João Mattamouros Resende > Cuatrecasas > Lisbon, Portugal > Lawyer Profile
Cuatrecasas Offices
Avenida Fontes Pereira de Melo, 6
Lisbon 1050-121
Portugal
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João Mattamouros Resende
Position
Partner
Career
Expert in advising on national and international transactions, including mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures and private equity.
In recent years, João Mattamouros Resende has advised on company sales in the financial, distribution and technology sectors. He also advises clients on negotiating agreements for distribution and outsourcing, and for IT services provision.
He is qualified to practice in Portugal, Brazil (São Paulo), England and Wales (solicitor) and in New York (attorney and counselor at law). He is a member of the firm’s German desk.
He has been an assistant lecturer at Universidade Católica Portuguesa since 2001. From 2011 to 2013, he was director of the Arbitration and Mediation Center of the Portuguese Chamber of Commerce in Brazil and, from 2000 to 2001, he was deputy officer at the Portuguese Ombudsman’s Office.
He is the author of the book A Imputação de Direitos de Voto no Mercado de Capitais (Assigning voting rights in the capital market), Universidade Católica Editora and contributed to the book Livro Branco sobre Corporate Governance em Portugal (White book on corporate governance in Portugal), Instituto Português de Corporate Governance.
Lawyer Rankings
Portugal > Commercial, corporate and M&A
The ‘top-notch, multidisciplinary and flexible’ team at Cuatrecasas is a key port of call for international clients engaged in the energy, infrastructure, TMT, healthcare, transport, and real estate sectors. The practice is well positioned to advise on the full spectrum of M&A and corporate matters, as well as private equity transactions. The team is jointly led by Mariana Norton dos Reis, who is praised for her ‘commercial skills’, and Rafael Lucas Pires. Reis focuses on cross-border M&A, joint ventures and private equity transactions with extensive expertise in Iberian and Latin American investments, while Pires, who joined the team in January 2023, has considerable experience in national and cross-border M&A, restructurings and corporate governance. The ‘very experienced’ Luís Miguel Cortes Martins
is recommended for his expertise in private M&A and privatisations. Francisco Santos Costa leads the firm’s energy M&A practice, and João Mattamouros Resende is a key contact for transactions in the financial services, IT, retail, hospitality and manufacturing sectors, most notably multijurisdictional M&A.
Lawyer Rankings
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- Banking and finance
- Commercial, corporate and M&A
- Insolvency and restructuring
- Real estate and construction
- Transport