STRUCTURED FINANCE

Since the incorporation of the firm we have advised clients in several cutting edge transactions, including the use of derivatives financial products, the issue of debt instruments by special purposes vehicles, Portuguese credit linked notes, synthetic and true sale securitisations and cross border lease structures.

Macedo Vitorino & Associados assists its clients in:

  • Structured transactions
  • Securitisations
  • Swaps, equity derivatives and futures
  • Netting and collateral management
  • Dealing with corporate, sovereign and municipal entities
  • Drafting of specific language, in particular adapting the International Swaps and Derivatives
  • Association (ISDA) Master Agreement and other standard forms of documentation to the Portuguese legal environment
  • Tax implications of derivatives transactions
  • Capital adequacy and regulatory matters