Miguel is a lawyer since March 2024 and one of the associates of the Lisbon office of Maio-SMCA.

He develops his activity mainly in the Civil and Commercial Litigation and Civil, Commercial and Corporate Law and Real Estate.

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Portuguese

English

French

Associations

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Celeste é advogada desde 2000 e é uma das associadas do escritório de Lisboa da Maio-SMCA. Anteriormente exerceu a sua atividade na “Lusojurist” e na CMS Portugal.

Com ampla experiência na assessoria jurídica a Instituições Bancárias, desenvolve sobretudo a sua atividade nas áreas de Direito Civil, Contencioso Conexo e Insolvências.

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Português

Inglês

Francês

Nuno is a lawyer since 2023 and one of the associates of the Lisbon office of Maio SMCA.

Previously he worked at “Câmara Pestana Advogados” (Lisbon).

He develops his activity mainly in the areas of Administrative Law and Employment Law.

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Portuguese

English

Spanish

Ana Maria Dias has been a lawyer since 1982.

She was a trainee in the office of Professor Dr Adelino da Palma Carlos where she also started her activity. 

She worked in some law offices and since 2011 has worked successively in the following law firms PMBGR – Trocado, Durães Rocha, Perry da Câmara e Associados and Manuel Guerra Pinheiro, Paulo Reis & Associados – Sociedade de Advogados, RL. as a consultant.

Her main areas of practice are Commercial, Corporate, Mergers and Acquisitions, Compliance, Privacy and Data Protection, Environmental Law.

She advises national and foreign companies, including multinationals, in the most diverse sectors of activity, having a vast experience in compliance matters.

She also advises companies on environmental law in matters related to the management of specific non-hazardous waste flows.

She also deals with corporate restructuring, acquisition of companies and due diligence processes, commercial contracts of various kinds (franchising, distribution, agency, etc.) and issues related to e-commerce. 

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Portuguese

Spanish

English

Paulo de Sousa Pinto is a lawyer since 1998 and is one of the partners of the Lisbon office of Maio SMCA.

Previously he worked at the law firms “Sebastião de Sousa Pinto & Associados” and “Alves Mendes, Jardim Gonçalves & Associados”.

With over 20 years of experience, he has advised numerous companies and individuals, mainly in the areas of Civil and Labour Litigation, Inheritance Law, Real Estate and Labour Law.

In the labour area he has been particularly active in collective bargaining and negotiation processes, collective dismissals or redundancies and in the negotiation of employment termination agreements.

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Portuguese

English

Spanish

Luis is a lawyer since 2009 and is one of the partners of the Lisbon office of Maio SMCA.

Previously he worked at the law firms “Sebastião de Sousa Pinto & Associados”, “Teixeira de Freita, Rodrigues & Associados”, and in “Alves Mendes, Jardim Gonçalves & Associados”.

With broad experience in providing legal advice to companies and individuals, he is particularly active in the areas of Corporate and Commercial Law, Tax Law, Insolvency and Corporate Restructuring and Real Estate Law. He also has relevant experience in advising on pre-judicial situations and civil litigation.

Languages

Portuguese

Spanish

English

Luís has been a lawyer since 1994 and is one of the founding partners of the Lisbon office of Maio SMCA.

Previously he worked and was a partner at the law firms “Morais Cardoso, Sousa Moniz & Associados”, “Sampaio, Morais Cardoso & Associados” and “Pena, Machete, Botelho Moniz, Nobre Guedes, Ruiz & Associados”.

With extensive experience in providing legal advice to individuals and companies, he has mainly focused on real estate law, corporate law, litigation and arbitration.

In the area of real estate law he has been particularly active in representing institutional investors, investment funds, real estate developers and private investors. He has advised such clients on a wide range of real estate transactions, foreign investment, financing and term financing operations, purchase and sale and lease transactions in relation to various real estate properties in the energy, retail, residential and tourism sectors.

In the corporate area, Luís has provided ongoing legal advice to companies in various sectors of economic activity, including corporate groups, covering all aspects of their activities, from incorporation to evolution and day-to-day operations. He has led corporate/M&A transactions, including private equity and venture capital transactions, providing legal support to national and foreign companies. He is Chairman of the Board of the General Meeting of several companies in Portugal.

Luís also has wide experience in litigation and arbitration, having acted as legal counsel in hundreds of court and arbitration proceedings throughout his professional life. He was Head of the Litigation Department of Sociedade Portuguesa de Leasing, S.A.

Languages

Portuguese

English

Spanish