Practices and Sectors

• Banking and Finance
• Capital Markets
• Corporate/M&A
• Financial Services and Investment Funds
• Private Equity
• Real Estate

Profile

Manuel joined Pérez-Llorca in 2023 as a Capital Markets partner in the Lisbon office of the firm.

Between 2017 and 2023 he led the capital markets and financial services team of a Portuguese law firm integrated in an international network. Prior to that, he worked for almost a decade in the capital markets practice area at the Lisbon and London offices of a prestigious international firm.

Studies:

• 2013 Post-Graduate in Securities Law – Faculdade de Direito da Universidade de Lisboa
• 2008 Graduate in Law – Faculdade de Direito da Universidade de Lisboa

He is fluent in Portuguese, English and Spanish.

Experience

Manuel has a wealth of experience in different areas, having developed a strong practice in public and private M&A, corporate governance, corporate finance and capital markets transactions, both ECM and DCM. In this context, he has advised all types of clients in different forms of securities offerings, securitisations and structured finance transactions, as well as in portfolio acquisitions.

He is also a specialist in fund structuring, in particular for real estate and other private equity investments, having led the incorporation of several of the first and most relevant close-ended real estate investment companies (SICAFIs) in Portugal.

Manuel has also built extensive experience advising foreign and domestic financial institutions in various matters of strategic importance, including the setting up, development and reorganization of businesses in Portugal and abroad, and in providing them with general regulatory advice.

Academic and Publishing Collaborations

Manuel has participated in several publications:

• “Restrictions to the sale of CFDs and binary options”, Funds People (online) – Legislação num Minuto, July 2019
• “High-Yield Bonds as an alternative means of financing” (co-author), Funds People (online) – Opinião/Tribuna, April 2013

Professional Organisations

• Portuguese Bar Association.