PORTUGAL Law and Practice Contributed by: Duarte Schmidt Lino, Raquel Azevedo, Alexander Ehlert and Leonor Melo Bento, PLMJ
PLMJ is a law firm based in Portugal that of- fers a full range of legal services coupled with bespoke legal expertise. The firm has been pro- viding tailor-made legal solutions to its clients for more than 50 years, in all areas of the law, and always as a business partner in the most strategic decision-making processes. To en- sure a close relationship with its clients, it has created PLMJ Colab, a co-operative network of law firms in Portugal and throughout the world. It is PLMJ Colab’s objective to maxim- ise its resources and respond effectively to the
international challenges of its clients, wherever they may be located. International collabora- tions are ensured by firms specialising in the le- gal systems and local cultures of Angola, Cape Verde, China/Macao, Mozambique, São Tome and Príncipe, and Timor-Leste. The firm would like to extend its gratitude to the following col- leagues: Ricardo Oliveira, José João Henriques, André Barbieri, Pedro Lomba, Nádia da Costa Ribeiro, Joana Campelo, João Rodrigues Du- arte and Ana Nunes Teixeira.
Authors
Duarte Schmidt Lino is a partner and co-head of the corporate and M&A practice at PLMJ. He has more than 18 years of experience in private equity, venture capital, M&A,
Raquel Azevedo is a partner in PLMJ’s banking and finance and capital markets practices. She has over 15 years of experience in capital markets transactions, including initial public offerings,
corporate law, corporate governance, investment funds and privatisation transactions, both in Portugal and internationally, with a focus on the markets of Angola, Brazil and Mozambique. In addition to his law degree from the Universidade Católica Portuguesa in Lisbon, Duarte completed a postgraduate course in Banking Law at the Faculty of Law of the University of Lisbon.
public offerings for sale, takeover bids, corporate governance of listed companies, acquisitions by private equity funds, listed companies and financial sector companies, and privatisations. In addition, she has experience in setting up investment funds and in the field of financial intermediation. Raquel works primarily with listed companies and financial intermediaries. She has completed a postgraduate course in Banking, Stock Market and Insurance Law at the Faculty of Law of the University of Coimbra, and also obtained an LLM in Finance and Securities Regulation from King’s College London.
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