CMS Rui Pena & Arnaut is a law firm that dates back to 1964 and is firmly established in the Portuguese market. Renowned for its proficiency, professionalism and thoroughness, CMS Rui Pena & Arnaut builds long-term relationships with its clients which are based on trust and transparency. CMS Rui Pena & Arnaut works to provide reliable, ethical and legally correct solutions for clients while striving to be creative, competitive and efficient. Drawing on its multidisciplinary expertise, CMS Rui Pena & Arnaut organises its work teams to take account of individual client requirements. This includes predicting likely scenarios and anticipating potential problems. The goal is to provide quality legal and tax advice and contribute to the successful pursuit of clients’ business objectives. We explicitly guarantee the quality of the services we provide.
Nuno Pena is a founding Partner of CMS-RPA and he is well known for its expertise in the dispute resolution arena. His civil and commercial litigation practice covers a wide range of sectors, having acted for some of the most significant players in the energy, media and Financial sectors. He covers areas such as corporate disputes, international tracing of assets, restructuring & insolvency, general commercial and contractual disputes. Nuno advises on insolvency matters specifically in connection with insolvency proceedings, in particular, the development and review of insolvency plans, acting on behalf of all the full range of stakeholders in restructuring and insolvency, including banks, distressed debt investors, private equity firms and businesses in financial difficulty. He is also experienced in Bank resolution and insolvency.
Joaquim Shearman de Macedo has been developing his practice in civil and commercial Litigation, internal and cross-border arbitration. He usually intervenes in commercial and corporate disputes, disputes among shareholders, construction, insurances, contractual and extra contractual civil liability. Joaquim provides advisory services to debtor companies with particular reference to their economic difficulties and provides them with legal advice during reorganisation.
Diogo Castanheira Pereira has been developing his activity with particular emphasis in the areas of Civil Law, Civil Procedural Law and Arbitration and, to a lesser extent, in the areas of Criminal Law, Criminal Procedural Law, Law of Merely Social Breaches and Constitutional Law. He is also experienced in Bank resolution and insolvency. Diogo has been the Invited Deputy Lecturer at the Law Faculty of the University of Lisbon since 2011 for the disciplines of Civil Procedural Law I and Civil Procedural Law III.
