J. A. Pinto Ribeiro & Associates provides legal support to several investment banks, financial and credit institutions, advising some of the most important national and international groups in all areas where its activity is developed in what concerns their relations with supervision entities on both the design and structuring of operations of financing acquisitions, mergers, privatization and others related to corporate finance and project finance, mainly involving issuance of debt, securitization, financial instruments and structured finance operations, with particular attention to the weighting of legal risk associated with new financial products and solutions offered to final clients.

In particular, J. A. Pinto Ribeiro & Associates provides legal advice on the incorporation  procedures of credit institutions, financial companies, investment firms, and on the authorization or notification procedures in order to conduct business in Portugal; private equity transactions; (re) privatization processes; and restructuring operations in the area of asset management of financial groups.

This Law Firm also provides a complete monitoring of issuers and distributors of national and foreign securities in Portugal regarding all aspects related to their businesses and to the structuring of transactions on stock exchanges or over-the-counter markets including offers and admissions to trading, structured financial products, futures, options and swaps. J. A. Pinto Ribeiro & Associates provides legal advice, particularly related with public distribution and purchase offers; issuance and admission of securities to trading on regulated and unregulated markets; constitution of investment funds and venture capital funds; establishing in Portugal of Foreign Collective Investment Undertakings (UCITS) and trading in financial instruments under standard contracts approved by professional associations such as ISDA - International Swaps and Derivatives Association.