The Legal 500

Within Banking and finance, Franco Caiado Guerreiro & Associados is a third tier firm,

Franco Caiado Guerreiro & Associados offers a ‘very personal service’ with ‘speed and efficiency’. It continues to assist Labco Group in renogotiating a €350m financing, and advised Banco Santander on developing a new financial product for Portugal. Practice head João Caiado Guerreiro is ‘particularly good’.

Within Capital markets, tier 4

João Caiado Guerreiro leads on capital markets matters for Franco Caiado Guerreiro & Associados, which recently advised Danish online investment bank Saxo on a €10m distribution platform agreement. Goldman Sachs, Credit Agricole, and BNY Mellon are also clients.

Within Corporate and M&A, Franco Caiado Guerreiro & Associados is a third tier firm,

Franco Caiado Guerreiro & Associados advised Société Mutuelle d’Assurance du Bâtiment et des Travaux Publics on its potential €300m acquisition of two Portuguese insurers. It represented a global private equity firm on its purchase of a financial services provider, and also acts for Sherbourne Investors and Air Products. The highly recommended João Caiado Guerreiro heads the practice.

Within Dispute resolution, tier 4

Franco Caiado Guerreiro & Associados has litigation experience in the energy, real estate and finance sectors. Clients include Centrotherm Photovoltaics, Infosistema, ExxonMobil Lubricants and Specialities, several international banks, and numerous pharmaceutical companies. João Caiado Guerreiro is the key contact.

Within Employment, Franco Caiado Guerreiro & Associados is a third tier firm,

Ricardo Rodrigues Lopes leads the employment group at Franco Caiado Guerreiro & Associados, which continues to advise the Portuguese subsidiaries of Olympus Group in all employment issues and is assisting Meda Pharma with a collective dismissal case. Other recent mandates include advising Dan Cake on its pension plan for 600 employees. Clients include Cortefiel Group, Honeywell, several foreign embassies and airlines including Aeroflot and Continental.

Within Energy and environment, Franco Caiado Guerreiro & Associados is a third tier firm,

Franco Caiado Guerreiro & Associados advises on construction agreements and projects both in Portugal and abroad. João Caiado Guerreiro is the key contact.

Within Intellectual property, Franco Caiado Guerreiro & Associados is a second tier firm,

Franco Caiado Guerreiro & Associados offers an ‘excellent service with quick responses and strong awareness of IP issues’. The team advises on patents (particularly relating to pharmaceuticals), trade marks and copyright, including IP disputes. It is advising Neopharma and Abbott on patent infringements, and providing Eli Lilly with data protection advice for its new genetics database. The firm manages the Portuguese IP portfolios of Buddha-Bar and Olympus. Ricardo Costa Macedo is praised for his ‘high level of competence and knowledge’.

Within Public law, tier 5

Offering ‘excellent service, proper advice and balanced rates’, Franco Caiado Guerreiro & Associados’ team advises clients including FundBox, Orion Corporation and Danipor on public law issues. It is advising a consortium comprising EDP, Sonangol, BPA and Finicapital on the €300m concession for the construction of a power plant in Angola. João Caiado Guerreiro is the key contact.

Within Real estate, tier 4

Franco Caiado Guerreiro & Associados’ real estate practice fields João Caiado Guerreiro, who is ‘very quick on his feet, client-minded and creative’, and the ‘very careful and thorough’ Ricardo Rodrigues Lopes. Clients especially recommend the team’s litigation capabilities. The group advises several REITs, including Atlântida and FundBox, and also advised the Russian government on Portuguese real estate.

Within Shipping and transport, Franco Caiado Guerreiro & Associados is a second tier firm,

Franco Caiado Guerreiro & Associados offers ‘pertinent advice and speedy responses’ regarding maritime and aviation law. Clients include Turkish Airlines, JSC Aeroflot, Continental Airlines and Aero Job. Ricardo Costa Macedo is recommended, along with associates Joana Gomes dos Santos, Catarina Santos Ferreira and Tânia Pinheiro, who are all ‘efficient and communicate well’.

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Within Tax, Franco Caiado Guerreiro & Associados is a third tier firm,

‘Very well prepared in fiscal matters,’ Franco Caiado Guerreiro & Associados handles contentious and non-contentious VAT and corporate tax matters. Tiago Caiado Guerreiro and Ana Castro Gonçalves run a ‘dedicated and efficient’ team, which provided tax advice to Sonangol relating to its $15bn Sonaref oil refinery project. LABCO and ActualSales are also clients.