César Bessa Monteiro, jr

Advising multinational companies in the automotive, chemical, new technologies, and telecommunications sectors on the implementation of mergers, demergers, sale or acquisition of new local or global business units operations.

Advising the Portuguese Government on a reprivatisation process of a naval shipyard;

Advising the Portuguese Government on a project of sub-concession of land relating to the naval shipyard;

Advising on the structuring of venture capital operations and providing counsel on all types of operations of venture capital (including operations of alienation, restructuring, debt restructuring and complementary acquisitions) to companies in the pharmaceutical, hospitality and chemical sectors.

Advising national and international companies on ongoing corporate and commercial issues.

Advising national and international companies through the negotiation of a number of distribution, agency and franchise agreements, as well as negotiating their termination (including dispute resolution).

Advising national and international companies on matters related to innovation, through the negotiation of know-how transfer agreements and use of intellectual property rights.

Representing national and international companies in proceedings for the registration of industrial property rights, filing appeals before the Intellectual Property Court against decisions of concession or denial to register industrial property rights and infringement of private industrial property rights, in criminal proceedings of counterfeit industrial property rights and suits for violation of copyrights.