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Nuno Mansilha

Partner
Lawyer

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Nuno Mansilha

Partner
Lawyer

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

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 recommended for Angola Foreign Firms, Mozambique Foreign Firms and for Commercial, Corporate and M&A, by Legal 500, 2023.

Joined CMS Portugal in 2019.

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Nuno Mansilha and Joana Brito Paulo are providing useful and practical advice, in particular when dealing with complex and multidisciplinary legal issues, combing tax, corporate, foreign exchange and dispute resolution elements.

Legal 500 (2022)

Nuno Mansilha and Joana Brito Paulo are providing useful and practical advice, in particular when dealing with complex and multidisciplinary legal issues, combing tax, corporate, foreign exchange and dispute resolution elements.

Legal 500 (2022)

Memberships & Roles

  • Member of the Portuguese Bar Association since 2005
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Publications

  • 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
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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
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Education

  • Law degree, Faculdade de Direito, Universidade de Lisboa
  • Postgraduation degree in Corporate Law, Faculdade de Direito, Universidade de Lisboa
  • Attending Master of Laws (LL.M.) module in EU Law, Faculdade de Direito, Universidade Católica Portuguesa
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Expertise

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19/12/2023
Lusophone Africa Snapshot
With the end of 2023 approaching, the December edition of Snapshot, prepared by CMS Portugal's Lusophone Africa team, features a special Christmas and New Year message from CMS Counsel, Maria Figueiredo...
Newsletter
06/11/2023
Meet The Law - Lusophone Africa
The new Legal Framework for Freight Forwarding was recently enacted by means of Presidential Legislative Decree no. 9/2023 of 23 October. The statute aims to define the new rules for accessing, exercising...
Newsletter
19/10/2023
Lusophone Africa Snapshot
The October edition of the Lusophone Snapshot, prepared by CMS Portugal's Lusophone Africa team, features an introduction by our Partner, Nuno Alves Mansilha, highlighting the integration of CGA - Couto...
Newsletter
15/09/2023
Lusophone Africa Snapshot
The September edition of the snapshot prepared by CMS Portugal's Lusophone Africa team highlights the integration of the team's two newest trainees, Inês Machado da Silva and Lourenço Quintão. You'll...
News
01/02/2023
E-Alert Africa
Guinea-Bissau government announces privatisation of 80% of Guinea Telecom and Guine­tel   About the Project:The government of Guinea-Bissau, represented by the Minister for Transport and Com­mu­nic­a­tions...
News
25/08/2022
Nuno Mansilha and Miguel Couto in article for The Energy Year
Nuno Mansilha, Partner at CMS Portugal, together with trainee lawyer Miguel Couto, signed an article in The Energy Year, where they talk about the opportunities that the search for new gas suppliers in...
Press coverage
28/01/2022
CMS Portugal appoints three new partners
CMS Portugal has reinforced its team of partners with Manuel Cassiano Neves, from the Energy & Climate Change practice, Nuno Mansilha, from the Lusophone Africa team, and João Paulo Gomes, from the Employment...
Press releases
10/01/2022
E-Alert - Mozambique – Tender for the Mphanda Nkuwa Hydropower Project
About the Project:The Government of Mozambique (GOM), acting through the Ministry of Mineral Resources and Energy (MIREME) with support from Gabinete de Implementação do Projecto Hidroeléctrico de...
Newsletter
16/12/2021
Legal guide for company directors and CEOs in Angola
ESG obligation for Directors and CEOs 1. Do existing directors’ duties contain obligations that apply to matters that could be categorised as an ESG consideration, e.g. the environment, employee welfare? ...
Expert Guide Corporate / M&A
13/12/2021
Lusophone Africa Snapshot
This month’s edition of the snapshot prepared by the Lusophone Africa team of CMS Portugal opens with a foreword written by José Luís Arnaut, and talks about our webinar, Infrastructure Development...
News
14/10/2021
Lusophone Africa Snapshot
In this month's edition of the snapshot prepared by the Lusophone Africa team at CMS Portugal, we talk about the new facilities of our office in Angola, LBR. And, as usual, the most relevant news from...
News
21/09/2021
E-Alert
The Government of Angola has recently launched a Public Tender for the award of commercial exploration, management and maintenance rights of the railroad infrastructure known as the Lobito Corridor (the...
Newsletter
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