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13/09/2023
Turning the Corner? CMS European M&A Outlook 2024
We are pleased to share with you the 2024 edition of the European M&A Outlook, published by CMS in association with Mergermarket.
29/09/2022
Boom & Gloom? CMS European M&A Outlook 2023
We are pleased to share with you the 2023 edition of the European M&A Outlook published by CMS in association with Mergermarket.
22/03/2018
Legal regime of conversion of credits into equity (upon creditors' initiative)
On March 3rd it was enacted Law no. 7/2018, of March 2nd (L 7/2018), which established the legal regime for the conversion into equity of credits held against a commercial company or under a commercial...
29/09/2017
End of the bearer securities
Following the prohibition of the issuance of bearer securities, in force as from the 4th of May 2017, the transitional regime that establishes the conversion of bearer securities into nominative securities...
05/07/2017
Corporate financing: SIMFE and short-term debt certificates
On 1 June 2017 entered into force the new rules on securities investment companies for promotion of the economy (SIMFE) and the new rules on short-term debt certificates, provided for in Decree-Law no...
02/08/2010
Current Status on Portuguese Private Equity
Although private equity transactions may date back to the beginning of the 20th century, private equity would not gain its true form until after World War II, when venture capital and private equity firms...