Joao is a managing associate in the corporate M&A practice. With 10 years of experience, he has advised on Portuguese and international acquisitions and mergers of companies. Joao has also provided legal support in venture capital and private equity operations, acting for both investments companies and target companies, in particular start-ups. He has solid experience in dealing with the purchase and sale of assets, definition and implementation of restructuring and reorganisation of corporate groups, establishment and development of joint ventures, financial transactions, and structuring and setting up real estate investments.

Before joining PLMJ, Joao was a lawyer in the corporate and M&A practice of the law firm Cuatrecasas and an adviser to the board and head of the legal department of PortoLazer, the municipal company of the Porto Municipal Council.

Joao has a master's in corporate and business law from the Faculty of Law of Universidade Catolica Portuguesa in Porto and completed a post-graduate course in Intellectual Property Law and a post-graduate course in Corporate Law at the same faculty.

Bar Admissions
Admitted to the Portuguese Bar Association, 2008

Education
Degree in corporate and business law from Universidade Catolica Portuguesa in Porto, 2007.
Postgraduate course in corporate lawt the Faculty of Law of Universidade Catolica Portuguesa in Porto, 2022
Postgraduate course in intellectual property law at the Faculty of Law of Universidade Catolica Portuguesa in Porto, 2017
Specialisation course in sports law at the Faculty of Law of the University of Coimbra, 2015
Course in administrative procedural practices at the Faculty of Law of the University of Porto, 2014
Continuous training course in accounting and financial analysis for lawyers at the Faculty of Law of the University of Porto, 2010
Masters in corporate and business law from Universidade Catolica Portuguesa in Porto, 2009