Maria João Ricou
Senior partner
Portuguese
English
Spanish
Senior partner of Cuatrecasas in Portugal; focusing on banking transactions and acquisitions, regulatory matters, project finance, debt restructuring, structured financing (including securitization structures), corporate finance, and on all kinds of equity and debt capital markets transactions.
Maria João Ricou was managing partner of Cuatrecasas in Portugal until 2022 and has been a member of the firm’s board of directors (global) from 2011 to 2022. She coordinated the firm’s banking and finance, and capital markets practices from 1993 to 2022. She was named a partner of the firm 1990.
She is a member of the Portuguese Bar Association and of the International Bar Association.
She has published several articles in the fields of financial law and capital markets. She speaks at national and international conferences.
Specialties
Education
- Law degree
Universidade Católica Portuguesa, Lisbon, 1984
Directory Mentions
Recommended lawyer
Chambers & Partners (Global and Europe), Legal 500, IFLR1000, Leaders League and Best Lawyers in Banking & Finance, Project Finance, Capital Markets and Financial Institutions
Tier 1
Legal 500 in Banking and Finance
Woman Leader
IFLR1000, 2021
InspiraLaw
Iberian Lawyer, 2019
Partner of Deal of the Year
The Lawyer (Banking & Finance, 2017)
Publications and News
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October 11, 2024Business strategies discussed at Cuatrecasas’s 8th Women in Business event
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June 30, 2022Nuno Sá Carvalho becomes managing partner of Cuatrecasas in Portugal
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March 4, 2022Debt Restructuring in Portugal: Stand by for the New Wave
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December 2, 2021Maria João Ricou promoted to senior partner and Nuno Sá Carvalho to managing partner in Portugal
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November 24, 2021Volume and value of M&A deals in Portugal decreased in 2021
Events
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November 24, 2021Mergermarket Portugal M&A Briefing