Guest lecturer at the University of Lisbon School of Law, 2008-2016.
Associate at “Cardigos e Associados, Sociedade de Advogados R.L.”, since 2008.
Junior Associate and Associate at “ABBC & Associados, Sociedade de Advogados RL”, 2004-2008.
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João Paulo is a senior counsel of the firm specialized in EU and Competition Law, Arbitration and Litigation. João Paulo advises international and national clients in merger control cases, antitrust matters and investigations, EU and domestic litigation and arbitration. Admitted in Portugal and Malta.
Portuguese Catholic University of Lisbon School of Law LL.M. EU and Competition Law, 1990.
Portuguese Catholic University of Lisbon School of Law, Post Graduation Course in European Legal Studies 1987.
Portuguese Catholic University of Lisbon School of Law, Law Degree, 1985.
Senior Counsel of "Cardigos e Associados, Sociedade de Advogados R.L.", 2018.
Founding partner of “Garrigues Portugal” where he led the EU and Competition Law practice, 2000-2018.
Partner of “Landwell” and consultant of “PricewaterhouseCoopers”, 1998-2000.
Partner of "Abreu, Cardigos & Associados, Sociedade de Advogados R.L.", 1993-1998.
Partner of “F. Castelo Branco, Nobre Guedes & Associados – Sociedade de Advogados/Grupo Legal Português” (F. Castelo Branco, Nobre Guedes & Associados, Simmons & Simmons, J. y A. Garrigues and Pinheiro Neto Advogados), 1990-1993.
Associate at “Assis de Almeida & Associados”, 1985-1990.
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Pedro Santos Azevedo is Of Counsel at the firm and is part of the Public, Regulation and Competition group. Pedro has extensive experience in Administrative Law, namely in Public Procurement, having assisted several public and private entities throughout all stages of the tender processes. Pedro has experience as a lawyer and legal adviser and worked alongside the Portuguese National Authority for Communications as a legal expert. Pedro is also a regular speaker in seminars, lectures and postgraduate courses on public procurement and has several publications on this matter.
University of Coimbra School of Law, Postgraduate studies in Regulation and Competition Law, 2016.
University of Lisbon School of Law, Master of Law, Legal and Political Science, 2015.
University of Lisbon School of Law, Law Degree, 2010.
Founder and Member of the Board of the Administrative Law Review.
Member of CEDIPRE’s Public Procurement Group.
Arbitrator at CAAD – Center for Administrative Arbitration.
Legal expert at the Portuguese National Authority for Communications.
Junior Associate at “Morais Leitão, Galvão Teles, Soares da Silva e Associados, Sociedade de Advogados, RL”.
Junior Associate at “BAS, Sociedade de Advogados, RL”.
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Pedro Barata Sousa is a Consultant to the Firm. Pedro's practice focuses in mergers and acquisitions, corporate finance, corporate governance, business reorganization and real estate. Pedro has also relevant experience in litigation, arbitration and corporate investigations, internationally and locally.
LL.M. in Commercial and Corporate Law at Queen Mary, University of London, 2014.
Institute for Economic, Fiscal and Tax Law of the Faculty of Law of the University of Lisbon, Intensive Course in Accounting, 2012.
Catholic University School of Law, Lisbon, Corporate law post-graduated studies, 2010.
Portuguese Catholic University of Lisbon School of Law, Law Degree, 2008.
Consultant with "Cardigos e Associados, Sociedade de Advogados R.L.", since March 2017.
Associate at "Cardigos e Associados, Sociedade de Advogados R.L.", 2012-2013 and 2016-2017.
Associate at “Lipman Karas LLP” (London), 2014-2016.
Júnior Associate at "Cardigos e Associados, Sociedade de Advogados R.L.", since September 2008.
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