Manuel Santos Vitor

Manuel Santos Vitor has been a partner at Abreu Advogados since 2019 and is a member of its Board of Directors. He co-coordinates the Corporate and M&A practice area as well as the Angola and Guinea-Bissau desks. He is particularly active in the Corporate and M&A area and in the energy and natural resources sector, both in Portugal and other Portuguese-speaking jurisdictions.

He regularly provides M&A and corporate support to important business groups, in Portugal and abroad, in a number of business sectors, including corporate governance, family businesses and corporate reorganizations and restructuring. Manuel has a special focus in M&A and contractual related energy and natural resources matters.

Manuel has a vast experience in aviation and insurance.

In recent years he has been heavily involved in the energy sector, in particular renewables and O&G, and natural resources in Portugal and in Africa. He provides regular legal support to companies in the mining sector in Portugal, Angola and Guinea-Bissau.

He has been a lawyer since 1991 and was a partner in another law firm between 1998 and 2019, serving that firm as Co-Managing Partner and Managing Partner between 2008 and 2015.