Tiago Ventura Mendes

Tiago has been promoted Senior Managing Associate (Luxembourg) in 2024 in the Capital Markets and Banking department.

Tiago advises banks, borrowers and sponsors across a wide range of loan arrangements, debt issuances and regulatory matters, with a particular focus on real estate finance, fund financing, margin lending, acquisition finance, restructuring and insolvency and debt issuances‎ as well as regulatory aspects (e.g. prospectus, transparency, market abuse, blockchain and other DLT related matters).

In 2018, Tiago spent six months on secondment to a leading Swiss private banking institution.

Work highlights:

• The Grand Duchy of Luxembourg: advising on the establishment of its first ever Treasury Note Programme.
• A private equity firm: advising on a financing for the refinancing of the senior loan granted to a company and for the new acquisition of German and Swiss businesses from a flavour and fragrance company group.
• Caixa Geral de Depósitos, S.A.: advising this state-owned banking-corporation on its sale of two real estate assets in Luxembourg.

Tiago holds an LL.M in International Financial Law from the King’s College London and an LL.M in European Banking and Financial Law from the University of Luxembourg as well as a Master’s degree in European Law from the same university.

Tiago speaks French, Luxembourgish, English, German and Portuguese.