Maria João Ricou > Cuatrecasas > Oporto, Portugal > Lawyer Profile
Cuatrecasas Offices
AV. DA BOAVISTA, 3265
PORTO 4100-137
Portugal
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Maria João Ricou
Position
Senior Partner
Career
Senior partner of Cuatrecasas in Portugal; focusing on banking transactions and acquisitions, regulatory matters, project finance, debt restructuring, structured financing (including securitization structures), corporate finance, and on all kinds of equity and debt capital markets transactions.
Maria João Ricou was managing partner of Cuatrecasas in Portugal until 2022 and has been a member of the firm’s board of directors (global) from 2011 to 2022. She has been coordinating the firm’s banking and finance, and capital markets practices since 1993. She was named a partner of the firm 1990.
She has published several articles in the fields of financial law and capital markets. She speaks at national and international conferences.
Lawyer Rankings
Portugal > Transport
Cuatrecasas boasts a ‘deep knowledge’ of the aviation industry, complemented by its proficiency in corporate, commercial, competition, and regulatory affairs across the rail, motor, and maritime segments. Leading the aviation division, Luís Soares De Sousa excels in the establishment and licensing of charter air transport companies, cross-border leasing matters, aviation finance, and M&A transactions. Lourenço Vilhena De Freitas steers the road, rail, regulatory, and public law practices, offering expertise in concessions, privatisations, and related dispute resolution. Additionally, banking and finance partner Maria João Ricou takes the lead on project finance work.
Lawyer Rankings
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- Banking and finance
- Commercial, corporate and M&A
- Insolvency and restructuring
- Real estate and construction
- Transport