Practice Expertise

  • Corporate M&A
  • Real Estate and Tourism
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Areas of Practice

  • Corporate M&A
  • Real Estate and Tourism
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Profile

Teresa is a partner in the Real Estate and Tourism practice and she has 12 years ’ professional experience in the area of commercial law, in particular, commercial real estate and finance.

Teresa focuses on structuring, negotiating and carrying out M&A and private equity transactions. She advises on the set up and operation of investment and venture capitals funds, acquisitions of loan portfolios, and financing operations and corporate restructuring in various sectors of the real estate and tourism industries.

She also has experience in developing and operating large-scale agricultural projects.

Teresa has an LL.M. from the University of Virginia, USA.

Before joining PLMJ, she was a lawyer at the law firm Uria Menendez - Proenca de Carvalho.

Bar Admissions
Admitted to the Portuguese Bar Association, 2008

Education
Law Dregree, Specialization in Corporate Law ans Forensics, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, 2005
Post-graduate degree in Land Use, Planning, Zoning and Environment, Universidade de Coimbra, 2009
LL.M. University of Virginia Law School - USA, 2014

Areas of Practice

  • Corporate M&A
  • Real Estate and Tourism

Professional Career

Significant Accomplishments
Other Awards
2022 - Teresa Madeira Afonso, Thought Leadership Iberian Lawyer - Forty under 40
Chambers Europe
2024 - Teresa Madeira Afonso, Up and Coming Corporate Law / M&A
Chambers Global
2024 - Teresa Madeira Afonso, Up and Coming Corporate Law / M&A
The Legal 500
2023 - Teresa Madeira Afonso, Recommended Corporate / M&A


Professional Activities and Experience
Lawyer at Uria Menendez - Proenca de Carvalho

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