AA has a long-standing experience in rendering advice and counseling the main domestic and European banking and financial institutions and insurance companies, as well as large companies involved in international and domestic transactions connected to their business activity in Portugal.

In these fields of Law, our firm has rendered legal advice in a vast number of operations, where we would highlight the following categories:

• Structuring, establishing and operating banking and financial institutions in Portugal
• Preparing and negotiating financing operations including commercial loans, syndicated bank loans, structured finance, securitization of loans, project finance and debt restructuring operations
• Preparing the establishment of E-Money services in Portugal
• Money laundering prevention
• Finance Leasing
• Purchase and Sale operations
• Contracts of Guarantee
• Preparing, structuring and executing stock exchange operations, namely stock market listings,  Public Offerings and Takeover Bids, squeeze-out and sell-out procedures. Members of our firm have been worked in several of the largest and most important Takeover Bids carried out in Portugal
• Implementing foreign collective investment undertakings in Portugal
• Compliance with information and corporate governance requirements by Portuguese companies trading on the stock exchange

AA is also experienced in assisting its clients in setting up banking institutions in Angola.  We regularly advise clients in every aspect related to operation of a banking institution in Angola, and also provide legal assistance in matters such as financing operations, corporate law, real estate, employment, labour and tax, among others.