Duarte Schmidt Lino > PLMJ > Lisbon, Portugal > Lawyer Profile

PLMJ
Av. Fontes Pereira de Melo, 43
1050-119 Lisboa
Portugal

Work Department

Corporate M&A

Position

Partner

Career

Duarte is a partner and co-head of the Corporate M&A practice. He has over 18 years’ experience in private equity, mergers and acquisitions, corporate law, investment funds and privatisation.

Duarte is known for handling major private equity, corporate governance, M&A and privatisation transactions, working both in Portugal and internationally, with a focus on the markets of Angola, Brazil and Mozambique.

Duarte has a law degree from Universidade Católica Portuguesa in Lisbon and completed a postgraduate course in banking law at the Faculty of Law of the University of Lisbon.

Languages

Portuguese, English, French and Spanish

Education

Law degree from Universidade Católica Portuguesa, Lisbon, 2000

Admitted to the Portuguese Bar Association, 2002

Postgraduate in Banking Law, the Faculty of Law of the University of Lisbon, 2001

Lawyer Rankings

Portugal > Commercial, corporate and M&A

(Leading individuals)

Duarte Schmidt LinoPLMJ

Praised for its ‘client-driven approach’, the ‘excellent’ corporate and M&A team at PLMJ handles a steady stream of deals for a diverse portfolio of clients, both domestically and internationally. The team’s expertise is notably pronounced in the healthcare, IT, energy and infrastructure sectors. Diogo Perestrelo is well versed in the gamut of M&A transactions and privatisations, assisting clients across the energy, aviation, telecoms, infrastructure and transport segments. Leading the team alongside him is Duarte Schmidt Lino, who is noted for his wealth of experience advising on large and high-profile M&A, private equity and venture capital deals. A litany of domestic and international companies turn to Bárbara Godinho Correia for assistance with major merger operations, privatisations, and acquisitions. The ‘outstanding’ Filipe Avides Moreira  is lauded for his ‘professional competence.’