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Priscila Macedo Pinto
Partner
Priscila Macedo Pinto is a partner of the corporate and M&A department and co-head of Team Genesis, Morais Leitão’s innovation and venture capital practice.
Priscila is recognized for advising founders, scale-ups, venture capital investors and corporate ventures on high-impact transactions across the innovation economy.
Her practice focuses on venture capital, M&A, corporate restructurings and strategic investments, with extensive experience in the technology and life sciences sectors.
She advises clients throughout all stages of growth, from company formation and early-stage financing rounds to complex cross-border transactions, secondary sales, exits and liquidity events. Her approach combines rigorous, cutting-edge legal advice with a strong commercial and financial perspective, enabling her to act as a trusted adviser on both transactional and strategic matters.
Before joining the legal profession, Priscila accumulated significant management experience, which provides her with a distinctive understanding of the challenges faced by founders, executive teams and investors. This background allows her to bridge legal, operational and business considerations in a way that is particularly valuable in high-growth and innovation-driven environments.
Priscila also has extensive experience in coordinating complex multi-jurisdictional projects, including the international expansion of technology-driven businesses, advising management teams on the legal and structural aspects of scaling operations across multiple markets.
As co-head of Team Genesis, she plays an active role in initiatives aimed at fostering entrepreneurship, innovation and investment, contributing to the development of the Portuguese and European start-up and scale-up ecosystem while promoting greater collaboration between entrepreneurs, investors, corporates and public institutions.
Education
Law Degree (Faculty of Law, Nova University of Lisbon, 2017). Postgraduate Course in Law and Business (Católica Lisbon School of Law and Católica Lisbon School of Business and Economics, 2018).
Languages
Portuguese and English.
Memberships
Portuguese Bar Association (admitted in 2021).
