Luisa Soares da Silva is a partner at Morais Leitão, Galvão Teles, Soares da Silva e Associados, Sociedade de Advogados, RL. She is particularly experienced in Capital Markets and Financing areas, having been involved in privatisations in the banking and highway concessions sectors and several capital markets transactions, as well as in innovative structures occurred in Portugal, namely convertible and exchangeable securities, hybrid instruments and several kinds of debt issues. Her practice also includes counselling clients on companies law, commercial law and corporate matters, as well as advising in the insurance and pension funds area, as she provides ongoing assistance to insurance and pension funds managing companies. Lusa Soares da Silva received her Law Degree from the Portuguese Catholic University Law School (1990), having also pursued Postgraduate Studies in European Studies in the Portuguese Catholic University Law School (1992). She has also attended a Course on Legal Aspects of International Finance from the University of London (1994) and received Legal Training in Acquisition Finance (2007).
Joana Pereira Dias is an associate at Morais Leitão, Galvão Teles, Soares da Silva e Associados, Sociedade de Advogados, RL. is quite active in the area of financial law, working predominantly in banking and financial transactions. She participated as a legal advisor in important privatisations as well as in the assistance of leading corporations, banks and insurance companies. She has also experience in the area of pension funds. She has been lecturing at the University of Lisbon Law School and, between 2005 and 2006, she worked as a legal adviser for Minister of Public Works, Transportation and Communication of the Portuguese Government. She is also the Author of various articles in specialised publications on contracts, guarantees and securities, securities law and banking law. Joana Pereira Dias received her Law Degree from the Portuguese Catholic University Law School (1998) and her Masters Degree from the University of Lisbon Law School (2006), having also pursued Postgraduate Studies in Securities Law in the University of Lisbon Law School (1999).
Joana Galvo Teles is an associate at Morais Leitão, Galvão Teles, Soares da Silva e Associados, Sociedade de Advogados, RL. She focuses her practice in the areas of civil litigation and arbitration, having also been active in the areas of Corporate and Commercial Law, specifically in the areas of Corporate Governance, Commercial Law and Insurance and Fund Pensions Law. Joana Galvo Teles received her Law Degree from the Nova University Law School (2005).