Pérez-Llorca arrives in Lisbon, hiring six new partners and a counsel for the new office

Two months after announcing its intention to start operating in Portugal, Pérez-Llorca has taken another step forward in its internationalisation strategy and in the process of setting up in Lisbon by hiring six new partners, a counsel and a group of ten lawyers. This team, coordinated by Gonçalo Capela Godinho, who joined Pérez-Llorca in July, will enable the firm to further increase its capacity in the Iberian Peninsula to advise clients on their matters and disputes.  

Rodrigo Falcão Nogueira becomes a partner of the firm’s Corporate/M&A, with extensive experience in M&A transactions and private equity investments, in multi-jurisdictional corporate restructurings for multinationals and international investment institutions, as well as in corporate governance and corporate finance matters. He was Head of Corporate / M&A at RRP Advogados.

Carlos Vaz de Almeida joins as a Banking & Finance partner and will focus on banking, energy and infrastructure. He was the head of the Finance, Energy and Infrastructure area at RRP Advogados.

Manuel Cordeiro Ferreira also joins as a Banking & Finance partner and will focus his activity on capital markets, financial services and investment funds. Before joining Pérez-Llorca, Manuel led the Capital Markets and Financial Services team at RRP Advogados.

Inês Palma Ramalho is named Banking & Finance partner and was a partner at Sérvulo & Associados in the Finance and Governance department and a specialised member of the Fintech and Compliance teams.

Inês Arruda joins as an Employment, Compensation and Benefits partner. Before joining Pérez-Llorca, she was the partner in charge of the Employment Law department at Vasconcelos Arruda & Associados.

Rita Leandro Vasconcelos is appointed to Pérez-Llorca’s Lisbon office as a partner in the Regulatory and Competition practice. Before joining Pérez-Llorca she was a partner at Cruz Vilaça Advogados, a Portuguese firm specialising in EU and competition law.

Nuno Faria has joined Pérez-Llorca’s Portuguese team as Counsel. Faria has over 20 years of experience advising on cross-border transactions in M&A, project finance and banking, with a particular focus on the infrastructure and energy sectors.

Alongside these professionals, a group of ten lawyers of different specialities and seniorities will join the firm, who, coordinated by Gonçalo Capela Godinho, will begin to shape Pérez- Llorca’s Lisbon office.