Pedro Caetano Nunes > PLMJ > Lisbon, Portugal > Lawyer Profile

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

Work Department

Dispute Resolution

Position

Partner

Career

Pedro is a partner in the Dispute Resolution practice who is known for his extensive experience in corporate and financial disputes. He has represented clients in large, highly complex court and arbitration cases, often involving multiple jurisdictions. Before working as a lawyer, he was judge in the Portuguese courts for more than a decade.

Pedro is a professor at the Faculty of Law of Universidade Nova de Lisboa, where he is responsible for the subject of corporate law and he coordinates the master’s in law and management, offered in conjunction with Nova School of Business and Economics. Pedro has a PhD in private law and has written books and articles on various topics, but with a particular emphasis on corporate governance and M&A.

Languages

Portuguese, English, German, Spanish, French and Italian

Memberships

Portuguese Bar Association

Education

Law degree from the University of Lisbon, 1994

Graduation as judge at the Centre for Judicial Studies, 1998

Master’s in legal sciences (LLM) from the University of Lisbon, 2000

Doctorate (PhD) in private law from the University Nova de Lisbon, 2011

Lawyer Rankings

Portugal > Insolvency and restructuring

(Leading individuals)

Pedro Caetano NunesPLMJ

PLMJ boasts a multidisciplinary, ‘pragmatic and highly efficient‘ team that collaborates seamlessly with other practice areas, including banking and finance, tax, corporate and M&A, real estate, and public law, providing industry-specific insights for complex cases. The team is co-headed by Nuno Líbano Monteiro, renowned for handling cross-border insolvency cases, restructuring, and litigation for major companies; and Joaquim Shearman de Macedo, who brings expertise in debt restructuring and insolvency disputes, and often represents investment funds in insolvency proceedings. Showcasing extensive experience in the pharmaceutical sector, Manuela Tavares Morais excels in complex cross-border litigation concerning insolvency and the winding up of credit institutions. Pedro Caetano Nunes is a specialist in corporate and financial litigation, catering to investment funds, distressed corporations, and large insolvent estates.

Portugal > Dispute resolution

PLMJ’s robust dispute resolution team acts for a diverse roster of domestic and foreign clients, including public entities, non-profits and major companies from an array of sectors, including financial services, TMT and infrastructure, to name a few. The team earns praise for its ability to ‘combine extensive experience in litigation at a national level with a good knowledge of the issues associated with European litigation cases’; its wide-ranging expertise also covers domestic and international arbitration proceedings. With over 30 years’ experience in civil litigation and corporate matters, Nuno Líbano Monteiro is a reference in the market. Joaquim Shearman de Macedo, who focuses on shareholder, construction and insurance disputes, oversees the practice alongside Pedro Metello de Nápoles, a key name for litigation and arbitration involving governmental bodies, and ‘standout litigator’ Rita Samoreno Gomes, who fields an established banking and financial litigation practice and also takes the lead on class actions. Pedro Caetano Nunes and Carla Góis Coelho are noted for their strong performance in civil, commercial and corporate disputes.