Manuel Santos Vítor

Practice Areas: Corporate and M&A

Industry Sectors: Energy & Natural Resources; Mining; Oil & Gas

Desks: Angola Desk

Manuel Santos Vítor is a partner and has been with Abreu Advogados since 2019, working primarily in Corporate and M&A transactions, having been involved in a great number of the M&A transactions that have taken place in Portugal in the last decades.

He has been a lawyer since 1991, and was a partner in another law firm between 1998 and 2019, serving that firm as Co-Managing Partner and Managing Partner between 2008 and 2015.

He has vast experience in insurance and aviation.

Manuel Santos Vítor regularly provides corporate support (on both commercial and corporate matters) to important business groups, in Portugal and abroad, in a number of business sectors, including corporate governance, family businesses, and corporate reorganisations and restructuring.

In recent years, he has been heavily involved in the energy sectors, in particular renewables and O&G, and natural resources in Portugal and in Africa, mainly in Angola, Mozambique and Guinea-Bissau.

He provides regular legal support to several companies in the mining sector in Portugal, Angola and Guinea-Bissau.

Band 3, Corporate Law / M&A 2017, 2018 and 2019
"He holds notable expertise in highly regulated sectors, such as energy and healthcare, and he is regularly appointed on cross-border transactions."; "He's very experienced, always available and has demonstrated very good legal skills and outstanding negotiation capability."

Band 2, Energy and Natural Resources law 2018 and 2019
"he is efficient and prioritises clients' interests."; "he is always available and thinking outside of the box."

Band 3, Transportation and Aviation, 2017, 2018 and 2019
"He has the ability to take a commercial approach to any issues in order to find solutions that work from both a legal and commercial perspectives."; "He is recognised for his experience in aircraft financing transactions and for his involvement in operations linked to M&A and corporate law."; "He focuses on cross-border work, particularly involving African jurisdictions."

Band 2, Energy & Natural Resources (International), 2017, 2018 and 2019
"He brings corporate expertise to matters in the energy sector and is recognized for his international practice, often working on operations in Africa."; "pragmatic approach to complex matters."

Band 3, Corporate Law and M&A, 2019
"He holds notable expertise in highly regulated sectors, such as energy and healthcare, and he is regularly appointed on cross-border transactions."

Corporate Law and M&A, 2017 and 2018
"He is active in multi-jurisdictional M&A transactions."; "He is skilled in M&A and corporate finance work, and recognised for his expertise in the energy sector."; "He's very experienced, always available and has demonstrated very good legal skills and outstanding negotiation capability."

Shipping & Transportation, 2019

Corporate and M&A, 2017 and 2018

Energy and Natural Resources 2017, 2018 and 2019

Corporate and M&A, 2018 and 2019

Angola - Corporate and M&A, Energy and Infrastructure and Project Development, 2018 and 2019

Mozambique - Corporate and M&A, Energy and Infrastructure and Project Development, 2018

Energy and natural resources, 2018

Recognised Lawyers, 2019

Natural Resources Law, 2017

Other Recommended Lawyer, 2016, 2017 and 2019

Aviation Law, 2020

Corporate Law, 2020

Energy Law, 2020

Mergers and Acquisitions Law, 2020

Natural Resources Law, 2020

Associations

Education

University of Lisbon Faculty of Law

College of Europe, Bruges, Belgium

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