Banking Law

This practice area is headed by partner Felipe Baião do Nascimento.

In this field, BCS Advogados has provided legal counsel and services in the more relevant aspects of banking and financial activities, having structured and formalized a wide range of banking operations, namely:

• Incorporation of financial entities;
• Establishing branches of foreign financial institutions in Portugal;
• Authorisation for European Union financial institutions to freely provide services in Portugal;
• Banking Regulation;
• Structured financing operations;
• Domestic and international syndicated loans;
• Obtaining financial backing for company acquisition;
• Loan re-structuring and leasing operations;
• Issuance of bank letters of guarantee and counter-guarantees;
• Commercial bills of exchange programs, including grouped programs;
• Project Finance operations (on behalf of financial entities);
• Development of banking products.