The team at CMS predominantly assists private sector clients - including financiers, transport concessionaires and multinational energy companies - with project development and finance matters involving Portugal and Portuguese-speaking countries. Co-head Mónica Carneiro Pacheco is a reference in the renewable energy market. Alongside her, the team is led by António Payan Martins, who specialises in project finance, particularly in the infrastructure sector; and Alberto Galhardo Simões, who heads the Lusophone Africa team, advises on projects in the infrastructure, mining and power sectors.
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Clients clés
- VOITH HYDRO GmbH
- Geoangol Geologia e Sondagens, Lda.
- Unicargas SU, LDA
- Sun Africa LLC
- ANA - Aeroportos de Portugal
- VINCI Airports
- Caixa de Crédito Agrícola
- Gemcorp
Points forts
- Advising EDP – Gestão da Produção de Energia, S.A. on the successful arbitration proceeding against the Portuguese State related to the Fridão Hydropower Plant.
- Advising Sun Africa on a Rural Electrification Project (“REP”) for the development, construction and financing of renewable energy, grid infrastructure, agriculture and water purification projects, all to be implemented in 8 provinces in Angola.
- Advising Unicargas on the renegotiation of the concession of the Multipurpose Terminal of the Port of Luanda.
Avocats
Responsable de la pratique
Mónica Carneiro Pacheco; António Payan Martins; Alberto Galhardo Simões
Autres avocats clés
Maria Figueiredo