Mrs Catarina Tavares Loureiro > 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

M&A, Private Equity, Banking and Finance.

Position

Partner

Career

Catarina Tavares Loureiro joined the Lisbon office of Uría Menéndez – Proença de Carvalho in 2006 and became a senior associate in 2015. In 2010, Catarina worked in the firm’s Madrid office.

She was seconded to the New York office of Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP as a foreign associate from September 2012 until March 2013.

Catarina focuses her practice on corporate law. She is particularly experienced in advising:

  • on mergers and acquisitions of both private and listed companies, in a variety of financial, industrial and service sectors in Portugal;
  • on joint ventures, shareholder disputes and shareholding restructurings;
  • on corporate governance in listed and private companies;
  • private equity funds on their incorporation and regulatory aspects, as well as their investments and divestments;
  • companies and banks on acquisition and project finance and refinancing transactions.

Languages

English; Spanish.

Memberships

Portuguese Bar Association.

Education

Law Degree, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, 2006

Postgraduate Degree in Securities, Faculdade de Direito da Universidade de Lisboa, 2012.

Lawyer Rankings

Portugal > Commercial, corporate and M&A

(Next Generation Partners)

Catarina Tavares LoureiroUría Menéndez – Proença Carvalho

The corporate and M&A team at Uría Menéndez – Proença Carvalho is praised for its ‘very good technical knowledge‘ and ‘great attention to detail.’ Esteemed as trusted advisers to private equity firms and corporates across all of Portugal’s major industries, the team is well placed to handle an array of corporate transactions. Key contact Francisco Brito e Abreu boasts considerable experience in corporate restructuring, M&A and private equity transactions, particularly excelling in the pharmaceutical sector, while Catarina Tavares Loureiro focuses on M&A transactions involving both private and listed companies. Joana Torres Ereio is routinely instructed by domestic and international corporates on M&A, private equity, venture capital deals and commercial agreements. Former practice head Duarte Garin retired in December 2023.