{"id":82188,"date":"2019-10-31T14:53:05","date_gmt":"2019-10-31T14:53:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/smfc.pt\/practice-areas\/commercial-corporate-and-ma\/"},"modified":"2023-04-04T21:45:39","modified_gmt":"2023-04-04T21:45:39","slug":"commercial-corporate-and-ma","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/smfc.pt\/en\/practice-areas\/commercial-corporate-and-ma\/","title":{"rendered":"Commercial, Corporate and M&amp;A"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wpb-content-wrapper\"><p>[vc_row][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/1&#8243;][vc_custom_heading heading_semantic=&#8221;h1&#8243; text_color=&#8221;color-vyce&#8221;]<\/p>\n<h1>Commercial, Corporate and M&amp;A<\/h1>\n<p>[\/vc_custom_heading][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width=&#8221;1\/4&#8243;][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=&#8221;3\/4&#8243;][vc_column_text css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1572535100810{padding-top: 50px !important;}&#8221;]<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Our lawyers provide day-to-day assistance to companies in a wide range of industries, both within the scope of intra-group corporate restructuring operations and assistance with the day-to-day needs of our client companies.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Among the operations in which we provide advice are, namely, amendments to bylaws, preparation and assistance at meetings of the General Assembly and Board of Directors, including assistance resulting from legal secretarial services to the Firm, assessment of the obligations and liabilities of shareholders and directors, negotiation and preparation of shareholders\u2019 agreements, definition and implementation of measures with a view to financing companies.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">We also advise our clients on drawing up commercial contracts suited to the needs of each business.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The mergers and acquisitions team is responsible for monitoring operations involving the restructuring of corporate groups, as well as operations involving mergers, scissions and acquisitions of companies in their different forms, guaranteeing global assistance throughout the entire operation, from the preparation of the preliminary agreements to carry out the competent legal due diligence and, finally, drafting and negotiation of the relevant contracts.<\/span>[\/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space empty_h=&#8221;3&#8243;][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row row_height_percent=&#8221;0&#8243; 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