Ferreira Pinto Cardigos has an established banking and finance practice. Our areas of expertise include leveraged finance, acquisition finance, project and structured finance. We represent commercial and investment banks, financial companies, private investment funds and other institutional lenders and investors, as well as leveraged buyout sponsors and borrowers in a wide range of financing transactions. Our derivatives group is the market leader and well recognized for its specific expertise. Our team provides assistance to sovereign entities, regional governments, national and foreign banks and Portuguese institutions in documenting derivative products in financial hedging operations involving ISDA, ISMA and other industry documentation.
to issue its Collateral Opinion for Portugal.

Ferreira Pinto Cardigos is the author of the ISDA Collateral Opinion, of the Collateral Provider Insolvency Supplement to the Collateral legal opinion, the Collateral Taker Insolvency Opinion, as well as of the ISDA CM Reliance Opinion for Portugal.

Ferreira Pinto Cardigos has also a leading capital markets practice, advising issuers, underwriters, selling and controlling shareholders and other market participants in securities offerings. We also offer assistance in the areas of regulatory compliance and corporate governance.