Pedro Cassiano Santos > VdA > Lisbon, Portugal > Lawyer Profile
VdA Offices
Rua Dom Luis I, 28
1200-151 Lisboa
Portugal
- Firm Profile
- Go to...
Pedro Cassiano Santos
Work Department
Banking & Finance, Capital Markets
Position
Partner, Head of Banking & Finance
Career
Partner and Head of Practice of the Banking & Finance, Capital Markets Department, Pedro is in charge of VdA’s working team responsible for the rendering of advice to market participants and of assistance for the accomplishment of a wide spectrum of transactions contained within the financial sector.
He is regularly involved in the provision of legal advice in banking and capital markets’ regulatory matters as well as in the structuring of several financing transactions, such as the issue and placement (both national and international) of debt, hybrid and equity instruments, and the issue and placement of warrants and both cash and synthetic financial products.
He has also been actively working in securitization transactions and other types of asset-backed transactions, together with the preparation of multiple structured finance transactions, matters in respect of which he is a regular speaker in conferences and a guest teacher of many master’s and Post Graduate courses organized by distinct Institutes and Universities.
Languages
English, French, Spanish
Memberships
Admitted to the Portuguese Bar Association and admitted as specialist in financial law.
Education
Law Degree, University of Lisbon, Faculty of Law.
Post-graduation in European Legal Studies, College of Europe, Bruges, Belgium.
Lawyer Rankings
Portugal > Banking and finance
(Hall of Fame)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.
Portugal > Capital markets
(Hall of Fame)The team at VdA, noted for its ‘cordiality, competence and availability’, enjoys an excellent market reputation for its involvement in consequential capital market transactions, including the national and international placement of both debt and equity. Covering the entire scope of capital markets matters, the practice effectively taps into the firm’s banking and finance expertise to provide comprehensive guidance to a diverse client base, composed of financial institutions and corporations across various sectors. At the helm sits Pedro Cassiano Santos, who is actively engaged in the structuring of several transactions involving debt, equity and hybrid instruments; he also boasts in-depth knowledge of securitisations and structured finance. With a strong track record in both domestic and cross-border deals, Hugo Moredo Santos advises on public offerings and private placements of equity, debt and hybrid securities, covered bonds and asset-backed transactions. Clients across financial and non-financial sectors seek Orlando Vogler Guiné‘s expertise in a variety of capital markets mandates, including derivatives and securities issues.
Lawyer Rankings
- Banking and finance Portugal
- Capital markets Portugal
- Hall of Fame Portugal > Capital markets
- Hall of Fame Portugal > Banking and finance
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- Banking and finance
- Capital markets
- Commercial, corporate and M&A
- Data privacy and data protection
- Dispute resolution
- Energy and natural resources
- EU and competition
- Fraud and white-collar crime
- Insolvency and restructuring
- Intellectual property
- Porto: Leading commercial firms
- Projects and project finance
- Public law
- Real estate and construction
- Tax
- TMT