Banking, Finance and Capital Markets
We offer services in all relevant legal aspects for Portuguese and international credit institutions and financial companies operating in Portugal.
The Antas da Cunha Ecija & Associados team is positioned to accompany all the activity of our financial clients, from their incorporation process before regulators and official institutions to the structuring and launch of new financial products and services, including day-to-day regulatory and corporate responsibility advice (including ESG).
The team also structures and drafts all legal documentation for retail and investment banking.
The team at Antas da Cunha Ecija & Associados advises clients (both financial and non-financial) in the design of their financing structures.
We offer the following specialized services: structuring and negotiating bank loans (bilateral or through banking syndicates), including green loans and sustainability-linked loans, as well as access to the national and international capital markets, with issuances of green bonds and sustainability-linked bonds.
Manages complex international financing transactions, using Private Equity/Leverage Finance, Acquisition Finance, Asset Finance, Real Estate Finance, Structured Finance and other structures, to finance companies' working capital.
It structures debt issuance programmes (EMTN, GMTN, Covered Bonds, ECP and CDs), and advises on senior (Senior Preferred Notes), subordinated (Senior Non-Preferred Notes and High Yield Bonds) and hybrid (AT1 and Tier 2) bond issues, either through public or private offerings, with admission to trading on the main European stock exchanges (London, Dublin and Luxembourg).
It carries out restructuring of financing operations (Liability Management) and offers advice to Collective Investment Undertakings, Investment Funds and their management companies, including Venture Capital Companies. He drafts and negotiates hedging instruments such as derivatives (swaps, options, futures and forwards).
In addition, aligned with Antas da Cunha Ecija & Associados' profile, the Banking, Finance and Capital Markets practice area has expertise in FinTech, payment services, Web3, Blockchain, tokenisation, ICOs, IDOs, INOs, Metaverse, Smart Contracts and Smart Contracts Workflows, DeFi, provision of cryptoasset services and legislation on technology issues, including Artificial Intelligence.
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