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