Luis Soares de Sousa Senior Associate
(Portuguese qualified)

Senior Associate (Portuguese qualified)
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Luis advises on all aspects of corporate transactions, including cross-border M&A, private equity, joint ventures, re-organisations and corporate governance matters.

Luis has a particular focus on mergers and acquisitions of both private and listed companies, in the financial, industrial, energy and services sectors. He acts for a wide variety of clients, including large corporations, private equity houses and banks. Luis also has experience on acquisition finance and refinancing transactions.

Luis previously worked in the Lisbon and Madrid offices of Iberian law firm Uria Menendez.

Expertise

Recent work

Preqin

Advising leading private markets data solutions provider Preqin on its sale to global investment manager BlackRock for £2.55bn.

Alchemy Special Opportunities Fund IV

Advising Alchemy Special Opportunities Fund IV on its acquisition of the Brasserie Blanc bar and restaurant chain.

Family-owned group

Advising a family-owned group in the carve-out and disposal of its agri-business unit to a preeminent private equity house.

Major private equity house

Advising a major private equity house in a cross-border transaction for the acquisition of a tile coating business.

Major private equity house

Advising a major private equity house in a cross-border transaction for the disposal of a portfolio company in the water sector.

Two major private equity funds

Advising on the incorporation of a joint venture between two major private equity funds in the crop nutrition and biocontrol sectors.

Affirmative Investment Management

Advising Affirmative Investment Management (AIM) on its sale to New York listed MetLife Inc’s investment management business, MetLife Investment Management (MIM).

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