Catarina Monteiro Pires joined the firm in 2004. She is currently working with the corporate and commercial team.
Having previous experience in international acquisitions, corporate reforms and banking law, over the past three years she has been focusing her activity in the areas of acquisitions, strategic partnerships and projects within gas and electricity markets. She is also very active in all matters related with drafting and negotiating gas sale and transportation agreements and different agreements related with the implementation of energy production projects (wind farms, biomass and, especially hydropower generation and combined cycle production). Catarina also provides ongoing legal advice in the area of energy regulation.
Catarina lectures at Lisboa University Law School (Civil Law).
Catarina is a former Assistant Professor at the Coimbra University Law School from 2001 to 2003.
She has participated in several conferences addressing banking and commercial law topics.
Corporate and Commercial (Commercial Law, Mergers, Acquisitions and Joint ventures).
Law Degree (Coimbra University Law School, 2000). Postgraduate Studies in Banking Law (University of Lisbon Law School, 2002). Master on Civil Law (University of Lisbon Law School, 2007). Oil and Gas Law/ Oil and Gas Contract Law (Robert Gordon University, Aberdeen, 2008), admited to P.hD (University of Lisbon Law School, 2009)
Portuguese Bar Association (admitted in 2003).
Portuguese, English, French, Spanish and German.
