SRS Legal

With over 30 years of experience, SRS Legal offers comprehensive legal counsel to both national and international clients, extending its reach through SRS Global's network in Angola, Brazil, Macau, Malta, Mozambique, Portugal, and Singapore.
SRS integrates the interests of internal and external stakeholders through its commitment to sustainability. This dedication translates to active contributions towards the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) through volunteer initiatives, fundraising activities, and close collaboration with NGOs and community projects, all aimed at implementing impactful initiatives that improve people's lives.
Our sector-specific approach involves dedicated teams of legal experts assembled for specific industry groups. This internal structure allows us to gain a deeper understanding of our clients' operating environments and collaborate more effectively to help them achieve their objectives.

• Banking
• Capital markets: Debt
• Capital markets: High yield
• Competition
• Financial restructuring
• Financial services regulatory
• M&A
• PPP/PFI
• Investment funds
• Private equity
• Private equity funds
• Project development
• Project finance
• Real estate finance
• Real estate funds
• Restructuring and insolvency
• Securitisation
• Structured finance/securitisation

Banking & Finance:

• Alexandra Valente, Head Partner alexandra.valente@srslegal.pt

SRS Legal advised Bicredit – Sociedade Financeira de Crédito, S.A. (Originator) on its first asset backed securitisation in the Portuguese market (Bugio Finance n.1) of a EUR280 million portfolio of auto loans originated by Bicredit and approved by the Portuguese Securities Market Commission (CMVM) The operation met the structural and complex procedural eligibility criteria’s to be labed STS (Simple, Transparent and Standardised). This reflects Bicredit’s initial step in securitisation operations in the Portuguese market.
The operation met the structural and complex procedural eligibility criteria and challenges to be labelled STS (Simple, Transparent and Standardised), which required a high level of detail and stringent regulatory standards to comply with the reporting requirements to the competent authorities.
First asset backed securitisation of Bicredit.

M&A:

• Gustavo Ordonhas Oliveira and Paulo Bandeira
  gustavo.oliveira@srslegal.pt and paulo.bandeira@srslegal.pt
  
  Iberian Integration of Portik Group
  SRS Legal advised Oxy Capital in the Iberian merger of two property management businesses invested by Oxy Capital in Portugal and Spain.The outcome of this operation is that it consolidates the holding company as a European leader in real estate management, facilitating the professionalisation of a traditionally highly fragmented sector. In addition, it will contribute to the promotion of a key agent for the energy rehabilitation of the residential stock, helping to achieve the objectives set by the European Union. In the medium term, the Portik Group expects to close 2027 with a turnover of more than 120 million euros, 2,000,000 houses under management and 4,000 employees, mainly thanks to the maintenance of the inorganic growth strategy that has led both companies to jointly integrate more than 80 companies in less than 5 years.
  As part of the growth plan, funds will also be allocated to organic growth and technology investment will be increased, a clear commitment from both companies.

• Banking
• Aviation
• Energy
• Financial services
• Government and public policy
• Insurance
• Mining
• Natural resources
• Pharm and life sciences
• Real estate
• Shipping
• Tech and telecoms
• Transport
• Healthcare