Manuel Santos Vitor
Partner | Lisbon
- Practice Areas
- Corporate and M&A
- Industries
- Energy & Natural Resources
- Aviation, Maritime & Transportation
- Insurance
- Oil & Gas
- Mining
- Projects & Structured Finance
- Languages
- English
- French
- Spanish
- Contacts
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Manuel Santos Vitor has been a partner at Abreu Advogados since 2019 and is a member of its Board of Directors. He co-coordinates the Corporate and M&A practice area as well as the Angola and Guinea-Bissau desks. He is particularly active in the Corporate and M&A area and in the energy and natural resources sector, both in Portugal and other Portuguese-speaking jurisdictions.
He regularly provides M&A and corporate support to important business groups, in Portugal and abroad, in a number of business sectors, including corporate governance, family businesses and corporate reorganizations and restructuring. Manuel has a special focus in M&A and contractual related energy and natural resources matters.
Manuel has a vast experience in aviation and insurance.
In recent years he has been heavily involved in the energy sector, in particular renewables and O&G, and natural resources in Portugal and in Africa. He provides regular legal support to companies in the mining sector in Portugal, Angola and Guinea-Bissau.
He has been a lawyer since 1991 and was a partner in another law firm between 1998 and 2019, serving that firm as Co-Managing Partner and Managing Partner between 2008 and 2015.
Energy and Natural Resources: Leading Individual (2017, 2018, 2019 and 2022)
Corporate and M&A: Leading Individual (2017, 2018 and 2022)
Chambers Europe 2022 – Band 2 – Energy & Natural Resources
Band 3, Corporate and M&A, Global 2022
Recommended Lawyer, M&A (2021-2022)
Aviation Law, Portugal (2020-2022)
Corporate Law, Portugal (2012-2022)
Energy Law, Portugal (2014-2022)
Mergers and Acquisitions Law, Portugal (2014-2022)
Natural Resources Law, Portugal (2012-2022)
Portugal, Angola, Mozambique | Corporate and M&A, Energy and Infrastructure, Project Development and Oil & Gas, 2018 – 2021
Band 3, Corporate Law / M&A 2017, 2018 and 2019
“He holds notable expertise in highly regulated sectors, such as energy and healthcare, and he is regularly appointed on cross-border transactions.”; “He’s very experienced, always available and has demonstrated very good legal skills and outstanding negotiation capability.”
Band 2, Energy and Natural Resources law 2018 and 2019
“he is efficient and prioritises clients’ interests.”; “he is always available and thinking outside of the box.”
Band 3, Transportation and Aviation, 2017, 2018 and 2019
“He has the ability to take a commercial approach to any issues in order to find solutions that work from both a legal and commercial perspectives.”; “He is recognised for his experience in aircraft financing transactions and for his involvement in operations linked to M&A and corporate law.”; “He focuses on cross-border work, particularly involving African jurisdictions.”
Band 2, Energy & Natural Resources (International), 2017, 2018 and 2019
“He brings corporate expertise to matters in the energy sector and is recognized for his international practice, often working on operations in Africa.”; “pragmatic approach to complex matters.”
Band 3, Corporate Law and M&A, 2019
“He holds notable expertise in highly regulated sectors, such as energy and healthcare, and he is regularly appointed on cross-border transactions.”
Corporate Law and M&A, 2017 and 2018
“He is active in multi-jurisdictional M&A transactions.”; “He is skilled in M&A and corporate finance work, and recognised for his expertise in the energy sector.”; “He’s very experienced, always available and has demonstrated very good legal skills and outstanding negotiation capability.”
Shipping & Transportation, 2019
Experience
Associations
Academic
University of Lisbon Faculty of Law
Degree in Law from the University of Lisbon Faculty of Law (1988)
College of Europe, Bruges, Belgium
Postgraduate course in Higher European Studies (LLM) – Legal Studies (1989)
