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Benedita Aires

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+351 213 113 479 bla@vda.pt View profile

Work Department

Banking & Finance

Position

Partner

Career

Benedita Aires joined VdA in 2003. She is Partner in the Banking & Finance practice where she has been involved in several transactions, in Portugal and abroad, mainly focused on the issue and placement of debt, equity and regulatory capital instruments and other structured finance products and classic financing.

She has also been actively working on credit securitisations, covered bonds issues, asset portfolio financings and other asset-backed transactions.

She has been actively involved in the public recapitalisation of Portuguese banks and in the approval by the European Commission of their respective restructuring processes. She provided legal advice on the application of resolution measures to Portuguese banks, the establishment of bridge bank and respective sale process, as well as the disposal of financial institutions.

Languages

English.

Memberships

Admitted to the Portuguese Bar Association and registered as a European Registered Lawyer.

Education

Law Degree, University of Oporto, Faculty of Law.

Post-graduation in Banking Law by University of Lisbon, Faculty of Law.

Post-graduation in Commercial Law by Portuguese Catholic University, Faculty of Law.

LL.M. Advanced Master of Law by Católica Global School of Law.

Lawyer Rankings

Portugal > Banking and finance

(Next Generation Partners)

Benedita Aires – VdA

Fielding a strong team that is highly regarded for its ability to cover the full scope of banking and finance matters, VdA is praised by clients for its ‘impressive know-how and problem-solving capacity, combined with quick responses’. The team is consistently engaged in sophisticated lending deals and complex regulatory matters. Possessing the ability to ‘adapt quite easily to the issues and specificities of different types of processes’, the team has notable expertise in assisting banks in NPL deals and their deleveraging strategies. Team lead Pedro Cassiano Santos is noted for his expertise in all debt and regulatory issues, including capital markets matters. A litany of national and international financial players turn to Hugo Moredo Santos for his knowledge of debt and hybrid securities, covered bonds, and asset-backed transactions. Recommended for his ‘very dynamic vision’, Tiago Correia Moreira regularly advises credit institutions, financial companies and payment services providers, while Benedita Aires focuses on issuances and placements of debt, equity and regulatory capital instruments and other financial products.

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