Our Practice Area of Corporate and M&A is one of the most active within the Firm due to its continuous enrolment in the day to day business of our Clients commercial and corporate activities, both from a corporate governance perspective and from a more transactional driven perspective.

Proximity, efficiency and capability in facing constant innovation in commercial transactions, make the Firm one of the leaders of this practice area in Portugal.

The Team provides legal advice in Corporate Governance, incorporation of companies, company’s funding, spin offs, M&A, shareholders agreements and inter-company’s agreements, commercial agreements and transactions.

Our Team’s international experience has also been built on the basis of their regular intervention in cross-border transactions, including M&A.

The Team of Corporate and M&A is comprised of lawyers with experience in Corporate and Commercial Law, Anti Trust Regulation and Competition Law, Finance and Tax, capable of providing solid, transversal and full service advice to different stakeholders.

Our lawyers have a proactive approach, with permanent foresight of the problems and needs of our Clients, targeting fast and effective solutions capable of exceeding our Clients’ expectations.

Finally, we are aware that modern-day markets require permanent availability. Issues do not wait and neither do our Clients. Thus, we are permanently available to meet our Clients’ requests in a time efficient manner.

We regularly advise companies, shareholders and boards of directors in the following matters:

• Incorporation of companies, joint ventures and consortia
• Mergers & Acquisitions
• Restructuring
• Due Diligence
• Demergers
• IPOs
• Private Equity
• MBOs and LBOs

• Corporate Governance
• Corporate documents, articles of incorporation and articles of association
• Shareholders’ agreements
• Insolvency proceedings
• Credit recovery
• Dissolution and liquidation of companies
• Corporate litigation and commercial litigation
• Commercial agreements, with particular emphasis in Agency Agreements, Franchising Agreements, Distribution Agreements, Assignment Agreements and Transfer as a Going Concern, Technical assistance Agreements, Management Agreements, Assets Sale and Purchase Agreements, Supply Agreements and Services Agreements.

ABBC Team of Corporate and M&A is frequently quoted in:

Chambers & Partners
Legal 500
Martindale
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