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Margarida Perestrelo e Silva

Associate
Lisbon
About

Margarida Perestrelo e Silva practices in the areas of Corporate, M&A and Private Equity. She advises national and international clients on domestic and cross-border transactions across a range of sectors, including consumer goods, food and retail, real estate and construction, energy, technology and healthcare.

Her practice focuses on mergers and acquisitions, corporate restructurings, demergers, asset contributions and share-for-share exchanges, as well as private equity and venture capital transactions, including acquisitions, investments and divestments.

Areas of FocusCorporateMergers and AcquisitionsPrivate EquityCorporate Venture CapitalReal Estate Investment Sales and Joint VenturesRestructuringCommercial ContractsConsumer Goods, Food and RetailReal EstateInfrastructure, Construction and TransportEnergy and Natural ResourcesTechnologyHealthcare
Professional QualificationsAdvogado admitted with the Ordem dos Advogados (Portuguese Bar Association), 2022

EXPERIENCE

  • Advising a Portuguese agribusiness group on an asset deal involving the transfer of business units and related shareholdings in the fruit production, processing and distribution sector.
  • Advising a project management, construction and engineering company on the sale of a majority stake to an international private equity investor, including the divestment and reorganisation of subsidiaries in multiple jurisdictions.
  • Advising a Portuguese insurance company on the acquisition of the entire share capital of a company operating in the healthcare sector.
  • Advising a private equity firm on the partial acquisition of a Portuguese group operating in the information technology sector.
Languages
  • Portuguese
  • English
Education
  • Universidade Católica Portuguesa, Faculty of Law and Faculty of Business and Economics, Lisbon School – Attended the Master’s Degree in Law and Business (coursework completed), 2020
  • Universidade Católica Portuguesa, Faculty of Law, Lisbon School, Law Degree, 2019

Prior Experience

  • 2026 – present, Associate at DLA Piper
  • 2024 – 2026, Associate, Portuguese Law Firm, Lisbon office
  • 2023 – 2024, Associate, International Law Firm, Lisbon office
  • 2020 – 2023, Trainee Lawyer and Associate, Lisbon based Portuguese Law Firm

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Phone

+351 213 583 620
(Work, Lisbon)

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