Luís Miguel Cortes Martins > Cuatrecasas > Lisbon, Portugal > Lawyer Profile

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.

Providing ‘quality and excellent services’ to clients across the automotive, infrastructure, energy, real estate, telecoms and financial services sectors, Cuatrecasas is well placed to handle private enforcement and class actions – recent areas of growth for the dispute resolution team – alongside domestic and international arbitration cases. With over 20 years’ experience, practice head Miguel De Almada focuses on civil and commercial litigation and arbitration in the finance, construction, energy and TMT sectors. Luís Miguel Cortes Martins is an experienced arbitrator, while Frederico Bettencourt Ferreira, in addition to his strong credentials in international arbitration, is singled out for his proficiency in out-of-court proceedings. With extensive experience in the banking and finance sector, Maria Raquel Moreira is the name to note for insolvency and restructuring matters. Diana Simão Lourenço focuses on civil and contract-related litigation.