Mariana Norton dos Reis
Partner
English
Portuguese
Spanish
Her practice both in Portuguese and Spanish law is focused on cross border M&A, joint ventures and private equity transactions.
Mariana Norton dos Reis regularly acts for private equity investors on their investments and divestments, and represents strategic investors in connection with cross border acquisitions and sales of privately owned companies and assets.
She has recently completed a number of major transactions in the infrastructures, energy, retail, real estate and financial industry sectors in Spain and Portugal. On an international level, she has extensive experience in advising M&A transactions of multinational companies in Europe, Latin America and the United States.
She worked at the Madrid office from 2004 to 2017 and is currently based in the Lisbon office, where she started her career in 1998.
Member of the Portuguese and Madrid Bar Associations and admitted to the New York State Bar Association. She lectured in the master in Business Law, Cross Border Mergers, at Universidad Autónoma de Madrid and in the bachelor degree in Law and Business Administration and Management at Universidad CEU San Pablo, in Madrid.
Founder and coordinator of the Women in Business (WiB) program in Cuatrecasas.
Specialties
Education
Master in Advanced Corporate Law & Securities (named a Harlan Stone Fisk Scholar)
Columbia Law School, New York, 1998Bachelor of Laws
Universidade de Lisboa, 1997Executive program for Women in Business
Esade Business & Law School, Madrid, 2016Received a scholarship from the Luso-American Development Foundation, 1998
Directory Mentions
Recommended lawyer
Chambers Europe, Chambers Global, Legal 500, IFLR1000, Leaders League and Best Lawyers in Corporate and M&A, Private Equity, Governance & Compliance and Energy
Tier 1
Legal 500 in Commercial, corporate and M&A
Woman Leader
IFLR1000, 2021
InspiraLaw
Iberian Lawyer, 2017 e 2018
The most active M&A lawyers by number of deals in Spain
Jornal Expansión, 2015
Forty under 40 Award
Iberian Lawyer, 2013
Publications and News
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March 6, 2023Market Trends in Iberian Private Equity Transactions 2023 edition
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December 16, 2022Boosting gender equality in listed company management positions
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April 8, 2022The Private Equity Review: Portugal
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March 10, 2022Spain and Portugal | Market Trends in Iberian Private Equity Transactions 2022 edition
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November 24, 2021Volume and value of M&A deals in Portugal decreased in 2021
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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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May 28, 2020The Private Equity Review / Ninth Edition - The Law Reviews
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December 19, 2019Cuatrecasas advises Martifer on selling six photovoltaic plants in Spain to Finerge
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July 10, 2019Women in Business 2019
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June 27, 2019The Private Equity Review / Eighth Edition - The Law Reviews
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June 7, 2019Sixth edition of the Cuatrecasas Women in Business works on strategies to create global business while maintaining local roots
Events
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November 24, 2021Mergermarket Portugal M&A Briefing
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November 24, 2020FDI screening in Europe: trends and challenges
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June 6, 2019Women in Business 2019