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João Caldeira

Partner
Lawyer

Contact
CMS Portugal
Rua Castilho 50
1250-071 Lisbon
Portugal
Languages Portuguese, English, Spanish

João Caldeira is a Partner in the Corporate M&A team.

With 30 years’ experience, develops his activity mainly in commercial companies, mergers and acquisitions, corporate restructuring, venture capital, joint ventures, capital markets and corporate finance. He leads multidisciplinary teams in high profile domestic and cross-border transactions.

João is individually ranked for Corporate M&A, by Chambers Global and Chambers Europe, for the past 15 years and for Private Equity, since 2016. He is also recommended for Commercial, Corporate M&A by Legal 500, 2023. Moreover, he is recognised for Corporate Law, by Best Lawyers, 2022. Moreover, he is ranked Highly Recommended lawyer for Investment Funds – Private Equity and as Excellent for Corporate M&A by Leaders League, 2023.

He is a founding partner of CMS Portugal.

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João Caldeira focuses his work on private equity deals, sales and acquisitions. He often advises clients in the real estate and energy industries.

Chambers Europe (2021)

João Caldeira assists local private equity firms and private investors with sizeable share deals in the manufacturing and energy sectors. Clients value his knowledge of private equity transactions and laud his "experience and intelligence.“

Chambers Europe (2021)

João Caldeira often assists domestic and international companies with share purchase deals. His client list includes private equity and real estate firms.

Chambers Global (2022)

João Caldeira has experience in domestic transactions carried out by Portuguese private equity funds. He is a respected corporate lawyer and a senior figure in the CMS team.

Chambers Europe (2022)

João Caldeira focuses his work on private equity deals, sales and acquisitions. He often advises clients in the real estate and energy industries.

Chambers Europe (2022)

João Caldeira – a partner with a lot of availability, a lot of experience and a lot of versatility in the solutions presented.

Legal 500 (2022)

João Caldeira has very good competence and I could not be more satisfied with his work.

Chambers Global (2023)

Memberships & Roles

  • Member of the Portuguese Bar Association since 1992
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Education

  • Law Degree, Faculdade de Direito, Universidade de Lisboa
  • Postgraduate degree in Securities Rights, Institute of Securities, Faculdade de Direito, Universidade de Lisboa
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