Lawyer - Tânia Fernandes

I am a Lawyer with a Master of Law and Business by Universidade Católica Portuguesa looking for a position in a Legal Department. I have hands-on experience with Contracts, Commercial, Corporate and Mergers & Acquisitions.

January 2013 – July 2013 – Lawyer, Law Firm: Pedro Raposo & Associados

Areas covered: Corporate, M&A and Contracts
Main tasks:
- Management of relations between shareholders;
- Relationships between corporate bodies and shareholders;
- Company restructuring and viability plans;
- Commercial registries;
- Constitution of commercial companies including Holdings;
- Setting up of Joint-Ventures;
- Mergers and Acquisitions;
- Preparation and maintenance of corporate documentation;
- Drafting preparatory documentation, such as confidentiality and exclusivity agreements, memos of understanding, non-binding offers;
- Due Diligence;
- Drafting contracts such as franchising, distribution/agency and financial agreements.

February 2012 – June 2012 – Internship, Law Firm: Alves Pereira & Teixeira de Sousa, RL

Areas covered: Labour, Tax and Corporate
Main tasks:
- Representation of clients in Tax proceedings and Tax disputes;
- Taxation of remuneration and payments made to employees and service providers;
- Guidance to clients during Tax audits;
- Guidance to corporate clients in complying with their Tax obligations;
- Collective hiring and disputes;
- Defining remuneration and benefit plans;
- Disciplinary procedures;
- Drafting employment contracts and other contractual models for the purpose of recruiting personnel;
- Due Diligence;
- Company restructuring and Viability plans;
- Commercial registries.

August 2011 – Summer Internship, Law Firm: SPS - Silveira Prates & Associados

Areas covered: Banking Litigation
Main tasks:
- Pre-trial financial procedures;
- Financial litigation;
- Settlement of financial agreements.

March 2011 – May 2011 – Legal Clinic, Law Firm: Vieira de Almeida & Associados

Areas covered: Competition and European Law
Main tasks:
- Merger proceedings;
- Enforcement of the rules relating to anti-competitive behaviours (focus on abuse of dominant position);
- Institutional matters and procedural issues such as the free movement of goods, entities, services and capital;
- Matters concerning the harmonisation of national legislations; - Issues raised by the liberalization and deregulation of markets.

2012 – 2014 Masters in Law and Business, by the School of Law and Lisbon School of Business and Economics, Universidade Católica Portuguesa, Portugal
(Currently completing) thesis under the subject “Material adverse changes on Interest Rate Swap Agreements”.
Areas covered: Capital markets, Derivatives, Corporate Finance, Mergers & Acquisitions, Project Finance, Negotiation (Law and Business perspective).
2007 – 2012 Law Degree, Universidade Católica Portuguesa – Faculdade de Direito, Portugal
2009 – 2010 One semester under Erasmus Programme, Stockholm’s Universitet – School of Law, Sweden