PORTUGAL Law and Practice Contributed by: Manuel Magalhães, Mafalda Ferreira Santos, Francisco Boavida Salavessa and Maria José Lourenço, Sérvulo & Associados
Sérvulo & Associados (SÉRVULO) is a Portuguese full-service law firm established 25 years ago, with more than 120 lawyers. It is a member of three inter - national networks of law firms (Legalink, Cathay As - sociates and Roxin Alliance), which enables it to pro - vide comprehensive legal advice to clients on a truly global scale. SÉRVULO is also a founding member of SÉRVULO LATITUDE⦵, the multilateral network of partnerships formed by leading law firms from the full range of Portuguese-speaking countries, spanning Africa, America, Asia and Europe. In the restructur -
ing and insolvency field, SÉRVULO’s multidisciplinary team comprises around 20 dedicated lawyers from its finance and governance, and litigation and arbi - tration departments, and has advised on some of the most complex and high-profile cases in Portugal and Europe, such as the liquidation procedures of BES, BANIF and BPP banks. The authors would like to thank Alexandra Valpaços, principal associate in the litigation and arbitration de - partment, for her valuable comments and contribu - tions.
Authors
Manuel Magalhães has been at Sérvulo & Associados since 2011. He is a partner in the finance and governance department, and also co-heads the restructuring and insolvency department and the real
Francisco Boavida Salavessa has been at Sérvulo & Associados since 2011 and is a partner in the finance and governance department. He holds graduate qualifications in consumer law from the Faculty of Law
estate, tourism and urban planning department. Manuel was also a founding partner at H Gamito, Couto, Gonçalves Pereira e Castelo Branco in Mozambique, between 1998 and 2003. He has been a member of the Portuguese Bar Association since 1992 and is also a member of the International Bar Association.
of the University of Lisbon, and in banking, capital markets and insurance law from the Faculty of Law of the University of Coimbra. He graduated in law from the Faculty of Law of the Nova University of Lisbon in 2005, and joined the Portuguese Bar Association in 2008.
Maria José Lourenço has been at Sérvulo & Associados since 2018. She is a consultant in the firm’s litigation and arbitration department, and has also developed a restructuring and insolvency practice.
Mafalda Ferreira Santos has been at Sérvulo & Associados since 2018. She is a partner in the firm’s litigation department, focusing her practice on the areas of restructuring and insolvency, and arbitration. She holds
She has expertise in public law, intellectual property, corporate law, and litigation and arbitration. Maria joined the Portuguese Bar Association in 1999.
a master’s degree in legal sciences from the Faculty of Law of the University of Lisbon, and has lectured interdisciplinary juridical practice at the Faculty of Law of the Nova University of Lisbon. Mafalda joined the Portuguese Bar Association in 1997.
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