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Miguel Santos Ferreira
Senior Associate

Lawyer

Miguel Santos Ferreira

Languages
  • Portuguese
  • English
  • French
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Miguel Santos Ferreira is a Senior Associate in the Corporate M&A team and is part of the ESG Task Force.

He focuses his activity mainly in corporate law, mergers and acquisitions, commercial law, capital markets, and banking and finance law.

He has been involved in company purchase and sale transactions, national and international corporate restructuring operations, and the acquisition and disposal of NPLs.

He also provides permanent legal advice, in corporate law, to several national and international clients, including advice on Corporate Governance issues.

Miguel is recognised for Corporate Law, as Ones to Watch, by Best Lawyers for the past years.

Joined CMS Portugal in 2016.

Memberships & Roles

  • Member of the Portuguese Bar Association since 2018

Education

  • Law Degree, Faculdade de Direito, Universidade de Coimbra
  • Postgraduate degree Course in Company Law, IDET, Faculdade de Direito, Universidade de Coimbra
  • Master of Laws (LL.M.) in Law with Specialisation in Civil Law Sciences, Faculdade de Direito, Universidade de Coimbra
  • Postgraduate degree in Commercial Litigation, CIDP, Faculdade de Direito, Universidade de Lisboa

Insights by Miguel

CMS advises Bechtle on the acquisition of RIS 2048

30 Jan 2026 1 min read

Full entry into force of the Portuguese Institute of Corporate Governance's Corporate Governance Code

17 Apr 2018 2 min read

Legal regime of conversion of credits into equity (upon creditors' initiative)

22 Mar 2018 4 min read

Meet the Law

15 May 2017 1 min read
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