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Gonçalo Castro Ribeiro

Partner
Lisbon
About

Gonçalo Castro Ribeiro has large experience in cross-border transactions and financial institutions regulatory issues, as well as in project finance and capital markets transactions. He mainly advises financial institutions, listed companies and private equity firms, and has acted on several of the most high profile deals in Portugal in the last decades.

Areas of FocusCorporateFinanceFinancial ServicesRegulatory and Government AffairsEnergy and Natural ResourcesRestructuring
Professional QualificationsAdvogado admitted with the Ordem dos Advogados (Portuguese Bar Association)

EXPERIENCE

  • Advising a Real Estate and Hospitality Company on the bond facility secured by several Portuguese assets, for the purpose of developing an aparthotel and real estate 100 million plus investment.
  • Advising a Bank & Loan Fund Syndicate in the negotiation and subscription of an innovative unitranche bond and loan programme worth around EUR 100 million, for an innovative and growth Portuguese tech company.
  • Advising in a complex EUR 25 billion dual listing process in Brazil and Portugal of the largest telecom operators in each country.
  • Advising in a EUR 19 billion public tender offer in the capital markets of a large Chinese Renewables Company over the largest Portuguese Energy Company.
  • Advising the Government of the Republic of Angola in the procedures for the creation of a stock exchange and funds market in Angola.
  • Advising an international investment bank in an EUR 4.7 billion Liability Management Exercise.
  • Advising a rating agency in an EUR 580 million securitization of NPLs.
  • Advising on a corporate reorganisation of the investor structure in a Portuguese bridge bank valued above EUR 4 billion.
  • Advising on an innovative fleet sale and leaseback, with a special structure that was required to comply with obligations under a pre-existing concession agreement.
Languages
  • Portuguese
  • English
  • French
  • Spanish
Education
  • Hague Academy of International Law, 2004
  • Universidade Católica Portuguesa, Faculty of Law, Law degree, 2003

AWARDS AND RECOGNITION

  • Recommended by Legal 500 as Next Generation Partner in 2023 and 2024 for Banking & Finance
  • Recommended by Chambers & Partners in 2023 and 2024 for Fintech Law
  • Distinguished by Best Lawyers since 2020 in Corporate Law

Publications and media

  • “The Law Reviews – Project Finance – Portugal”, 2023 and 2024
  • “Brexit and Reverse Solicitation”, 2021
  • “COVID-19: National security risks lead to expanded global foreign direct investment reviews, 11 May 2020”
  • “As Taxas de Regulação Económica – Mercado de Capitais", Almedina, 2008”
  • “Portugal Mergers & Acquisitions 2017 – Getting the Deal Through”
  • “Treasury Shares Guide 2012-2014 of Corporate and M&A Law Committee from IBA”
  • “IBA Guide 2016 - Board's role when facing a strategic transaction”
  • “As Taxas de Regulação Económica em Portugal - Mercado de Capitais", Almedina, 2008

Seminars

  • Speaker at webinar on Alternative Financing, 2023
  • Speaker at Portuguese Chamber of Industry and Commerce’s Sustainability Conferece, 2023
  • Speaker at NPLs Portugal – DD Talks, 2023
  • Speaker at NPLs Portugal – DD Talks, 2021
  • Speaker at DD Talks webinar Financing of Real Estate, July 2020
  • Speaker in various events, namely at CIS Wealth Conference, Moscovo, 2016

Prior Experience

  • 2024 – present, Partner DLA Piper
  • 2023 – 2024, Partner at Iberian Law Firm
  • 2020 – 2023, Partner at DLA Piper
  • 2017 – 2020, Senior Associate at DLA Piper ABBC
  • 2005 – 2017, Senior Associate at an Iberian Law firm
  • 2003 – 2005, Associate at Lisbon based Law firm

Additional News

  • Lecturer Project Finance - Energy Law graduate studies at Universidade Católica Portuguesa, 2024

Connect

Phone

+351 213 583 637
(Work, Lisbon)
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