Frederico Gonçalves Pereira > VdA > Lisbon, Portugal > Lawyer Profile

VdA is highly regarded for its advice to corporate clients on financial restructuring, distressed asset negotiations, voluntary business rescue processes, special revitalisations, and insolvency proceedings. Frederico Gonçalves Pereira, who founded the firm’s litigation and arbitration department, and is a seasoned commercial litigation and corporate restructuring practitioner, oversees the department. Teresa Pitôrra, a key contact for both creditors and debtors, focuses on restructuring and insolvency proceedings in an array of sectors, notably banking and telecoms. Managing associate Catarina Carvalho Cunha has advised clients from the telecoms, banking, and energy spaces in restructuring ad insolvency matters in Portugal and Portuguese-speaking countries in Africa. Former practice co-head Filipa Cotta is no longer at the firm.

As one of the core focuses of the firm, VdA‘s dispute resolution team fields a broad practice that covers civil and commercial litigation and arbitration. As well as handling shareholder, M&A, distribution and construction disputes, the practice, noted for its ‘in-depth technical knowledge’, experienced a recent increase in instructions concerning collective actions and private enforcement cases. Frederico Gonçalves Pereira is a recognised restructuring and insolvency litigator and leads the team alongside Carla Gonçalves Borges, who is active in commercial arbitration and boasts niche expertise in sports-related disputes. With extensive experience in international arbitration, Mariana França Gouveia is active in cross-border disputes. Miguel Pinto Cardoso is a seasoned arbitrator, particular within the energy, construction and telecoms industries. Joana Neves shines in investor-State disputes, while Matilde Líbano Monteiro is experienced in investment arbitration. Pedro Pires Fernandes has experience before various courts and arbitral tribunals and Catarina Carvalho Cunha advises clients from various Portuguese-speaking countries.