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Garrigues Portugal

AV DA REPÚBLICA, 25, 1°, 1050-186 LISBON, PORTUGAL
Tel:
Work +351 213 821 200
Fax:
Fax +351 213 821 290
Web:
www.garrigues.com
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Mário Lino Dias

Tel:
Work +351 213 821 200
Email:
Garrigues

Work Department

Corporate, M&A and Private Equity.

Position

Acting in the Merger and acquisitions (M&A) area, structuring and implementation of acquisitions/joint ventures and cross-border transactions. In depth activity on Private equity operations (Buy-outs; LBO; MBO). Corporate Law (restructuring, shareholders litigation, shareholder agreements and ongoing corporate assistance). Leaded some of the most relevant transactions advised by Corporate and M&A department in Portugal and responsible for the corporate assistance of Garrigues core clients in Portugal;.

Career

Partner of Garrigues Portugal since 2008; Joined Garrigues Portugal at its incorporation in 2004; Lawyer at Leónidas, Matos & Associados – Sociedade de Advogados between 2001-2004; acting before as Lawyer at Landwell - PricewaterhouseCoopers;.

Languages

English and Spanish.

Member

Portuguese Bar Association.

Education

Law degree, (University Lusíada1995); Postgraduate degree in Tax (Instituto Superior de Gestão, Lisbon, 2000) and a Postgraduate degree in Management (Portuguese Catholic University, Lisbon, 1997 - converted in MBA).

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  • CHANGES IN THE REGIME GOVERNING RESTRICTIONS ON VOTING RIGHTS AT SPANISH LISTED COMPANIES

    On June 17, 2010, following a rough and eventful passage through Parliament, the Lower House of the Spanish Parliament finally approved a transcendental amendment to the Spanish Corporations Law (to article 105.2) affecting only listed corporations: a prohibition on voting ceilings for a same shareholder (or companies in the same group), regardless of the number of shares they own. 
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