Miguel Stokes > Uría Menéndez – Proença Carvalho > Lisbon, Portugal > Lawyer Profile

Uría Menéndez – Proença Carvalho
EDIFICIO RODRIGO URIA
PRAÇA MARQUÊS DE POMBAL, 12
1250-162 LISBOA
Portugal
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Work Department

Capital Markets / M&A

Position

Partner

Career

Miguel Stokes joined the Lisbon office of Uría Menéndez – Proença de Carvalho in 2009 and was made partner of the firm in 2022. Between July 2015 and December 2016 he was assigned to the London office of Uría Menéndez.

Miguel has more than eight years of professional experience in advising industrial and financial clients in the areas of mergers and acquisitions, structured finance and capital markets.

Miguel Stokes advises on share and asset deals, privatisation procedures, structured financing and capital markets transactions involving the acquisition of shareholdings in public listed companies, public takeovers, initial and secondary equity and debt offerings, financial intermediation, incorporation, management and marketing of mutual funds and market abuse.

Languages

English and Spanish

Memberships

Portuguese Bar Association

Education

Law Degree, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, 2009

Post-Graduate Degree in Securities Law, Universidade de Lisboa, 2013

LL.M. in Corporate and Capital Markets, London School of Economics, 2016

Lawyer Rankings

Portugal > Capital markets

(Next Generation Partners)

Miguel Stokes –Uría Menéndez – Proença Carvalho

Uría Menéndez – Proença Carvalho‘s capital market practice is routinely instructed by listed companies, financial institutions and international investors in the Ibero-American market in a host of transactional mandates. The practice is highly regarded for its strong regulatory capabilities and relationships with regulators, most notably the Portuguese Securities Markets Commission (CMVM). Steering the practice is Carlos Costa Andrade, who covers a range of capital markets transactions from takeovers and IPOs, to structured bonds and other complex securities. A litany of public listed companies turn to Miguel Stokes for his experience in privatisations, structured finance, debt and equity offerings.