Nuno Devesa Neto | Lawyers

Admissions

Portugal

Services

Mainstream Corporate

Testimonial

"I endeavour to closely collaborate with clients to find tailored solutions for the sector and business specific challenges they face, always attentive to Corporate Governance trends, such as ESG, and to market trends & developments. Working in our Corporate practice enables me to be a part of and bring solutions to the complex deals with domestic and international dimensions."

Overview

Nuno Devesa Neto is an Associate in the Corporate Department of the Lisbon office.

His practice has focused on Corporate & Commercial Law with special emphasis on domestic and cross-border M&A transactions and investments, corporate restructuring, and private equity transactions, assisting clients in the due diligence process and negotiation phase, acting for sellers and investors.

Nuno advises national and international clients such as banks, private equity funds and corporate clients that operate in the financial, health care, infrastructure, services, technology and renewable energy sectors, on complex domestic and cross-border matters, involving European, and UK jurisdictions.

Nuno is furthermore actively involved in the Portuguese Institute for Corporate Governance (IPCG), in its Executive Accompaniment and Monitoring Committee (CEAM), assisting the CEAM on assessing the compliance of the Corporate Governance Reports of issuer companies with the IPCG Corporate Governance Code, providing guidance to issuer companies on corporate governance matters, and developing the Annual Monitoring Report.

Loading component...

Experience

Nuno joined the Linklater’s Lisbon office in 2021 as Junior Associate, becoming an Associate in 2023, working in the Corporate Department.
He has also gained experience working in the Finance and Dispute Resolution Departments of the Lisbon office.

Before that he did a Summer Traineeship at the local law firm PLMJ (2019).

Beyond the Office

Nuno holds a Law Degree of the Faculty of Law of the University of Coimbra (2019), and a Master’s degree in Corporate Law by the aforementioned Faculty of Law, with a dissertation entitled Artificial Intelligence within Corporate Governance (2021).

During his academic studies Nuno obtained various awards for his academic achievements, including the Wolter Kluwer award, and awards for the top 3% students of the University of Coimbra.

He was active in the European Law Students´ Association (ELSA), as President and Treasurer of ELSA’s local group in Coimbra.

Nuno also worked at the Faculty of Law of the University of Coimbra as a Monitor for the subjects of Corporate & Commercial Law.
He is a fully qualified Member of the Portuguese Bar Association since 2023.

Nuno speaks Portuguese, Spanish and English.

Loading component...

Thought Leadership

Nuno has published an article on “Civil liability for the use of robot-advisors” in “Liability Law Review, 2” (available at Responsabilidade civil pela utilização de robo-advisors – Nuno Devesa Neto – Revista de Direito da Responsabilidade (revistadireitoresponsabilidade.pt).