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Costa Pinto Offices
Av. da República, n.º 2 – 3.º
1050-191 Lisboa
Portugal
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José Costa Pinto
Work Department
Corporate, M&A and Private Equity
Position
Founding Partner
Career
José Costa Pinto is the founding partner of Costa Pinto. José specializes in commercial and corporate law issues and has extensive experience in corporate restructuring, M&A and private equity transactions.
Before founding Costa Pinto, José Costa Pinto worked for Uría Menéndez – Proença de Carvalho and Simmons & Simmons.
He was also President of the National Association of Portuguese Young Lawyers (ANJAP) between 2014 and 2018.
Languages
Portuguese and English.
Memberships
Portuguese Bar Association (admitted in 2008 ).
AIJA – International Association of Young Lawyers (member).
UIA – International Association of Lawyers (member).
Legalmondo (member in the corporate, M&A and real estate areas).
ANJAP – National Association of Portuguese Young Lawyers (member).
Portuguese Compliance and Regulatory Observatory (Member of the Board).
Corporate Governance Portuguese Institute (Member of the Board).
Education
Law Degree (University of Lisbon School of Law, 2005).
Postgraduate Studies in Administrative Law (University of Lisbon School of Law, 2007).
Postgraduate Studies in Commercial and Corporate Law (Catholic University of Portugal Law School – Lisbon, 2012).
Personal
José Costa Pinto is the author and co-author of several technical articles and speaker at conferences and public events.
José was the exclusive winner of the 2022 and 2023 ‘Client Choice M&A award for Portugal’ and recognised in the Iberian Lawyer ‘Forty under 40 2020 Awards’ as the best lawyer in private equity in Iberia under 40 years.
Lawyer Rankings
Portugal > Commercial, corporate and M&A
Costa Pinto is home to an ‘experienced’ team that is well positioned to advise on the full scope of corporate matters. Its diverse workload features a healthy volume of transactional work – including M&A, private equity deals, and corporate restructurings – as well as commercial contracts, corporate governance issues and shareholder agreements. José Costa Pinto, a key contact for domestic and foreign clients, sits at the helm of the practice, which is commended for its ‘legal competence, dedication, problem-solving ability and client orientation‘. Ana da Ponte Lopes, who joined from Banco de Portugal (Portugal’s monetary authority) in February 2023, is the name to note for regulatory and compliance mandates.