Mr Pedro Gorjão Henriques > Morais Leitão, Galvão Teles, Soares da Silva & Associados > Lisbon, Portugal > Lawyer Profile

Morais Leitão, Galvão Teles, Soares da Silva & Associados
RUA CASTILHO, 165
1070-050 LISBOA
Portugal
Pedro Gorjão Henriques photo

Work Department

Banking and Finance. Banks and Financial Services. Restructuring and Insolvency.

Position

Prior to joining the firm Pedro worked at Banco Fomento e Exterior (now Banco BPI) and at Caixa Geral de Depósitos, where he handled various types of financing operations, notably in the areas of corporate finance, trade finance and project finance.
Currently he practices in the areas of banking and financial law, notably in project finance, corporate, trade finance, structured finance and debt restructuring.
He has also participated in several mergers and acquisitions.

Career

Qualified (1990). Non-equity Partner (2014) and member of the banking and finance team.

Languages

Portuguese, English, French and Spanish.

Memberships

Portuguese Bar Association (admitted in 1990).

Education

Law Degree (Law Faculty of the University of Lisbon, 1988).

Lawyer Rankings

Portugal > Insolvency and restructuring

The ‘extremely qualified’ lawyers at Morais Leitão, Galvão Teles, Soares da Silva & Associados guide debtors, creditors, investors, and other stakeholders through the intricacies of company restructurings and liquidations. Involved in both judicial and extrajudicial procedures, the team handles litigation cases tied to or arising from insolvency proceedings and excels in out-of-court restructuring scenarios. Nuno Gundar da Cruz, who oversees the group, brings expertise in complex PER and insolvency cases in Portugal, as well as significant distressed investments. Carlos Osório de Castro, Pedro Gorjão Henriques and Filipe Lowndes Marques are noted for their experience in financial restructurings. Key support at associate level is offered by Catarina Martins Morão.