Raquel Azevedo > PLMJ > Lisbon, Portugal > Lawyer Profile

PLMJ
Av. Fontes Pereira de Melo, 43
1050-119 Lisboa
Portugal
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Work Department

Banking and Finance and Capital Markets

Position

Partner

Career

Raquel is a partner in the Banking and Finance and Capital Markets practices.

In her over 15 years of experience, she has focused on capital market transactions, including IPOs, public offerings for sale and takeover bids, corporate governance of listed companies, acquisitions by private equity funds, listed companies and financial sector companies, and privatisations. Raquel also has experience in setting up investment funds and in financial intermediation matters. She works primarily with listed companies and financial intermediaries.

Raquel completed a postgraduate course in banking, stock market and insurance law at the Faculty of Law of the University of Coimbra and she has an LL.M. in finance and securities regulation from King’s College London.

Before joining PLMJ, she worked in the OTC Equity Derivatives area at Dresdner Bank AG in London, and as compliance officer at BPI Asset Management, BPI Pensions and BPI Life, as well as at other law firms.

Raquel is a member of the Portuguese Institute of Corporate Governance.

Languages

Portuguese, Spanish and English

Memberships

Instituto Português de Corporate Governance

Education

Law degree from the University of Lisbon, 2001
Admitted to the Portuguese Bar Association, 2003
Postgraduate in banking, stock exchange and insurance law from the University of Coimbra, 2003
LL.M. in finance and securities regulation from King’s College London, 2008

Lawyer Rankings

Portugal > Capital markets

(Leading partners)

Raquel AzevedoPLMJ

Praised for its ‘immense expertise’ and ‘responsiveness’, the capital markets team at PLMJ is adept across a wide array of transactional and corporate governance matters. With a distinguished client base that includes Portuguese banks, global financial institutions, and publicly listed companies, the practice is highly regarded in the market for its work on IPOs, rights offerings, takeovers, debt issuances, and securitisations. Standing out for his ‘availability and technical competence’, André Figueiredo  focuses on complex equity and debt capital market transactions on the primary and secondary markets. Bruno Ferreira excels in handling complex transactions both within Portugal and on an international scale, while Gonçalo dos Reis Martins provides end-to-end advice on all aspects of capital markets transactions, earning particular recognition for his expertise in securitisation. Key contact Raquel Azevedo  maintains a busy practice, assisting clients on the full spectrum of capital markets transactions.