Home / People / António Payan Martins
Portrait ofAntónio Payan Martins

António Payan Martins

Partner
Lawyer

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

António Payan Martins is a Partner in the Corporate M&A and in the Banking & Finance teams.

With over 25 years’ experience, he develops his activity mainly in banking and finance law, in particular in acquisition finance, leveraged & mezzanine finance, project and infrastructure finance, structured finance and products.

He also has extensive experience in special situations, restructurings, turn arounds and transactions involving distressed assets and non performing loans.

He specialises in regulatory and antitrust matters in the financial sector with particular focus on antitrust matters, horizontal agreements and collusive practices, vertical restraints, distribution and consumer products. He has extensive experience advising on complex transactions involving Portuguese-speaking countries, in particular project and infrastructure financing and planning and structuring of foreign investments.

António is individually ranked for Banking & Finance, by Chambers Global and Chambers Europe, for the past 17 years and he is recommended for Banking & Finance, Insolvency and Restructuring and Projects and Project Finance, by Legal 500, 2023. Moreover, he is recognised for Banking and Finance, Capital Markets Law, Corporate Governance and Compliance, Corporate Law, Financial Institutions and Structured Finance Law by Best Lawyers, 2022. He is also recognized as Highly Regarded for Banking and Project Finance by IFLR 1000, 2022. In addition, he is ranked Highly Recommended lawyer for Banking & Finance by Leaders League, 2023.

Joined CMS Portugal in 2007.

more less

António Payan Martins is experienced in acquisition and project financings as well as structured finance. He has further expertise in restructuring and NPL transactions.

Chambers Europe (2019)

António Payan Martins advises important financial institutions as well as Corporate groups. He assists with loan portfolio transactions, debt restructuring and financial services regulation and interviewees state: “He is good at managing clientes’ expectations and always tried to reach an agreement in a constructive way.”

Chambers Europe (2019)

António Payan Martins demonstrates solid knowledge of real estate financing matters, restructurings and NPL acquisitions. Clients appreciate his knowledge of the market and regulations.

Chambers Europe (2021)

António Payan Martins is a key partner handling varied banking and finance topics at CMS. He has experience in real estate financing matters, restructurings and NPL acquisitions.

Chambers Global (2022)

António Payan Martins is the head of department at the firm and key contact for clients.

Chambers Europe (2022)

António Payan Martins can always find a creative and intelligent solution for a problem and has a lot of knowledge of what is going on in the market.

Chambers Global (2023)

Relevant experience

  • Visiting Professor at Faculdade de Direito, Universidade Católica Portuguesa: Banking Law, Economic Law and Competition Law, 2003-present
  • Assistant Professor at Faculdade de Direito, Universidade Católica Portuguesa, 1995 - 2003
more less

Memberships & Roles

  • Member of the Portuguese Bar Association since 1997
more less

Lectures list

  • Visiting Professor at Faculdade de Direito, Universidade Católica Portuguesa: Banking Law, Economic Law and Competition Law, 2003-present
  • Assistant Professor at Faculdade de Direito, Universidade Católica Portuguesa, 1995 - 2003

 

more less

Education

  • Law degree, Faculdade de Direito, Universidade Católica Portuguesa
  • Master of Laws (LL.M.) in Business Law, Faculdade de Direito, Universidade Católica Portuguesa
more less

Feed

15/02/2024
CMS Portugal highlighted by Chambers & Partners Global 2024
CMS Portugal has been recognised in the prestigious Chambers & Partners Global directory in seven categories and has received 11 individual nominations from eight lawyers.   Check out all the nominations:...
08/02/2022
Meet the Law - Profit Participation Loan
On 13 January, entered into force the legal regime of the Profit Participation Loans (RJEP), approved by Decree-Law No. 11/2022, of 12 January. The Profit Participation Loan (PPL) is presented as an instrument...
23/03/2021
António Payan Martins featured in The Lawyer
CMS Rui Pena & Arnaut’s Banking and Finance Partner comments on the regulatory "sandbox" that will surround projects such as fintech in a new article of the British magazine "The Lawyer". The article...
06/01/2021
Meet the Law - Amendment of the exceptional and temporary measures concerning...
On 29 September 2020, Decree-Law 78-A/2020 amending the exceptional and temporary measures relating to the COVID-19 pandemic was published. As a result, Decree-Law No. 10-J/2020 of 26 March, which establishes...
07/07/2020
IFLR1000 distinguishes CMS Rui Pena & Arnaut
CMS Rui Pena & Arnaut has just been highlighted by the international directory IFLR1000. The firm is recommended in the following areas:Bank­ing;Cap­it­al Markets: Debt;Capital Markets: Equity;M&A;Project...
03/07/2017
New rules on credit agreements for consumers relating to residential immovable...
Decree-Law no. 74-A/2017, published in the Portuguese Official Journal on 23 of June 2017 ("DL 74-A/2017"), transposes into the Portuguese jurisdiction part of the provisions set forth in Directive no...
25/07/2013
News about the program Direito a Falar dedicated to Competitiveness Tax...
The concerns of corporate lawyers, projects between ABBC and DLA Piper competitiveness and fiscal and banking were the themes of the first two programs in June ofDireito a Falar, a partnership between...
21/06/2013
Patrick Dewerbe and Antonio Payan Martins participate in “Direito a Falar”,...
http://cmslegal. intra. tv/embed. asp?vid=424&width=540&height=304&swf_src=intratv_flash_embed. swf&pause_at_start=true&controls_at_start=true" frameBorder=0 width=540 scrolling=no>

19/06/2013
Patrick Dewerbe and Antonio Payan Martins participate in “Direito a Falar”,...
Portugal has a competitive tax policy? This is the motto for today's issue in "Direito a Falar". The CMS Rui Pena & Arnaut lawyers Patrick Dewerbe and António Payan Martins will be at the studio to comment...
24/04/2013
Restructuring of Companies in debate on "Direito a Falar", featuring CMS...
18/09/2012
International Arbitration is the motto of the CMS RPA event
The international arbitration under the Portuguese perspective is the theme of a seminar that CMS Rui Pena & Arnaut promotes next Thursday, September 20, at the Hotel Sheraton in Lisbon. The seminar takes...