CCA Law Firm, praised for its ‘extensive knowledge’ of venture capital and private equity transactions, is well placed to guide technology-driven businesses, start-ups and scale-ups across the investment cycle, M&A, strategic partnerships and regulatory matters. The ’dynamic’ team is led by the ‘brilliant’ managing partner Domingos Cruz, who brings extensive experience in domestic and multijurisdictional PE and VC transactions in the technology, infrastructure and life sciences sectors.
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Accolades

Client satisfaction: Billing & efficiency
Client satisfaction: NPS ®

Testimonials

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  • ‘CCA is a firm with extensive knowledge of the venture capital/start-up sector. It understands the main financing structures, typical contractual clauses, and market standards, and works in an agile, flexible, and efficient manner.’
  • ‘We have been working with CCA for several years. Year after year, new measures and processes are implemented that help us optimise our responses to day-to-day needs. The greatest asset is the rapid response capacity and the quality of the deliverables.’
  • ‘They are a dynamic, modern team with high-quality service.’
  • ‘Experience; availability; production capacity.’
  • ‘Domingos Cruz is, undoubtedly, a brilliant lawyer.’
  • ‘Joana Bugia is very thorough and pragmatic.’
  • ‘Domingos Cruz stands out as a leading figure in M&A, with extensive expertise in managing investment rounds.’

Key clients

  • SHILLING CAPITAL
  • LINCE CAPITAL
  • SNOWFALL CAPITAL
  • INDICO CAPITAL PARTNERS
  • SNYK LIMITED
  • BIOCOL LABS
  • M4 VENTURES
  • MEDIALIVRE
  • EIGEN TECHNOLOGIES LTD
  • FROTCOM INTERNATIONAL, S.A.
  • PLEO
  • QUINTOANDAR
  • EVIO
  • ALTOS VENTURES MANAGEMENT, INC.
  • IBM
  • BHOUT
  • ONYRIA RESORTS
  • DATAIONT S.A.
  • AIXTEL TECHNOLOGIES, S.A.
  • ROUTINEDISPLAY

Work highlights

Advised Lince Capital, Indico Capital, and Shilling Capital Partners on their $40m investment in Sword Health Inc. and Sword Health, S.A.
Advised the shareholders of Padaria Portuguesa CQ – Actividades Hoteleiras, Lda. on the sale of 100% of the company’s share capital to DAMM RESTAURACIÓN, S.L.
Advised Probe.ly on the €14.9m sale of 100% of its share capital to Snyk Portugal.
Practice head

Domingos Cruz

Other key lawyers

Joana Bugia