Paulo Câmara > Sérvulo & Associados > Lisbon, Portugal > Lawyer Profile

Sérvulo & Associados
RUA GARRETT N° 64
1200-204 LISBOA
Portugal

Work Department

Finance and Governance

Position

Partner of the Finance and Governance department

Career

At SÉRVULO since 2008, Paulo Câmara is a partner of the Finance and Governance department. He is a guest professor on the Lisbon MBA, the Master of Law and Business and the Master of Laws – Corporate Law, of the Faculty of Law of the Portuguese Catholic University. He is coordinator of Governance Lab, an independent research group dedicated to corporate governance. He is also the Chairman of the General Meeting of the Portuguese Association of Banks (since 2016), and other financial institutions, and also Chairman of the Portuguese Compliance and Regulatory Observatory (since 2017). He chairs and is a member of the remuneration committees of two institutions. Member of Drafting Committee of the Financial Law and Capital Markets Journal, member of the Scientific Commission of the Competition & Regulation Journal, and member of the Monitoring Committee of the IPCG Corporate Governance Code. He was Vice-President of the Public Company Practice and Regulation Subcommittee of the IBA – International Bar Association, from 2010 to 2012. He was a member of the Coordinating Committee of the National Council of Financial Supervisors and of the European Securities Committee, from 2006 to 2008. He was Director of the Regulatory Policy and International Department and of the Issuers Department of the Securities Market Commission (CMVM – Comissão do Mercado de Valores Mobiliários), from 1998 to 2008. He was a member of the Euro Committee, from 1996 to 1998, and of the Working Group responsible for preparing the Securities Code, from 1997 to 1999. He has written over 80 published books and articles on financing law, corporate governance, capital markets and banking law. He joined the Bar Association in 1991.

Languages

Portuguese, English, French, Italian, Spanish

Lawyer Rankings

Portugal > Banking and finance

Sérvulo & Associados is praised for its ability to ‘combine vast experience in banking and finance, with competent professionals’. Longstanding regulatory tradition is a defining characteristic of this practice group, which attracts regular instructions from an array of credit and financial institutions. The team is jointly steered by Manuel Magalhães  and Paulo Câmara: Magalhães is noted for his wide-ranging expertise in banking and finance matters in Portugal and abroad, most notably Angola and Mozambique, while Câmara is recommended for his regulatory capabilities. Noted for her ‘knowledge, support and availability’, Verónica Fernández regularly provides regulatory guidance on the implications of new business models and activities under EU-wide banking, ESG, crypto and fintech regulations. Inês Palma Ramalho is no longer at the firm.

Portugal > Capital markets

(Leading individuals)

Paulo Câmara  – Sérvulo & Associados

Well versed in a wide range of capital markets mandates, the ‘very professional, accessible, friendly and diligent’ team at Sérvulo & Associados is increasingly engaged in high-end transactional mandates, especially equity deals. The practice boasts a strong financial services regulatory offering, standing out for its expertise in fintech-related matters. Noted for his ‘high technical knowledge‘, Paulo Câmara is singled out for his proficiency in regulatory matters. He jointly heads up the team with Manuel Magalhães, who boasts wide-ranging experience in banking, insurance, real estate, restructuring and insolvency work. Verónica Fernández is a reference for investment fund managers and financial intermediaries seeking assistance with the structuring of securities issuing programmes and placing of debt instruments.