CABO VERDE Trends and Developments
Trends and Developments Contributed by: Nelson Raposo Bernardo, Joana Andrade Correia, Manuel Esteves de Albuquerque and Júlio Martins Júnior Raposo Bernardo & Associados Raposo Bernardo & Associados is an international full-service law firm, with practices in Africa (Angola, Cabo Verde, Guinea Bissau, Mozambique, and São Tomé and Príncipe) and Europe (Portugal and Spain). In Cabo Verde, the firm has a team of 12 lawyers based both locally and abroad, offering more than 20 years’ experience of participating in the most inno - vative and relevant projects. They regularly represent the interests of national and international players – including investment and commercial banks, invest - ment funds, financial intermediaries, government
entities, and public sector and private agents – in legal matters concerning banking, energy, aviation, pharmaceuticals, tourism and leisure, and construc - tion and infrastructure. The firm’s expertise includes advising on operations such as corporate finance and major project finance, large M&A transactions, privatisations, PPP projects, large infrastructure pro - jects and drafts of banking, financial markets and in - surance legislation. It also works closely with major international law firms.
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Nelson Raposo Bernardo is the managing partner of Raposo Bernardo and has more than 30 years’ experience as a lawyer in high-profile and complex legal operations and transactions. He is
Joana Andrade Correia is a partner and co-head of Raposo Bernardo’s corporate and M&A department. She has led multiple domestic and
international operations, including corporate restructurings and M&A transactions for key players in different sectors, such as aviation, banking and finance, pharmaceuticals, energy and infrastructure. She has also worked on several projects to review and reform legislation. Joana’s recent work includes advising a major European private airline on the privatisation of a public airline; advising a major European hotels and resorts group on its business incorporation in Portugal and the opening of two hotels; and advising a leading Iberian paper print company on a merger transaction.
head of the firms’ banking and projects practices, and co-head of the corporate practice. He is also an assistant professor of corporate and commercial law at the Law School of the University of Lisbon, and regularly lectures on entrepreneurship, start-up and management courses at INDEG/ISCTE. Nelson also has experience in legislating and has led several legislative reform committees, in several countries, on banking, finance, insurance, projects, start-ups and venture capital.
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