Corporate and Commercial Law

This practice area is headed by partner Victor de Castro Nunes.

At present, BCS Advogados provides specialized legal assistance to both national and foreign companies and individuals in all aspects of commercial and/or corporate life, namely (but not exclusively) in the following areas:

• Commercial Contracts in general,
• International contracts, including Project Finance operations (on behalf of the promoters), foreign investment, Portuguese investment abroad and international merchandise commerce;
• Agency and distribution agreements;
• Consortiums and confederation participation agreements;
• Business partnerships and Joint Venture contracts;
• Acquisition and sale of companies or business groups;
• Privatizations;
• Due diligences into companies and business groups;
• Public-private partnerships (PPPs);
• Corporate statutes and shareholder agreements;
• Company incorporation (including holding companies and SPV – Special Purpose Vehicles) as well all other entities with legal personality (i.e. associations and foundations);
• Setting up of branch offices of foreign companies in Portugal;
• Incorporation, restructuring and reorganization of business groups;
• Structuring and implementation of protective measures of company control;
• Creation of Enterprise Groupings (ACE - Agrupamentos Complementares de Empresas)
• Structuring and implementation of share capital increases and decreases;
• Structuring and implementation of synchronised operations, including the simultaneous increase or reduction in share capital;
• Mergers;
• Divisions;
• Company transformations;
• Winding up of companies;
• Corporate Tax Law.