Nuno Alves Mansilha

Lisbon, Portugal

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Nuno Alves Mansilha is a Partner in the Lusophone Africa team.

With 20 years of experience, he advises in the areas of privatizations, concessions, mergers and acquisitions, cross-border transactions, foreign investment, joint venture structuring, restructuring, infrastructure projects, commercial contracts, and tourism.

Based at the CMS office in Lisbon, Nuno has been focusing his activity on Portugal, Angola, Mozambique, and other Portuguese-speaking African countries. Between 2014 and 2016 he was based in London, UK, acting as a director of the representative office of a Portuguese law firm.

Nuno advises a set of international companies with projects in the energy, logistics, transportation, ports, retail, construction, telecommunications, healthcare, mining, hospitality, and oil and gas sectors.

Nuno is individually ranked Band 3 for General Business Law: International Firms in Mozambique in Chambers Global, 2025 and is recommended for Angola and Mozambique Foreign Firms, by Legal 500, 2025. Moreover, he is recognized for Mergers and Aquisitions Law, by Best Lawyers, 2025.

Joined CMS Portugal in 2019.

Awards & Recognitions

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Award

We primarily work with Nuno Mansilha, who has been providing us with strong support. However, depending on the subject, Nuno directs us to the right specialists. We have great confidence in Nuno Mansilha’s experience and ability to assist us whenever needed, and we recommend Nuno to our clients whenever they require legal advice.

Legal 500
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Nuno Alves Mansilha offers great support and has full knowledge of the market.

Chambers Global 2025
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The Lusophone Africa practice is jointly headed by Alberto Galhardo Simões, Nuno Alves Mansilha, and Tiago Machado Graça. Galhardo Simões is well versed in infrastructure, project finance, and corporate matters, while Mansilha’s expertise lies in M&A, international transactions, corporate restructuring, and FDI.

Legal 500 (2024)
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Nuno Alves Mansilha and Francisco Xavier de Almeida have always been up to the task. CMS Portugal coordinated perfectly with CMS Spain, advising on M&A transactions and showing fantastic negotiation skills.

Legal 500 (2023)
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The CMS team is very creative and has unique knowledge of the Angolan and Portuguese tax environment, which allows clients to structure cross-border projects in a tax efficient way. CMS‘s Lusophone Africa team is active across key sectors of Mozambique's economy, including oil and gas, real estate and banking, where it advises large companies on corporate transactions, financing deals, investment matters and tax issues; Alberto Galhardo Simões and Nuno Alves Mansilha are key contacts.

Legal 500 (2023)

Publications

ALVES MANSILHA, Nuno – "Infraestruturas em Angola: Prioridades, desafios e oportunidades", in Expansão, 2025
ALVES MANSILHA, Nuno – Relações Angola-EUA: Still Open for Business?", in Observador, 2023
ALVES MANSILHA, Nuno – “Transição Energética: que papel para o sector mineiro em Angola?”, (co-authored with Silvino Domingos) in Expansão, 2023
ALVES MANSILHA, Nuno – “Europe should look to LNG opportunities in Lusophone Africa”, (co-authored with Miguel Couto) in Energy Year, 2022
ALVES MANSILHA, Nuno – “The time is now for Mozambican LNG”, (co-authored with Miguel Couto) in Energy Year, 2022
ALVES MANSILHA, Nuno (co-authored) – “Starting a Business in Portugal”, in Banco Mundial Doing Business, 2012 - 2015
ALVES MANSILHA, Nuno, “The time is now for Mozambican LNG”, in The Energy Year, 2021
ALVES MANSILHA, Nuno, “Europe should look to LNG opportunities in Lusophone Africa”, in The Energy Year, 2022
ALVES MANSILHA, Nuno (co-authored): “Transição energética: que papel para o sector mineiro em Angola?” in Expansão, 2023

Memberships & Roles

Member of the Portuguese Bar Association since 2005
Vice President of the General Assembly Board of the Portuguese Fencing Federation

Lectures list

Conference: "Doing Business in Angola“; Presentation: "Foreign Investment: Challenges and Opportunities“, The Hub, Aberdeen Energy Park, Aberdeen, 2015
Conference: "Sub-Saharan Africa: Angola and Mozambique. Risky business? Growing economies in unstable territories“; Presentation: "Which countries offer more business opportunities and a better legal framework?”, Institute of Directors, London, 2015
Conference: “Breakfast with ABC - Africa Business Centre”; Presentation: "Legal Updates in Sub-Saharan Markets”, The Hub, Aberdeen Energy Park, Aberdeen, 2015
Conference: “Bright Days in the University”; Presentation: “Desafios jurídicos para Startups: Uma abordagem prática”, Politécnico de Leiria, Portugal, 2019

Education

Law degree, Faculdade de Direito, Universidade de Lisboa
Postgraduate degree in Corporate Law, Faculdade de Direito, Universidade de Lisboa
Attending a module in EU Law of the Master of Laws (LL.M.), Faculdade de Direito Universidade Católica Portuguesa

Practice Areas

Lusophone Africa Corporate / M&A

sectors

Infrastructure & Projects Private Equity

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