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Av. Fontes Pereira de Melo, 43
1050-119 Lisboa
Portugal
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Nuno Serrão Faria
Work Department
Corporate M&A
Position
Senior Associate
Career
Nuno is a managing associate in the Corporate M&A practice. He has over 10 years’ experience, providing regular assistance in project development and finance in Portugal, especially in renewable energy where his clients include leading international players in the industry.
He has been actively involved in the implementation and operation of projects and infrastructures, especially in energy, and in the structuring of investments and transactions in the area.
Nuno also provides legal advice in corporate matters (corporate governance and finance), private equity and commercial contracts, merger, spin-off, and acquisition and restructuring of companies, across several industries and sectors.
He has a master’s in business legal sciences from NOVA School of Law and an LL.M. in international financial law from King’s College London. He also completed a postgraduate course in corporate finance at the University of Lisbon.
Languages
Portuguese and English
Education
Law degree from Universidade Nova de Lisboa, 2008
Admitted to the Portuguese Bar Association, 2013
Master’s in legal business sciences from Universidade Nova de Lisboa, 2009
Scholarship from the Centre for Research and Development of Corporate law of Universidade Nova de Lisboa, 2009
Winner of the Fourth Wolters Kluwer Portugal Prize, 2012
Module on International Petroleum Transactions of the LL.M. at Universidade Católica Portuguesa, 2013
Postgraduate in corporate finance law from the Faculty of Law of the University of Lisbon, 2015
LL.M. – International Financial Law, King’s College London, 2016
Course in Advanced Negotiation Techniques for Lawyers, 2018
Lawyer Rankings
Portugal > Projects and project finance
PLMJ provides expert guidance to both Portuguese and international clients in project finance and development, covering a broad range of sectors from energy to healthcare. The team is under the leadership of Inês Pinto da Costa and Maria Zagallo, with Pinto da Costa specialising in PPPs and project finance in the infrastructure space, and Zagallo showing particular strength in advising both public and private entities on infrastructure projects in the transport, healthcare, water and sanitation segments. Diogo Perestrelo, who ‘has a unique level of experience and is unanimously recognised by his peers‘, concentrates on energy and infrastructure-related M&A and projects, while João Marques Mendes is dedicated to energy and natural resources matters, offering advice on regulatory issues, project implementation, and dispute resolution. Joana Brandão‘s expertise lies in energy, infrastructure, and real estate projects, and Nuno Serrão Faria has in-depth knowledge of project finance and development in the renewables sector.
Lawyer Rankings
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- Banking and finance
- Capital markets
- Commercial, corporate and M&A
- Dispute resolution
- Employment
- EU and competition
- Insolvency and restructuring
- Planning law
- Projects and project finance