Manuel Requicha Ferreira
Partner
Portuguese
English
Spanish
The main projects on which he has advised in the last years include corporate finance, real estate finance, simple or structured securities issuances by public or private entities, project finance, securitizations and structured finance.
Manuel Requicha Ferreira has extensive experience in capital markets, namely takeovers and IPOs, and is involved in the recent reform of the Securities Code.
Member of the Portuguese Bar Association.
Member of the Think-Thank Governance Lab, responsible for several publications in banking governance on Portuguese speaking countries.
Lecturer at postgraduate programmes on Corporate Governance, Corporate Finance and on Banking & Insolvency of Lisbon Law School.
Published several articles and books in the Banking, Capital Markets and Governance matters, namely "Competing Tenders Offers”, "Bank Nomination Committees”, "Irrevocable and Negative Irrevocable Undertakings”.
Specialties
Education
Master in Banking & Capital Markets
Universidade de Lisboa, 2011Postgraduate studies in Securities Law
Universidade de Lisboa, 2007Bachelor of Laws
Universidade de Coimbra, 2004
Directory Mentions
Recommended lawyer
Chambers Europe, Chambers Global, Legal 500, Legal 500 Europe Green Ambassador, IFLR1000, Leaders League and Best Lawyers in Banking & Finance, Capital Markets, Corporate Governance & Compliance, Financial Institutions and Restructuring and Insolvency
Partner of Deal of the Year
The Lawyer (Banking & Finance, 2017)
Proximo Energy and Infrastructure Europe (Overall and Renewables, 2022)
PFI - Project Finance International (Renewables, 2022)
Award
Comissão do Mercado de Valores Mobiliários de Portugal (CMVM, 2007)
Award
Professor André Gonçalves Pereira (2006)
Publications and News
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May 14, 2025Cuatrecasas ends new edition of Finishing Stages Program for mid-level associates
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January 29, 2025Unilateral termination of a comittment to guarantee granted on a blank promissory note
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December 23, 2024CTT forms joint venture with DHL Group and acquires CACESA
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December 23, 2024EU Green Bond Regulation Level 2 Measures
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December 9, 2024Restructuring in Iberia and LatAm
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October 24, 2024ICMA on the Role of Commercial Paper in Sustainable Finance
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July 25, 2024Prevalence of mortgages over retention rights
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July 22, 2024Xior purchases student residence in Lisbon for €58 million
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July 19, 2024Partners Group acquires FairJourney Biologics
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March 8, 2024Portuguese chemical company Bondalti launches €329 million takeover bid for Ercros
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July 31, 2023CMVM Regulation 2/2023: Covered bonds
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January 10, 2023Banking & Finance 2022 Global Practice Guide
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December 16, 2022Boosting gender equality in listed company management positions
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November 30, 2022US Ares Management supports growth strategy of Unavets in Spain and Portugal
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June 2, 2022BTG Pactual issues bank guarantees to develop infrastructure projects in Colombia and Mexico
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March 4, 2022Debt Restructuring in Portugal: Stand by for the New Wave
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August 4, 2021CVC Strategic Opportunities acquires 24.99% of Sonae MC
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July 28, 2021Onex Renewables buys wind farm portfolio from EDPR for €530 million
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July 20, 2020Cuatrecasas counsels Partners Group on Rovensa acquisition, with an enterprise value of around €1bn
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July 2, 2019Europe, Middle East and Africa Restructuring Review 2019 - GRR Insight
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June 28, 2019Corporate M&A 2019 - Chambers Global Practice Guide / Second Edition
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June 28, 2019High-Yield Debt in Portugal 2019 - Lexology/Getting the Deal Through
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February 15, 2019Banking & Finance 2019 - Chambers Global Practive Guide
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February 4, 2019Corporate M&A 2019 - Chambers Global Practice Guides